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Sunday Nov 11, 2012 #
Running (fire trail) 1:52:11 [4] 21.1 km (5:19 / km)
Deep Space Half Marathon, from Honeysuckle Creek to Orroral Valley tracking station and return (involving a big descent into Orroral and a fun climb out again! :s).
The hardest part was the 7.30am start. Up at 5.30 after 4.5hrs sleep. The run itself went ok. I had a battle with another lady early on, she would sprint past me up the hills and then I would pass her on the flat. I thought (hoped) that surely someone who runs in a skirt won't beat me and sure enough on the third hill she didn't pass me and I settled into my own race. I had a sore back-of-the-knee which was weird and I was worried that if it got worse I would have to stop, but it settled down ok. At the bottom of the big descent (~7.5km) I had a pee stop which wasted some time but I thought it was worth it. Near the end of the race, my sore knee (the muscle right on the underside) was sore again on the downhill and I had to limp a bit.
In general, not a bad run and I felt pretty good energy-wise, but think without some of the faffing and a better hill climb I could have done a minute or two quicker. Won a huge bottle of wine though so can't complain!
The hardest part was the 7.30am start. Up at 5.30 after 4.5hrs sleep. The run itself went ok. I had a battle with another lady early on, she would sprint past me up the hills and then I would pass her on the flat. I thought (hoped) that surely someone who runs in a skirt won't beat me and sure enough on the third hill she didn't pass me and I settled into my own race. I had a sore back-of-the-knee which was weird and I was worried that if it got worse I would have to stop, but it settled down ok. At the bottom of the big descent (~7.5km) I had a pee stop which wasted some time but I thought it was worth it. Near the end of the race, my sore knee (the muscle right on the underside) was sore again on the downhill and I had to limp a bit.
In general, not a bad run and I felt pretty good energy-wise, but think without some of the faffing and a better hill climb I could have done a minute or two quicker. Won a huge bottle of wine though so can't complain!
Running warm up/down 5:00 [2]
Very tiny warm-up jog. Although a beautiful morning, it was really quite cold!