Running race (City to Surf) 53:31 [4] 14.13 km (3:47 / km) +219m 3:31 / km
shoes: kinvara 4
Back for a second crack at this as I had a preferred start from my time last year. Got a good warmup along with craney, matt parton, lance and keith the beard out the front of the start. Ended up near the back of the start group, so there was a little bit of traffic to negotiate. I tried to get into a good pushing hard pace through the first few km, and was going OK but didn't feel exactly speedy. Looking at my pace I dropped quite a bit on heartbreak hill, and going past the clock at the halfway point could see it was reading 27min, so wasn't looking good for going under the 52 min cut off. Caught keith the beard up here who said he wasn't having a great day. Ran beside him for a bit then went in front on one of the little climbs, where I was still able to keep pushing. Was good to see the 11 km mark and head downhill. Loads of people including keith went past here. Seemed to take a while to go along the front at bondi and round into the finish. Was behind lance, who had a good run in about 52.40, and well outside 52 mins. My legs are perhaps still a bit tired from the marathon two weeks ago so need a few easier weeks to recover, and maybe some stretches, foam rollering etc. Official time was 53.20