Arrived at the Brighton Baths minutes prior to the start (rolleyes), so my warm up was ordinary, I predicted in the guessing comp 19:05, I should have taken into account the head wind on the return trip and the fact that I raced hard yesterday, oh well.
The photo left to right; Me, Kelvin, Old Miler, Greybeard & lots of others
I started hard (as per normal), running alongside Tim Crosbie (not the smartest thing to do, he is much faster than me). I stayed with Tim until just prior to the 1k mark where I moved right behind him, but by this stage I knew I was already in trouble, with my quads starting to hurt and a feeling of build up in the hammies, I knew it was going to be a long 5k race. Still running fast enough at the 2k mark but quickly I was looking for Tim to turn around, but he kept on going, this 500m felt like 800m, OMG it is going to be along way home. At the 3k mark I deliberately slowed down and even moved off the course into a park and stopped and had a drink from a fountain, once back on I cruised in probably at 4:15-30 pace, finished 20:50ish, fairly ordinary.
Leading; Me & Old Miler, just behind Kelvin, Eskimo & Blueboy
Not much of a cool down, but did get to have coffee and chat with some old & new acquaintances, which was the 'real' purpose of the day! Spent the remainder of the day in the city and meet up with a special friend!
1 comment:
Sounds like a great day.
Great photos.....love "running" photos in blogs...even when I don't have a clue whose in them!
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