Second race in 1 week, this one is important to me as it’s
raising funds for Mental Health and secondly as my Tri Squad are supporting the
event through Mizuno Running Shoes.
Both Ellie and I signed up for the 5km event for a bit of
fun. We showed up about 1 hour before our kick off found our way down to the main
oval and where the team tent had gone up. We caught up with a few people while
waiting for our event to start, laughing at the Zumba instructor doing her
thing. With about 15mins to go Ellie and I head out for our warm up run. We
headed out on down to the first turn and then headed back to the start line. At
the start line we placed ourselves close to the start line as we could. I always
find these type of events you end up with Kids, pushers, etc at the start of
the line that get in the way of you running.
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| Start line Koas |
Ellie and I did some stretching, then butt kicks and leg swings
at the start line. At 8:15am off we went and within the first 500m I had kids,
dogs and pushers all in the way of me. I had to jump out of way so many times I
lost count. I saw Ellie take off, she was some 100m in front of me, she is a
far better runner than me and I accept this fact. The course was an out and
back mainly downhill with a few minor rises for the first half but it also meant
a hilly return. At the turn around I felt good, no major issues I kept on
pushed all the way back up the hills. The final push for last 1.5km was hard it
just keeps raising and at the end you turn left and there is still another 200m
of the hill to go until it flattens out and you head back into the school
grounds.
I sprinted around the oval to the finish line passing the TA
Taj and coping abuse from the team (Ellie had finished before me).
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| At the finish line |
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| Ellie and I post race |
My time was 25m 19s I was very happy with this time, very
fast for me.
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