10km | soft sand | Race | 68:08

I won't hide the fact that I was shitting myself this morning. Not knowing if the task was beyond me I guess. Still I did run 7.5km last weekend so it was just a mental hurdle that needed to be overcome.


I headed down to North Bondi Surf Club and signed on bright and early and collected my race singlet, got chipped and race number drawn on my arm (always wanted one of those).


I chatted to a heap of runners including a Cool lurker who was training for some 500km race in the deserts of China. 50kms per day for 10 days I think. Sheesh !


We gathered at the start shortly before 9.00am and got our race instructions. Soon the whistle (surf life saving thing) went off and we were running. The pack pulled me along at about 5:40/km pace and soon I was dry in the mouth and gasping for air. I could only sustain that sort of pace for 3 laps and slowly dropped of to a reduced pace of about 7:00/km. That was the pace I train at and I knew that I could last the distance without to much dramas.


At the halfway mark I was feeling pretty crap for going out too hard and being a hero and it took a few doses of sports drink to regain my composure.


I got a cheer from CRs Blkbox & Beki at about the 7km mark and I mumbled something like it was only 3 laps to go. Those 3 laps seemed to take forever and all I could do was plod at the same pace and be strong in the mind as it would be all wrapped up in 20 mins. Thanks for the support guys !


I finished in a wobbly 68:08 (exactly 30 mins behind the winner Jeremy Horne LOL) but all in all had a fun morning. I will be backing up in 2008 for sure and might look at the Manly Soft Sand Classic in June or July.

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