Capital Summer Fest HM

Thursday

watched a fair bit of cricket and mucked about in the pool with five kids (great fun) then had a delicious BBQ lunch before the day ended with the Australia Day Yahtzee championships - thankfully I didn't finish last!

Friday

it was raining again so we didn't get up to much although we did find one more cache and played one more round of Yahtzee before heading to the airport....

the flight was delayed by 40mins so we didn't land until just after 10:30pm...

today

last time I did a half marathon in the lead up to a marathon, I performed that poorly that I chucked that marathon attempt in...I am pleased to report that that hasn't happened on this occasion!

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 18.8/69% (rising to 22.6/57%)
start time: 10:06am
total distance: 21.1
total time: 1:45:44
avg pace: 5:00
total calories: 987
avg HR*: 166

*Time spent in HR Zones:
00:06 [Z1: 93-111]
00:09 [Z2: 112-130]
00:25 [Z3: 131-148]
82:48 [Z4: 149-167]
14:37 [Z5: 168-185]

splits:
4:43, 4:45, 4:43, 4:50, 4:57 - 23:59
4:53, 5:02, 4:52, 5:03, 5:04 - 24:57 / 48:56
5:02, 5:03, 4:58, 5:01, 5:18 - 25:24
5:05, 5:05, 5:23, 5:09, 5:02 - 25:46 / 51:10
4:58, 0:38

not a big field, probably about 30 (the Mizuno guy had been told there would be 400, wonder if he'll sponsor the event next year?!)...

conditions were good at the start with the cloud cover keeping it realtively cool but the sun made it's full appearance with about 6k to go and it got decidedly warmer!

Kelley had a good run as did Jeff G....my footy teammates both completed their first HMs although one did suffer from cramping...

I think this is my fastest HM since the 2009 ACTCCC Canberra HM (1:43:10)...I will have to check - I have checked, fastest since Golf Coast 2009 (1:43:50)!