In 11 starts at this event, this was by far the most heat stressed. Official weather records show that the RH was 100% (!!) for the first 3.5 hours of the race and then dropped to 92% by my race finish. Never seen so many paramedic incidents late in the race. The heat stress is obvious in my dramatic drop in pace beyond 30km.

Race stats:
Split...........Split.............S/Rank......Race Time.......R/Rank.........Pace
5KM........00:25:05........1520..........00:25:05.........1520............05:01
10KM......00:24:58........1462..........00:50:03.........1494............04:59
15KM......00:25:11........1504..........01:15:14.........1477............05:02
20KM......00:25:58........1677..........01:41:12.........1506............05:11
25KM......00:27:37........2120..........02:08:49.........1555............05:31
30KM......00:28:30........2080..........02:37:19.........1627............05:42
35KM......00:32:56........2508..........03:10:16.........1789............06:35
40KM......00:34:25........2446..........03:44:42.........1894............06:53
Finish......00:14:42........3049..........03:59:24.........1989............06:41

Half Way......................1958...........01:47:04......1524...............05:05 -1st half
Finish.....02:12:16.......3049.........03:59:24.......1989.................06:10 - 2nd half

Not a lot on race day. Managed injury as well as possible.

Beer.


L) proximal hamstring tendon limiting any long runs in this campaign.


40th anniversary race. Sold out marathon field (6,700) and 10.000 in the half marathon.

Great organisiation as always.