A morning cruise of the Bay, and and 8k race with the West Met in the afternoon

Got out to the Bay Run at around 8 and cruised a lap (7km) in a bit over 33 minutes, starting slowly from Timbrell Park and gradually working the pace up as I settled into a rhythm. Felt fairly good once loosened up.

In the afternoon, met up with Mister G at the park along Hawthorne Parade, basically the last kilometre of the Bay Run 5k challenge. There, West Met Aths was holding its weekly cross country event, basically a couple of races of between 1-8km. Ran the 8km (which we suspect was about 200 metres short) in 31:29. The course was about 85% grass, and fairly high cut soft grass at that, so it wasn't conducive to speed. Still, a nice soft surface, good for speed, and a quite enjoyable hit out. Don't know if I'd recommend a 7k hitout 7 hours prior as an ideal warm-up, though.