Good race. Died a litle because of lack of high end endurance - need to work on that AT ; and mental strength; on reflection, I went out too fast as well - needed to be closer to 7 minutes for 2k. Started with a pretty large lead pack, feeling pretty comfortable at the 1k (3:17) and 2k (6:38) marks. Stephen Stockwell dropped out of the pack slightly ahead and I considered this a wise move and tailed him for a bit. 3k at 10:14 and still feeling good, and nice to have a bit of a tailwind. Went past Stephen at about 4, but I could tell it wouldn’t last long, I think he was just conserving. True to this he went past me at 6.5k mark and I couldn’t stick with him (and he finished about 20 seconds ahead I guess). 5k in 17:22, 8k in 28:10. Really suffered in the last k into the headwind, but very happy to finish in 35:28, a road 10k PB by 41 seconds.Splits :
3:17 / 6:38 / 10:14 / 13:49 / 17:22 / 20:57 / 24:33 / 28:10 / 31:49 / 35:28
3:17 / 3:21 / 3:35 / 3:35 / 3:33 / 3:35 / 3:36 / 3:36 / 3:39 / 3:39
Biscuitman was a bit disappointed with his race ; he's doing the work but not seeing the results ; one day it will click - it just sucks that it wasn't today.
On the whole a very well organised event. I don't understand why they refuse to rent a few portaloos to help people out. Farming out the results to an independent company didn't make the awards presentation any smoother. Glitches meant they only started the presentation after 10. At least get some catering and a coffee truck (e.g. Yahava ) - they're just a phone call away. This would at least help with making sure that some folks are still actually there by the time they do them. They messed up the M40 and M45 for sure ; both myself and Stephen Stockwell beat the guy that 'won' M45 by at least 3 minutes ; and they gave the M40-44 to SS, and he's 45! They also need to get onto the net times for events of this size ; people in C & D will really be penalised and (a) it's not fair and (b) it encourages people to jump their category.
Slightly disappointed, no blazing sprint by TB at the start, which has become a feature of these races ; easy to get hemmed in with 1800 runners I suppose.
Mike Mezzatesta, my nemesis from Coker Park :-) , won the 5k in a blazing 16:27. Great to see David Bryant get the 37 minute monkey off his back - 36:50, great run! And Rachael Smith, fellow Mona Camper, smashed her PB and ran 4th in a fantastic 38:30. Kim had a great run in the 5k, equalling her PB.
Yesterday just did 6.9km recovery pace with some run-throughs as a tune up.
5 comments:
Great race Dave!
Congratulations!!! on the PB.
From the splits, looks like your first 2km was outstanding and you held onto sub 3.40 all the way to the finish. Well done!!! Could find a few more seconds in the last 1km, but thats an outstanding run for sure, and if you keep battling with people like Mezza, SS, Biscuitman, and Simon, more big PB's should arrive.
Sorry to disappoint at the start although I was on the back of you frontrunners for 5 seconds when you were not looking. The new Bridges course was affected by the Red Bull air race taking over Langley Park, and I liked the nice wide Riverside Drive at the start in the first1km or so, maybe will have to bring out the blazing PRE sprint next year if they do that course again next year, although I'd prefer to have a sub 38min time on the board first, if I ever get to that... I am trying to be a little more conservative in some races. However will be back to the PRE zone sooner or later, maybe at the Masters a bit...I think BigKev was disappointed too...
Fantastic effort Dave, well done.
Hey mate - Didn't get to see you after the race (although I almost touched the back of your singlet a few times during it). Good running and nice work all 'round!
Great run Simon, esp. after your half in Bendigo last week. I need to learn to pace these 10k's a bit better (too much short stuff @ track!). Hope you have a great run at Boston, looking forward to seeing you crush it!
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