Striders Domain 10k

This week was busy.

Sunday - 80min run ( in between watching the swim and bike leg of ironman)
Monday - 30 min run ( 10 barefoot on beach) + some wts
Tuesday - abs + 40min bike session
Wednesday - 30 min walk + some wts + boxing session
Thursday - swim am and Runclub at night ( my first 3k time trial in 18months - 15.03)
Friday - did absolutely nothing for the first time in 4 weeks and my body ached all day!!
Saturday - Striders 10k at the Domain. Gnome was on marshalling duties.

Last month at Homebush I ran 58.48 but having done no hill work for over a year I didn't know what to expect on this course. I anticipated I would do about the same but was hopeful to dip into 57.5x. I worked out I needed to hit around 19.00min for each of the 3 laps. First hill I was stuffed and very scared at how I felt, 2nd hill was just as bad but I noticed I hit the 5k at 29.14 and this meant I was still on track. Third time up the hill I kept telling myself I was strong and then realized I was at the top turning for the steady incline. At the 8 k mark I felt really good and came home to finish in 57.04 ( second 5k - 27.50 ) for a 1.44 improvement on last month's 10k in spite of the wind and rain.

After drying off, we then enjoyed breakfast in Leichardt with Julia, Lorna (Owl) and Wayne (JD).

TA