This is run on Australia Day, so it was Saturday.
In the few days before Queensland on the coast was receiving some wild wet weather and it was in and around Brisbane. The forecast was rain if it was too wild the event was to be cancelled. The rain was not an issue for me as least the sun and humidity would not be present.
I flew to Brisbane on Friday afternoon with the weather overcast. Late in the afternoon the rain came and it was steady all night. However it eased and for the start at 5.00am it was dry but with a total cloud cover with the chance of rain at anytime. During the event there was the odd shower which very refreshing but in the last hour of my run it was very heavy at times, but that was more a blessing than not.
Some may hate the course set up. A 2.k out and back and then 4 x 10k loops being 5k out and 5k back. So you see the often. But is a small event and that makes management and drink stations very easy. I am fine with it. Must be I ran last year with the same course.
As I said in an earlier post just under 4 would be nice but more likely close to 4.15. The time was a bit slower than last year but reflected well my current fitness level. The aim was to run a pace that I could maintain the whole distance despite the growing fatigue arising from the distance. Having 10k loops made that easy. Each of the 4 were in the 56/58 minute range. It was a marathon and a race but it was also a good solid training run. I did not taper and ran it at a controlled pace all the way that hopefully will have some positives for building my endurance base.
Overall pleased to run a time that reflects my fitness level. Two weeks to the next one on a dirt 500m oval combined with other events. First time to Caboolture. Should be intersting.
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