BBQ Stakes #27 (reverse #7)...

glad I didn't ride yesterday as a big storm hit around when I'd normally leave...by the time I left work the rain had eased and by the time I got home, I didn't get wet walking from the bus stop...

it was back to being very wet for this morning's walk, cold too...I did ride in, GoPro on and running, no swooping!

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 6.9/57% (apparent temp 3.4)
start time: 8:03am
total distance: 16.58
total time: 40:21 (including 0:52 stopped time)
avg speed: 24.7kph
total calories: 356
avg HR: 131

I've learned, thanks to peter C, that the BBQ Stakes handicap is based on your best time in the past 6 months so no wonder mine hasn't changed from 21:30...it was the reverse course for the first Wednesday of the month...

it was very windy and I felt like I was running on the spot for the first two ks...

my seventh run on the reverse and I finished 29th...this was slowest run on the reverse but at least it was an improvement over recent weeks...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 12.8/39% (apparent temp 10.4)
start time: 12:31pm
total distance: 6.02
total time: 30:07
avg pace: 5:00
total calories: 424
avg HR: 157
recovery HR: 121/49
heart beats per k: 785

1k splits: 5:02, 5:27, 5:17, 5:12, 4:45, 4:20, 0:04

I was 42 seconds slower over the first 3ks compared to last month but 12 seconds faster on the last 3...

card hander outerer, Jodie, watched the Chappell St magpie fly around a finishing BBQ Stakes runner to swoop a cyclist (twice making contact!)