Striders Internal 10k Handicap , Lane Cove...39.26

With many of my clients also deciding to take the long Anzac Day weekend off it gave me a free morning so i thought i would head out to Lane Cove for the Internal Striders 10k Handicap that was on at the home of the normal 10k series.
Had a good chat with Eamo, and Classy Anna from the HuRTS team before and was surprised to see the Chairman Tommy H back after his recent Singapore business trip. With a handicap for the morning of 37.30 i knew it would be tough to run to that so decided to take it out pretty easy at the start to see how i felt.  Well, even after the first 1k that i went through in about 3.47 i knew it was going to be a long day ahead. Felt pretty $h!te the whole way and when Razor Wareham come by me at 4ks i was almost walking up the hill and i wasn't making any ground on any of the people ahead, To compound the pain Tommy H and Tamal who were giving me a mammoth 3.30 start came flying by on the big downhill at 6ks. Even though i started to pass people over the final couple of ks i really was just labouring home and it was soul destroying for me and all i can say about the run was that there was a lot of character building that went on for the whole race as i crossed the line in 39.26
Despite feeling pretty low at the end i still managed a chat with Tom who was trying his best to keep me upbeat and told me to 'stay with it and just get those long runs in'........... in truth i feel as if i need something more then that at the moment.

Still good morning overall and many thanks for the Striders team for putting on a new Handicap race for its members and in particular MrAce who was Commander in Charge for the proceedings (even if he was very mean with my handicap :) )

Will be out for a good / full week of training over the next 7 days - its the State 10k next Saturday at Homebush, but at this moment in time i don't even think I'll bother to attend as I'm not in the right head space, but we'll see how it goes.

Have a good weekend
cheers