Rolled up this morning at 6.30am to find possibly the smallest group for a Sunday run on record with only Jeet, Barts and Enda braving the cold. Did the usual 6k loop returning to the café at 7am to pick up any late starters only to find no one.
Decided then to leave the park and head up to Randwick junction before heading to Coogee and along the beach to witness the massive waves at Cloey, had to endure the long drag back up the never ending hill that brings us back up to Frenchman’s Rd. The pace was kept honest over the hills around the beaches but it certainly wasn’t fast although I could certainly feel it around the 14k mark of the morning.
Back into the park and finished up at the café with Enda for 18ks whilst Barts and Jeet continued away for another 10k or so.
18ks all up in 83 minutes average pace 4.38s
First 6k 27.57 ave 4.39
Beach 12k 55.10 ave 4.37
Then a quick dash over to Luxe Café where Ultra Runner Pat Farmer was giving a talk about his recent ‘Peace Run’ that he did over 1500k. Pretty good as well as he told us all about some of the obstacles he overcame whilst he was knocking out 84ks per day in trouble torn areas. He took a film crew with him and channel 9 have agreed to show the doco once he has produced it all, so will be interesting to see the finished item.
Many thanks to Enda, his mate John Mc, clients Sarah & Neville as well as Pommy Paul Birch who got from his sick bed to attend – much appreciated and hope the coffee and muffins went down well whilst listening to Pat.
Funniest point of the morning was Enda asking me what Pat’s PB was? I told him I thought it was around 2.39. so when it came to the Q and A part of the morning and some decent questions were asked about nutrition, injuries etc…. Poor Enda thinking his 2.38 Gold Coast might be good enough fired ‘and what’s your marathon PB Pat’?
Pat’s Answer – 2.20
Enda ‘ For F@rk sake’ …..d’ohhhhhh
Will be back out in the park early tomorrow for an easy 12ks or so.
Cheers
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