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Despite a howling gale, and stupid cold rain I decided on a just singlet and shorts - well how cold can you really get - approach to the race. It turns out when you have to wait on the start line for 10mins, the answer is really very cold indeed. So I started really cold, and what I thought was likely too fast. But its really hard to tell when you are that cold. So I just went with it. Km1 - 4.14 - eeek. Km2 - thinking I'm going to die on my ass - but 4.14 again. OK then. By 5k I'd slowed a little bit but decided maybe I wasn't going to die after all. 21.19 - a 36second 5k PB! At the turnaround I still felt amazing. So I just kept pushing. One of my friends who now lives down in Dunedin and had come back for the race came past me and I just chased her as hard as I could. I didn't catch her but the rest of the race just flew by and the finish arrived before I even realised! Time on my watch was 42.53. Chip time 42.50. Unbelievable. A 4.29 PR By the way despite an immediate hot shower after finishing, followed by a coffee and a steak sandwich, it still took me 4+ hours to warm up again!
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thats great !! a new 10k PR always feels good and usually means that you are ready to go after a new 5k and Half marathon PR as well.
have fun.
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Km1 - 4.14 - eeek. Km2 - thinking I'm going to die on my ass - but 4.14 again. OK then. By 5k I'd slowed a little bit but decided maybe I wasn't going to die after all.
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Great job. I think there is nothing better then running in the cold. The first mile always flies by because you are just trying to get warm.
Awesome job!!