Weather : Very pleasant
Parking : Easy
Starting time : 7.15am? (at least off by 10 minutes, I think)
Route rating : Not the best due to last minute "safety" issues of running through the Sprint tunnel. The gradient was challenging though and it really disrupted my pacing..badly.
Finish time : 59min 40sec at 11.3km/h pace. About the same with KRI 12.8km run.
How to prepare better :
1. Not a good idea to do a practise run of more than 10km within 2 days of race day. What to do! Have to admit I'm getting old. Probably need a day more than recommended to recover.
2. Attending a wedding dinner the night before doesn't help either....
3. Starting from middle with the narrow starting gate didn't help. Took about 30 seconds just to reach the gate and another 3 minutes to finally get into sufficient moving space to pick up pace. First km of 10.1km/h really sucked!
Final analysis : Silver - acceptable with no major aches and pains after the race.
Next race : Der pacemakers New Year Run. Looking forward to meeting up with this group of hardcore runners...
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