It felt terrible, but I was trying to push myself and let my body just go. I have real problems with anxiety when I get puffed out..and then start to hyperventilate. The poor people in front must think I am like a stalker or something. I tried to resist the temptation to look at my heart rate on my polar watch as this seems to be dictating to me more than it should. So this time I actually did push myself with average HR of 170 and up to 179. I lost all sense of how long the run had to go toward the end and thought that it had another 3kms, when in truth it only had another 1.5km tops. This was a bit disappointing as I really think I could have taken a couple more minutes of my time if I had not had walked as much.

Not sure.... pleased that my running is improving since last year, but wish my mind would stop playing games with my body. Need to practice more at this distance and the 10km mark to get used to it. Given the elements,and the fact that I have never done this distance before, I could hardly be too disappointed.

Walked to car


New to the distance and blisters toward the end...again!


Course was good, it is a low key local event so I think there is not much more that you could expect. I would have liked to have another drink station and also some signage on the home loop to let you know how far you have to go.