Freo 10km 47.16 and C2S 4.42 wipeout

Raced the 2012 Fremantle 10km fun run on September 16th in 47min 16 seconds. First photo is about 2km into it as Comrades/C-team regular Justin (you can see his elbow in the photo) gets past me... Moving well here despite the headwind, but didn't have what it takes to go with him on this occasion, he ran about 42minutes. No idea of the first 6km, as no K markers. At 7km I was 33minutes 05, ran a 5.03 (stiff headwind for most of the first 8km.), 4.45, and finished off with a 4.22 when some NZ? bloke blue top in finishing photo tried to sprint me off at the end. We absolutely hammered the grassy section in the last 150-400m, and only gained ascendancy with a big effort in the last 20-30metres or so as the photo shows.

Melbourne training is going ok. The mileage/long runs etc is pretty much banked, and I have done a few 10k intervals sessions @ about 4.35 per K average speed, and a 20k attacking in 1.51 at running club. Hammy and knee are a bit soreish, so I need to be careful with them. A few more weeks left to try and get some money together for flights, (big struggle as I was unemployed for about a month and have a heap of bills to catch up on) and try and sharpen up the short stuff.

City to Surf Marathon end of August I ran 4hrs 42min, with the first Half being about 1.56. Got my picture in the local newspaper at the start welcoming the Kenyans, if I can get around to chasing up copyright permission I will upload that onto the blog later.  Was very sick with a bad cold on raceday, so breathing way too clogged up and I was still in tissuebox mode so didn't have the strength to smash into sub 1.50 land in the first half. Tried to step up the pace in the downhill part of Kings Park, but ended up flaring up a hammy strain instead, and getting stuck in WALK/jog mode for most of the next 16km. So between the cold and the hammy strain that race was a disaster, but it was nice to be a part of the experience again... The hammy issue is concerning though...

Too preoccupied with trying to get family finances back on track again! at the moment, after 4 weeks of unemployment and 6 weeks prior to that in massive drop in finances (my pay suddenly dropped by 30% in mid June when one of the despatchers left the company, and continued to drop in July) due to seasonal drop in work and the company I was working for losing a lot of their clients and drivers. However I have had some marathon training ticking over since mid July so its looking like a 12 week build into Melbourne Marathon at this stage, and I am liking the new Nike Lunaracers that I got online for $58 (about $200+ at shops in Australia)... Trying to keep the momentum for another PB attempt going...

EDIT/UPDATE 24/9/12;
Training overview for MM update;

I am hoping to try again to go under 3.30-3.55 and in my buildup I have;
-- 8/9/12; a 20k medium @ 5.29 per K, 22/9/12; a 25k medium @ 5.26 per K ,
-- about 5x 2.5-3hour long runs (27k-32k) @ about 5.50-6.30 per K
-- and a disaster (sickness and injury plagued) 42.2k race in 4.42 on the board in the last 9 weeks.
-- Raced a 10k last week in 47min,
So my long runs are done although not really at race pace...
although I was able to hold 5.20's for large sections of some of my long runs,
so I am guessing that come raceday at least 5.15-5.30's should be achievable for me,
which is 3.40-3.50 marathon pace...although I am hoping to peak enough on race day to get into the 3.30's or better.
However I know that if injury or sickness or something else strikes
(i've seen quite a few of the things that can go wrong on raceday),
my 3.55 PB may not get beaten this time either, and I am managing enough injuries for it to be a big factor.
This is my 9th year of marathoning, and I hope my 6th Melbourne start....Was 7 minutes short last year,
Maybe this year I will finally come up trumps...God willing....