up at 4.50am to get Jodie to the start for the 9k...the 25k runners & 17k walkers also started at 6am...conditions were perfect in my opinion!
the 17k run got underway just after 6:30am...25k runners Trevor Jacobs passed me as I was going up Farrer Ridge then Jackie Fairweather passed me at the bottom of the other side...Simon wasn't far behind...
Charlie and I traded places for most of the way as she was walking uphill then much quicker than me on the downhill...Geoff B also caned me on the downhills - does that man have no regard for his safety??!
I only walked the very steepest bits of Farrer Ridge, Wanniassa Hill and on our second loop of Isaac's Ridge...I was most pleased that I'd "run" (not walked would be a better way of putting it!) all of the first loop on Isaac's Ridge, a section I had only previously covered in a car!
there was a steady procession of runners past me in the second half although I did overtake a few myself (hard to tell if they were 25k runners or 17k runners though)...
raced hard to the finish (the last 200m in particular) with a female defence force 25k runner...all good fun!
Jodie completed her first mountain race in just over 66mins which is really good considering she had Mt Taylor to deal with...
the stats:
start temp/humidity: 10.4/84% (rising to 14.3/64%)
start time: 6:33am
total distance: 17.19
total time: 1:45
avg pace: 6:05
*Time spent in HR Zones:
00:04 [Z1: 93-111]
00:11 [Z2: 111-130]
15:23 [Z3: 130-148]
69:12 [Z4: 148-167]
22:52 [Z5: 167-185]
1k splits: 5:39, 6:04, 7:12, 6:11, 8:57, 5:31, 6:30, 7:17, 4:58, 7:13, 6:31, 5:04, 5:19, 5:59, 5:23, 5:25, 4:48, (0:35)
I was especially pleased with my time as I was hoping to go under 2hrs...
now I have to get ready for my final session of the MTB Clinic - we are doing a 32k ride starting and finishing at the ferry terminal on Lake BG...
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