Freo HALF Mara IV (2003-06) Mission accomplished.
267th of 466)
My organisation for the race was once again rather poor, but I didn't pay for it as much as with the Bridges 10k...Arrived 40 seconds before the start gun so just made it...Started fast as usual estimate I went through first 2.5km in 4.21 per km pace (10.53 split)....had to do a toilet stop again same as I did for Bridges in April...did that about 4km in this time...not sure why this time...so lost about 90 seconds there...but still went through first 10km at about 4.44 per km (47.20 10k pace)...on the way back I thought I had about 5-8km more to go than I did, and I thought I was going to run about 2hrs...but then I saw Dave doing situps on the side of the road and he said I only had about 4-5km to go...that gave me a boost..and I knew the 1hr 50 target was in reach...so fairly happy...also back got sore for awhile had to walk that out...Took a gatorade and a hammer gel which worked well...used hammer gel about 1hour into it...wore long sleeve top which proved to be too hot...I think I'm capable of giving the PB (1.41) a good shake if I was better organised...so some good signs before the Marathon in my 4th Consecutive Fremantle Half Marathon...
Great that my fiancee KL came along, and it was cool catching up with Dave,Nathan,Dan,Epi...saw a cool running top out there..very fast time from Todd Ingraham to win in 1hr 8min...impressive..a nice fast course with views of the ships out to sea...I'm happy!...achilles seems to be ok...so just got to maintain and increase the momentum for a good Perth Marathon and a sub 3.30 is still a possibility for me....
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