Running warm up/down 28:04 [2] 5.64 km (4:59 / km) +100m 4:34 / km
shoes: Asics Hyperspeed 4
Warm up from home to the Coot-tha Botanic Gardens.
PTE 3.0
Running race 46:06 [4] 10.5 km (4:23 / km) +260m 3:54 / km
ahr:171 max:188 shoes: Asics Hyperspeed 4
Mousdash. Was hoping for a cracking race today but it just didn't work out for me. Legs felt very dead early on, then I probably pushed a bit too hard early on in the big climb and at 3.3km I cracked and walked a few short stretches. I tried to keep it steady along the top but motivation was a bit low and didn't have much left for the hills. I was yo-yo-ing off the guy just in front along here but approaching the lookout I put in an effort and caught him as we went over. This was 8km in 35.30 and on schedule to finish in a similar time to last year. About 100m later a stitch developed and I knew it wasn't going away. Slowed to a jog and walked a little but I couldn't shake it. Finally after turning onto Mt Cooth-the road it started to fade and I decided I would at least finish strong and overtake a few people, and managed to knock out the last 500m in 1.25.
So a disappointing finish, 3min down on last year. Not sure why the legs felt so crap, either I hadn't recovered from the maximal efforts on Thu and the Coot-tha ascent on Friday morning, or it was the hip and glute release work I did last night.
PTE 5.0