21.1km | 2:00:20 I've had the flu for the past week, no running means no blogging. I only started feeling OK on Saturday, so I was amazed how good I felt this morning (must have been the sudafed with redbull chaser breakfast !). I met up with a heap of CRs before the race and at the gun settled into a slow pace with Omni. We were swept along with the crowd and realised after the first KM that we were running at 4:20/km pace ! Way too fast for me so we pulled back and tagged along with Horrie for the next 6/7km. I was without my GPS for this race (couldn't get a signal under the buildings) but must admit that I lost my way with pace. It wasn't until the 15km marker that I looked at my watch and saw 1:28:xx. Yowza, way too slow to crack 2 hours. I was feeling pretty good and decided that I would bring it home hard and try and finish under the big 2:00. I lifted my pace through the gardens and ran hard, no very hard, down Macquarie, Hunter & Pitt up to George Street to Argyle. By then I was on the money for a sub 2 finish. I ran neck and neck with the clock and passed hundreds (OK tens) of people in the last 1km along Hickson Road only to finish 20 secs off the mark. Arrrgh ! No big deal and very happy with that result. A big thank you to Larry the Physio and Andy the Pod for your work in the last months. Great to catch up with all Cool Runners, Cool Bloggers & Striders today and to finally meet the lovely Queen Luckylegs (albeit on the run). Mood: :D

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