10km | 45:16 | Race | PB 3km | recovery | not timed Week 3 of 13 I ran this morning with the intention of going as hard as I can. Seeing that my shins had mysteriously healed themselves over the past few days (must have been that Benny Hinn Holy Water I bought on Ebay ;-P), I was feeling good enough to give it a crack. I took off with the huge starting group not knowing who or where the 45 pacer was. The only person I saw was Papa Luigi just ahead and I thought that he would probably be running a conservative race today because of 6-Foot next week, so I kept him in my sights. At the first km marker I could see that I was under PB pace at about 4:15 so I tried to turn it down a bit. I went through the 5km at exactly 45 pace at 22:23 so I knew that I was on target. Soon Spud (the 45 pacer) and Johnny Dark ran up next to me and Spud asked if I was jumping aboard the 45 train. I said that would try and hold on for as long as I could. By about 9km Spud & JD were about 50m ahead and there was no chance I could catch them. I tried really hard to run the last km fast but my tired old legs and burning lungs just wouldn't participate. Still, I'm very happy with a 24 second PB and aim to break that 45 minute barrier very soon. I had to drop my Mum's car off at her house afterwards in Double Bay (we are a one car family and our Princess had ballet this morning), so I had a leisurely 3km run up to Woollahra and through Centennial Park to home as a belated warm down. Mood: --->

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