Saturday. Got a rare morning free from work so shot over to St Peters for the Park Run, Had no real intention of running hard after less than two weeks out from the marathon but keen to turn the legs over. Only Mikey and Hipster Chris from the squad around and Chris was pushing a pram so didn't really have anyone to chase.
Certainly nothing flash as I battled away to cross the line in 18.59 for 10th or 11th overall, not before I had the indignity of taking time out about 25 metres from the top of the hill and all of a sudden I was bombarded with photographers like you've never seen. Seems Enda has been paying reporters these days that just jump out from bushes Razor Wareham style to bring me down. I'm being persecuted, and I'm beginning to know what it feels like to be Princess Diana - Its crazy.
Still, even with a 10 second break I was still able to break 19 minutes for what is undoubtedly Sydney's toughest Park Run so it wasn't that bad all things considered.
Sunday. Good turnout and once Enda had finished cracking funnies about my Park Run we were off, Decent gallop pretty much from the get-go this morning with Branagan Brothers Inc leading the way. Had to also endure Kanser's sledging along the way, and it's a sure sign he's getting stronger as I've not heard a sound out of him for the past two years.
One 6k loop done, before the regular 10k faster and was happy to see it out with a slightly slower flat loop of 4ks with Jeet to round out 20k for the morning in 90 minutes averaging 4.31s
Splits were;
4.41, 4.29, 4.34, 4.36, 4.36, 4.39, 4.30, 4.22, 4.25, 4.28
4.28, 4.28, 4.28, 4.30, 4.17, 4.24, 4.37, 4.38, 4.34, 4.40
Enjoyed a coffee post run with Brendan, Jeet and Birchy once done.
Cheers
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