A weekend in Sydney...

arrived in Sydney just before 9am and had picked up my rego kit by 9:30am...had a browse through the "expo" and picked up a few bits 'n' pieces...

spent the next 6hrs caching including walking down and around Lady Macquarie's Chair...

visited Haigh's and walked out with a bagful of chocolate goodies (not all for me!)...

checked into Rydges North Sydney around 4pm...turns out I was only a room along from Craig (handy for handing over his family's rego kits!)...

taken from my balcony

had room service for dinner while I flicked between the NRL and AFL...

up early and down to the start by 5:55am...the start was a couple of minutes late - we were started by the female marathon gold medallist from Sydney...

the new course was more scenic but I think it was just as hard as the previous version with the "hills" in different spots...

I knew my lack of long runs was going to get me and sure enough I struggled over the second half...so I was happy to sneak in under 1:55...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 11.8/67% (finish temp 13.1/62%)
start time: 6:23am
total distance: 21.48
total time: 1:54:30
avg pace: 5:20
total calories: 1104
avg HR*: 161

*Time spent in HR Zones:
00:00 [Z1: 93-111]
00:00 [Z2: 111-130]
00:00 [Z3: 130-148]
107:42 [Z4: 148-167]
00:37 [Z5: 167-185]

1k splits (as signposted - didn't see 3k, 12k): 6:32, 3:52, 10:04, 4:48, 5:20, 4:45, 5:44, 5:05, 6:08, 4:51, 10:43, 5:33, 5:38, 5:49, 5:54, 5:32, 6:03, 6:11, 5:46, 0:11

as you can see the first k marker was in the wrong spot!

1k splits (Sporttracks): 4:59, 5:07, 4:50, 4:56, 4:51, 5:08, 4:58, 5:16, 5:22, 5:16, 4:56, 5:27, 5:10, 5:17, 5:30, 5:47, 5:54, 5:46, 5:22, 5:57, 5:53, 2:36

caught the ferry back across to Milson's Point in time to see the Bridge Run start then it was a long walk back to the hotel...mostly uphill of course!

I arrived back in Canberra just before 3:30pm...now I'll have one or two weeks off until I start training for the Maui HM in January...