City2Surf : Keith in Melbourne
On Saturday Keith raced in Melbourne. True to his form he had a great run as 1st M50+ by over 2 minutes. Well done Keith.
We had a cast of many Canberrans in the City2Surf. Steve 52+ ; Jane 55+ ; Michelle 61+, Helen 64+, Maria 67+, Kathy 69+, Gabe 70+, Mick, Kelley, Jim, Ewen, Team Faster Fossils and Minnie.
Of me: Well I enjoyed despite the sub-par performance. 200m into the race I had an asthma type attack came in waves and lasted several hours after the race [known side effect to over counter anti-inflam for achilles injury...just googled it although advice is to go straight to hospital (not finish race)]. I couldn't sustain anything faster than 3:55/km which is slower than the entire males in the preferred and seeded runners. I stopped at 3km for a pee and pulled back into the race just behind Steve. Not only couldn't I catch up with him but he was pulling away and having a great run!! On the way up heartbreak hill things really got bad so took a long break and looked for Jane to come through. We ran together from 6km mark to the finish. It was clear at 10km (40:19) Jane would break 56 minutes as she was posting some splits well under 4s on the flat and down sections. At times for me just staying with her was extremely difficult. Keith says she was 2nd W40+. The results are in overload so will update later.
It was great conditions for running. Aside from me I can't think of anyone who wasn't pleased with their performance.
As always it was a great weekend away. We stopped off at Helen and Johns farm to pick up Bella and drop off Helen.
Below some shots and a snap interview and cameo, moi pre-race (ta Keith for the tip)
We had a cast of many Canberrans in the City2Surf. Steve 52+ ; Jane 55+ ; Michelle 61+, Helen 64+, Maria 67+, Kathy 69+, Gabe 70+, Mick, Kelley, Jim, Ewen, Team Faster Fossils and Minnie.
Of me: Well I enjoyed despite the sub-par performance. 200m into the race I had an asthma type attack came in waves and lasted several hours after the race [known side effect to over counter anti-inflam for achilles injury...just googled it although advice is to go straight to hospital (not finish race)]. I couldn't sustain anything faster than 3:55/km which is slower than the entire males in the preferred and seeded runners. I stopped at 3km for a pee and pulled back into the race just behind Steve. Not only couldn't I catch up with him but he was pulling away and having a great run!! On the way up heartbreak hill things really got bad so took a long break and looked for Jane to come through. We ran together from 6km mark to the finish. It was clear at 10km (40:19) Jane would break 56 minutes as she was posting some splits well under 4s on the flat and down sections. At times for me just staying with her was extremely difficult. Keith says she was 2nd W40+. The results are in overload so will update later.
It was great conditions for running. Aside from me I can't think of anyone who wasn't pleased with their performance.
As always it was a great weekend away. We stopped off at Helen and Johns farm to pick up Bella and drop off Helen.
Below some shots and a snap interview and cameo, moi pre-race (ta Keith for the tip)
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Inflammation the curse of us all!