Not a wuss...

yesterday I headed to the golf course without much hope of playing and sure enough the women's competition was eventually called off (you need 6 for a comp)...headed to Suze's to drop off some stuff and ended up taking Hux on a nice long walk (two hours) to find two caches...we copped all four seasons on the walk and my feet (wearing footy socks and hiking boots) got soaked as I had to negotiate (unsuccessfully!) several water crossings...

after a nice lunch while my clothes got put through the dryer, I headed out and found three more caches before calling it a day...

I was in two minds about running today...wanting to do it because I'd prepared for it but not wanting to if it was going to be unsafe...

I eventually made my mind up just after 8 to give it a crack and I'm glad I did...was aiming for 2hrs so was happy to cross the line in 2:01:57...the trails around Mt Ainslie weren't too wet but the out & back section along Mt Majura were quite wet and muddy in places...

this was my 4th run in a Bush Capital event...my first was as part of a Marathon Relay team in 2006 (I ran the third leg, 15k out & back in Goorooyaroo) and I'd done the 16k twice (2009 & 2012)...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 4.5/79% (apparent temp -0.7)
finish temp/humidity: 5.5/67% (apparent temp 0.6)
start time: 9:30am
total distance: 21.18
total time: 2:01:57
avg pace: 5:45
total calories: 1414
avg HR: 155

5k splits: 28:06, 29:50, 29:43, 28:07, 6:11
10k splits: 57:56, 57:50, 6:11