A bonza (don't see that word very often!) day, almost a little warm in the end, particularly after they predicted "clearing showers".
The first time I have done an "even paced" run, my usual "strategy" is to go hard (as fast as I can almost) at the start, holding that pace for some time (say half way) and then try to hang on as best I can until the end. I figure that if I start slow then I will only slow down more as I get tired, so I had just as well gain some time up front. Not necessarily a great strategy, but it has kinda worked for me (except in the Marathon), and seems to be an almost reasonable approach for a shorter race.
15km - close to 10 miles that have been run else where, is an interesting distance. I really enjoyed it and it can be broken up into 3 x 5km sections, my even pacing gave approx times of 21:30, 22:30 and 22:00 for a total of 66:24, which is not bad for me. My goal was between 65 (ideal) and 70 mins (no so ideal).
Some comments I should feedback to the organisers:
- parking - not great, and it took ages to get out through St Kilda and back onto Dandenong road.
- Bag storage - I know they say not to have valueables etc, but even a spare running shirt can have some value, and just having places for us to leave and collect the bags, is not really good enough. Anyone in the area could access any of the bags, take what they want, put it in their bag, and take it out!
- being a HBA member it would have been great to get the $15 entry discount when registering online (only seemed to be available very very early entry on paper).
- Introducing the celebs and elites is OK, but with everyone lined up at the start, no-one could see them. It would have been better to have some sorta stage that they could walk up onto/across (the start gantry?).
- the warmup at the start was also pretty useless, sure most people wouldn't follow it anyway, but there was no room to move on the "starting grid" and again no-one could see the leader.
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