Spring into Shape Race 3 Report

After another wet weekend in Melbourne I really thought today could be a bit of fun, but when I woke up it was race day for Spring into Shape Race 3. I checked out the weather report, radar and looked out the Window


- Rain – all stopped and none on the radar
- Temp – 14.2c
- Cloudy – Yes
- Windy – very light approx 3-5km per hour

Great conditions for running! After I got to the Alexander Gardens the first thing I noticed was it was really wet under foot. Not too bad but enough to be a bit of pain. So I got my race number and started my warm up process, remember this is my first running event for a while.

So there we all were lined up and at 8:20 off we go. The pace was fast I looked at my watch and saw I was doing 4m:20s pace and not wanting to re-injure myself I backed it off to a comfortable 5m:30s and decided to keep the pace steady.

Before I knew it was crossed the finish line, my watch recorded 22m 18s, official time was 22m 15s. That’s a 11.5km or 5m10s pace. Note to one’s self you need to re sync your watch’s foot pod.

Overall Place 116
Division Place 25
Gender Place 93

Once finished grabbed a drink, show bag, did some stretching and then headed home. I’m not sore at all, feeling good, but I do need to do some more running.

Tomorrow it’s off to the Pyshio, yep 4 weeks have gone past. I’m hoping it’s the last visit.

I’ll post some pics from both the Tri and today’s event in the new few days.

Pics from Sandy Point Half.

Heading up towards the turn around near the Brighton Savoy

Passed half way heading for the finish line - pasing the Brighton Savoy (again)

Ah 10km's done and here is the finish

XOSIZE Tri Series 09/10 - Race 4 Sandringham Images

One of the nice things about entry into the XOSize TRI is that you get free pictures from Super Sport Images.

So here are a few pics of me from my first Tri.

Coming in from th Swim. I'm the one in the middle in the wetsuit just about to hit the mats.

Just coming back from a 10km bike ride.

No run Picture yet - I need to go through all the images and check

In my last posting I commented "if would I do another tri? Answer –Ask me tomorrow." Well - Yes I have registed for XOSize Race 5 on the 14 March.

As for the next event for Lisa and I? not sure we are thinking about the Mother's Day Classic on 9th May and then Run Melbourne, presented by The Age on 18th July.

Until next time from Team-LSD