64:36 | Race | PB I met CoolBlogger Blkbox & Will at Bondi Junction and we made our way to the start line were we met a constellation of CoolRunners. The 2.5 hour wait went quickly and soon we were off. The Tesso/Go Girl train didn't happen with everyone disappearing into the zillion strong crowd. Again my GPS couldn't find itself a satellite, so I was pretty much in the dark as far as pace was concerned. I ran to Double Bay pretty conservatively and was lucky enough to catch my wife and 2 kids at Manning Road for a quick hi-5. That was really cool. It was frustrating because I just couldn't find a KM marker. Throughout that time I was asking anyone who looked like they had a fancy gadget on their wrist how far we had gone and at what pace we were traveling ! Thankfully I found a KM marker at 6km and saw that I was pretty much on target for a 65:XX finish. I cruised up Heartbreak Hill pretty comfortably but found the next few KMs through Dover Heights a real challenge. I reached the 10km marker in 46:45 which was OK, as I knew that there were only a few hills to go together with lots of downhill bits and flats. My splits were: 26:56 6km 33:13 (6:17) 7km HBH 37:50 (4:36) 8km 41:54 (4:04) 9km 46:45 (4:50) 10km 51:54 (5:08) 11km 56:20 (4:26) 12km 59:41 (3:21) 13km wooshka ! 64:36 (4:55) 14km (1.1km maybe ?) Yes it was PB and based on my 2004 run I managed to slice a tad under 30 minutes of that 94:11 result. LOL. I'm a bit tired now and am about to take the family out for pizza and then I will crawl into bed for a looong sleep (in my skins). Mood: --->

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