Penrith 10k race today. Woke up at 5am for the journey all the way to Penriff. Picked up Mark on the way for his 2nd ever fun run - woo hoo.
Left the Garmin in the car and realised that I am lost without it. Took off way too fast and felt lactic after about 2k. Colin cruised past at this stage telling me that we were well under 4:00min pace - der! Went through first lap in 20:18 which was Ok however the legs got heavy in second lap. Got a very uncomfortable stitch in the second lap as well, the pain nearly causing me to walk. It went away quick enough and I managed to finish in 41:30.
At this stage I am pretty happy with that time as it has been a fairly big week of training and with the poor pacing and stitch I was expecting it too be much worse.
It was good to see Uncle Dave, Colin, Easy Tiger, Jen_runs and meet The Owl. Mark came in just over 60 mins which was great - I think he can break 2 hours for SMH.
After visiting Macca's for breakfast it true Hamburglar style, we headed on our way to Orange. I managed to sneak a quick look at the start of sixfoot whilst the little fella was feeding. I ran down Nellies Glen and back (well mostly walked back). It was much different to what I had in my mind. I rushed back as I didn't want the family waiting too long, and by the time I got back to the car (about 45 mins later) the quads were screaming.
So a good strong 10k hit out and a quick run down and up Nellies Glen was a good way to break up the drive to Orange and a good way to celebrate Australia Day. Now where are those wineries...
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