Father's Day Long Run - 28ks

Big team of what must have been over 20 starters for the 6.30am start and nice to have Jerome back after his failed North Shore WhatsApp never got off the ground. No sign of Stankard, Jeet or Fats though as news filtered through that Enda had gone down with his 9^th cold of the season.

Got chatting to Renee and ‘The Sweaty’ Craig  for the first 6k as he was getting all excited about his overnight 18^th birthday bash he was at as I was struggling just to hold the pace and we were only tipping along at 4.40s. Got back to the cafe at 7am to collect the late starters and headed out for the first 10k loop alongside Jerome that immediately felt easier as the pace quickened.

Still moving well once back at the cafe and was leading from the front with Hoey when I took one look behind to see the numbers had dropped dramatically with only Pearson, Laura, Shire Boy Haydon and the much improved Birchy still with us. It’s a long slog back up Anzac Parade until you get to the Captain Cook Hotel turnaround and was happy to get the slight downhill 1500m stretch back that brought us into the park for the final time for the morning.

26ks done and was keen to get an extra 2 in so continued on for 1k before returning and happy to get my longest run under my belt with 28 done in 2hr:04mins averaging a decent 4.24s all up.

The usual coffee stop in the cafe was made as we were joined by a passing ‘Flake’ Paul Bruning, who I think was edging for a bet at Blackmore’s but I feel as if he would be wanting more than a 5 minute handicap start so I steered clear of mentioning.

 

The arvo beers were simple brilliant with Newtown buzzing all day as the ‘King Street’ crawl was on with bands on in every pub that made for a great atmosphere way into the night.

 

Monday will be back swimming with HuRTS very own Nik Kershaw (photo to come tomorrow)

 

Cheers