Running 20:00 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
ahr:131 max:152 shoes: Nike Air Zoom Elite 4
Very short warm up and run back down the hill.
Running race 14:51 [5] 2.6 km (5:43 / km)
ahr:164 max:176 shoes: Nike Air Zoom Elite 4
Black Mtn Run up. Started with the first 500m relatively flat, still uphill, but relatively flat. Was one of those all too rare runs were not long after starting I thought I was feeling pretty good. So instead of hanging on to the back of a pack I started to pass them and did so comfortably. Hit the summit trail with only Jason Chalker and Vanessa Hervard ahead of me and thought I'd get passed by some of the now spread out bunch behind me. But I ran smoothly and consistently and kept Vanessa and Chalks about the same distance ahead. Started to struggle in the last steep 100m or so and lost some time to those two but the guys behind me were nowhere in sight. Only done the run up once before, last August, but beat my time that day (15.34) by 40s!!! A fair effort and no idea what contributed to such a good run for me. Just felt good.