Well, What a Race!

Yesterdays Striders Internal Half has to be one of the toughest races I have done. I went nowhere near my target time and I was pushing through the pain barrier for alot of the race and yet it was surprisingly carthatic. I was fine until about the 6km and then after that I had a shoelace come loose followed by shin splints and then stomach cramps none of which helped my cauwse. While the Lane Cove Course is nice as a 10km event the double up just makes it so much harder as a Half and the wind on the day didn't help. Next time I will be more considerate of those hills and realise what I'm capable of. I finished in 1:45:18 which given conditions was rather good but I would have liked better. I must say the volunteers were great for the race and really helpful I dont think I wouldhave got through without them.

Above is a picture of me at the bottom of the weir just before I headed up the hill for the second time. The look on my face is deceptive because by that time I was in a fair bit of pain!