State 10k ( Unofficial HuRTS Championships) 37.44

Homebush was the place to be this morning for the State 10k that saw nearly ALL of the team out to test themselves over this fast flat track with only Skippy Heydon, T.B ( both Sick) and Kanser out injured who weren't there.
Gave a lift  to 6ft Track winner Fats, who was still teasing me about this bloody Home Brew he's had on the go for about 5 years now. Although i had to laugh when he said he has a 'Special' on that is not a bad drop with the aptly named......Wait for it................ Bender Enda. I did ask him if it was in fact a beer or some sort of Cold remedy, or something he picked up at this years Mardi Gras?
Anyway, good warm up and a quick chat with everyone and was nice to see my mate Tucks back on Aussie shores,  before the gun goes off and the customary fast first 1k. Like everyone went out far too hard and clicked 3.14 (and still behind loads of the gang at that), Knew it was far to fast and tried to settle before the impressive MrAce flew by at the 2.5k mark. Next up was Young Laura also looking strong who i knew would run around the 37 mark so tried to stay with her for as long as i could. Came up to the half way mark in about 18.18 but was already puffing hard as the even more impressive Anna flew by.
The next 5ks was just about surviving and trying to just hang on in there and with NO long runs recently it was always going to be a losing battle for me but happy to say that Young Laura never really got any further then the 10m at any stage over the 2nd half of the race and i even managed to pip Newcastle girl Kirsten Molley over the final 100 metres.
Crossed the line as the clock ticked 37.44 - and although nothing flash by any means its a step in the right direction and nearly 1.45 faster then last weeks poor effort. Another couple of months with some more speed and longer runs and hopefully i can whittle that down to early 36s or perhaps back to the 35.xx
Results from today found here;
http://www.nswathletics.info/liveresults/2013/sydney_10/Results-L2.htm

Some great runs out there today and i even predicted the top 4 in the right order with C.T, Bartles, Tucks and the Chairman occupying the top spots.
Timmy's run of the day though was shared between old training mate Richie Palmer (34.24) and the Classy Anna (37.06) and special mention to Hamish who PBed with a smoking 35.21 - Excellent stuff guys
Some good banter with everyone at the end once a recovery was made and I'd stopped coughing up a lung or two, and the outcome of it all was - Bartles is still #1, Tucks is pushing him to regain his place at the top, Chairman Tommy H still can't get out from Tucks pocket ( although its down to 4 seconds now), Enda still has that bloody cold, Fats is still promising the Home Brew, Macca MacClarnon is still a tough bugger whilst MrAce remains the only guy who can run the whole 36 minutes with a smile of his face, Johnny B Grade is still far to serious and continues to blow a gasket over the final 3ks of his races and poor Mikey Conway is still blowing up about the course being 200 metres long and is still mad as hell about the parking ticket he got at the same race two years back ............Arhhhhhh, some things don't change with the HuRTS boys.

Will try to get out and get my long run done in the morning, going to be tough as heading out now for a few Ales ( and no it's not around Fats house either)

Have a great weekend
Cheers