City to Surf 12k - RunOther


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Perth, Western Australia
Australia
21C / 70F
Sunny
 		Total Time = 1h 26m 54s
Overall Rank = /
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Three months of training as per the 12 week beginner 12km-run provided by Kinetic Health.
On the day I ate my regular bowl of muesli and a coffee, plus i grabbed a protein drink for the train ride into Perth.

Event warmup:

Very little. The warm-ups were being done too early by the event organisers. So I have mostly just gentle muscle stretching
Run
  • 1h 26m 54s
  • 12 kms
  • 07m 14s  min/km
Comments:

Very happy with my run, expecially since it was my first ever race over 5km. I thought i had done sufficient hill training, however I now know that Baysie hills pale in comparison to City to Surf ones! Still, i was incredibly happy that i ran 5km (including the first major hill) without slowing to a walk. My split times in that first 5km were higher than any I hit during training, yet i felt good!
What would you do differently?:

More hill training! Other than that, nothing, I felt great...apart from blisters on my right foot developing at the 7km mark, not too sure whay they came as I certainly didnt suffer from any during training.
Post race
Warm down:

Light stretching and sleep

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The hills haha. I'm a slow runner, so i'm very happy with the times i posted.

Event comments:

The post-event area was not well set-up, people could not easily access drinks. Organiser definatly need to re-think this layout.


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Last updated: 2011-08-28 12:00 AM
Running
01:26:54 | 12 kms | 07m 14s  min/km
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/
Performance: Good
1km - 05:01 - 05:01 2km - 07:29 - 12:30 (up a friken steep hill haha!) 3km - 06:59 - 19:29 4km - 06:59 - 26:28 5km - 06:52 - 33:20 6km - 07:34 - 40:54 7km - 07:57 - 48:51 8km - 06:58 - 55:49 9km - 07:26 - 1:03:15 10km - 08:13 - 1:11:28 11km - 08:25 - 1:19:53 12km - 07:01 - 1:26:54
Course:
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4