Australia Day Fun Run 2011

Mornington Peninsula Shire Ausday Fun Run website results
6km Dromana to Rosebud 8:30am Wednesday 26 January 2011, Australia Day holiday

First time I have done this race, last year I did the Mount Martha MMAD swim on Australia Day, but it was hard work ;)

No PB, in fact my third fastest 6km time of 24:42 (behind 24:13 24/5/10, and 24:31 11/12/10), but a good solid run. Finished 8th (of 683), and 6th in Gender and Open Category. My results online and Garmin.

Didn't quite get the time or position I was hoping for, but the course was slightly long (by the Garmin) and there was a lot crowding/weaving. I need more speed, need to drop under that 4min/km average, I was only 2mins behind the winner. Couldn't tell what position I was along the run, because we were in amongst the 10km runners. I only noticed being past by 1 6km runner, even though I slowed a bit in the second half, I passed a few juniors then.

I choose the 6km (there was 10km also), as I figured I would be more competitive in the shorter race (the serious runners do the 10km :), and also I could jog back to the start afterwards, rather than wait for the buses which didn't start till after the presentations at around 10:40am.

Unfortunately the start was a bit of a mess, the 6km runners ran along some grass, and were expected to join the trail, but there wasn't really a path through to it, so there was a bottle-neck and some bush-bashing. Also the 10km race, which was scheduled to start at 8am, started 8mins late, this meant the bulk of the 10km runners were immediately in front of us 6km runners on the course when we started, even though the 6km start was delayed 4mins. This meant a lot of weaving around for the first few kms.

The course itself was quite good, either on gravel trail (surface like The Tan) or on the partially closed road. It was only on the return jog that I noticed any of the sights (such as beach, lighthouse, pier,...) . One interesting feature was running through the beach front camping ground, with people sitting out front of the caravans in dressing downs cheering us on.

All up good race atmosphere, freebies and carnival at the end (and start), flat course. I was impressed by the number of patriotic people, runners and spectators, wearing and waving the Aussie flag. Would be good the drag the family along next time, if I could get them out of bed.

XOSize TriSeries 2010-11 Race 3

XOSize TriSeries 2010-11 Race 3 Sprint Enduro StartToFinish results
Sunday 16/Jan/2010, 7:30am at Elwood, 250/10/2.5/250/10/2.5

Only the send time I've done an Enduro, the last time being Jan 2008.
My overall time was naturally slower having 5 transitions, but I had my highest category (10th) and overall (166th) finish positions.

The bike was again my best leg(s) finishing with 35:26 for the 20km total (33.9km average). Again I struggled on the run(s), with "dead legs" and "noisy" breathing (still have a nagging cold thing), but pulled together 21:02 for the total 5km. Swims - average, felt OK in both, even without wetsuit in second swim where I was some 2mins slower, but there was some extra transition included S2.

Garmin S1 T1 B1 T2 R1 T3 S2 T4 B2 T5 R2

Gatorade Triathlon Series 2010-11 Race 3

Race 3 - Olympic distance SuperSprint, Sandringham, results
Fourth year in row I have done this race.
Missed out on a PB or breaking 2:30, with 2:35:46 just 40secs off my second fastest time for the Olympic distance. But did have my highest overall 363 of 824 and category 47/95 positions (and percentage) for the Gatorade Olympic, and this was the Victorian Olympic Distance Championships.

1. As usual at Sandringham, the swim was fairly rough, and although I felt I swam OK and passed quite a few people, the time was not great.
2. But on the ride, once again I set a PB for bike leg with the new TT machine, 1:10:00 for the 40km. For once the ride at Sandy wasn't that windy, even so there was a good tail wind heading North back to transition where I hit 50km/h, with an overall average of about 34km/h (which is still slightly slower than my average on the 90km at Florida).
3. The run was OK, not a spectacular time of just under 45mins (4:30min/km average) but the legs had not been feeling great, I'd even had a (Emergency!) massage on Friday morning. I think I was finally paying for all the hills, bike and run, over Xmas/New Years. Also I felt like I was going to get the dreaded stomach cramps as per Florida, but in the end I ran OK, even if I felt like I had run a marathon (or at least a half) from about the 4km mark.
   

It was about that 4km I realised that my Garmin had not been giving my 1km splits, and that I had turned off GPS in the morning, and not re-enabled it until that point. So my recordings are not that great.

All up not bad considering how the legs had been feeling.
Garmin Connect details Race 4: Swim T1 Bike T2 Run