YMCA Canberra Half Marathon inc Australian Masters Half Marathon Championships 76 minutes 2nd overall, 1st M55

Cool windy morning after early rain. Venue mostly bike path around the lake, some off and on road sections and navigating puddles and pedestrians.

After the first kilometre sitting in a chasing pack out of the wind I jumped across to solo M30 Jacob. From there on were were together until Jacob skipped away in the final 2-3 kilometres. I thought I had a near flawless run.

My splits: 3:30,3:30,3:21,3:34,3:25,3:29,3:32,3:38,3:37,3:44,3:36,3:33,3:37,3:40,3:38,3:39,3:37,3:44,3:34,3:43. All the splits over 3:40 had a hill in it.

That's my last race until City2Surf in August. I'll be in France very soon, continuing base training in a calm and warm environment.

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Ewen said…
Good job Bruce and a nice cheque for your efforts. Enjoy the warm weather training stint.
June 1, 2019 at 12:53 PM
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