Year in Review
So, given that the 5k Challenge next week will be the day after a 20 mile run, I'm not expecting a good time there, so it seems safe to run a summary of improvements:
5km - improved from 19:16 to 18:36 (mind you, that was in April. Wouldn't mind seeing what a clean run at it would produce)
10km - improved from 40:36 to 38:18
C2S - improved from 60:16 to 55:47
Half Marathon - improved from 1:35:14 to 1:23:39
Marathon - improved from 3:38:58 to 2:59:10
Best run of the year - very tempted to say the Canberra Marathon (and it would probably rate as the most satisfying), but from a pure numbers point of view, the Striders Internal Half of 1:23:39 was a stunner.
Worst run of the year - Gold Coast Marathon. From a time and pure misery point of view, it totally sucked, which was a shame as it was a good event otherwise! Second place would go to the SMH Half, where I went out far too hard, and was miserable and in pain for three quarters of the event. Spectators near the finish were most likely offended by the stream of self-abuse I let fly when I crossed the line.
Goals next year:
Sub 4:30 at Six Foot
Sub 3 at Gold Coast
Sub 55 at C2S
All else will follow.
posted by vat_man @ Sunday, December 19, 2004
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hey, i didn't know you ran the gold coast this year. very cool. my wife and i ran it in 2003 and really enjoyed it. canbera is the one i originally wanted to run though, that has got to be a wonderful course.
Yeah, a disaster of a run though - own fault, too. Picked up a couple of niggles post-Canberra and really went into GCM underdone.
Wouldn't say I'm a huge fan of the course - the narrow sections through Broadbeach and the wide open boring areas up in the northern section of the course (where's there's nowhere to hide from the sun) are particular low lights, but if you cop the right day it's certainly flat enough to produce a time.
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