This was really tough.
Clint and Jess were on pacing duty with their club, the 'Wooters', at Newy parkrun and Clint's mum Janice had agreed to give me a lift in from Warners Bay. The weather had been generally windy and wet (i.e. frightful), and I was sorely tempted to either go to Lake Mac instead, or give up altogether. In the event, I went through with it, and glad I did.
It was overcast and really warm and cloying. Clint was pacing 25 mins, and Jess was pacing 32.30, and so I knew I'd end up between them. The course was an out-and-back around Throsby Creek. We set off, with the first 15 seconds or so at walking pace through the narrow gap. I got running, and kept it up at a decent pace until about 3km (after the turnaround with the guy wearing a terrible orange mohawk), though I lost sight of the 30 min pacer. And then I flagged again - it's an ongoing problem at the moment. I guess it means that I'm setting off too fast, but this time, I'm sure it was the awful humidity that just taxed my energy.
It was all I could do to stop myself from walking, but plod on I did. Jess's sister Megan was playing the flute with a keyboard player in a gazebo on the way, and it was nice to hear the sound making it across the water. I saw Jess coming up on me at the end, and knew that I'd done a poor time, but a 32.09 under the circumstances wasn't the worst outcome. I limped over the line, and was so hot and sweaty that it took me about 15 mins to properly recover.
Lucky we were due to have breakfast with Clint and Jess afterwards. I needed to replenish my strength badly!
Clint and Jess were on pacing duty with their club, the 'Wooters', at Newy parkrun and Clint's mum Janice had agreed to give me a lift in from Warners Bay. The weather had been generally windy and wet (i.e. frightful), and I was sorely tempted to either go to Lake Mac instead, or give up altogether. In the event, I went through with it, and glad I did.
It was overcast and really warm and cloying. Clint was pacing 25 mins, and Jess was pacing 32.30, and so I knew I'd end up between them. The course was an out-and-back around Throsby Creek. We set off, with the first 15 seconds or so at walking pace through the narrow gap. I got running, and kept it up at a decent pace until about 3km (after the turnaround with the guy wearing a terrible orange mohawk), though I lost sight of the 30 min pacer. And then I flagged again - it's an ongoing problem at the moment. I guess it means that I'm setting off too fast, but this time, I'm sure it was the awful humidity that just taxed my energy.
It was all I could do to stop myself from walking, but plod on I did. Jess's sister Megan was playing the flute with a keyboard player in a gazebo on the way, and it was nice to hear the sound making it across the water. I saw Jess coming up on me at the end, and knew that I'd done a poor time, but a 32.09 under the circumstances wasn't the worst outcome. I limped over the line, and was so hot and sweaty that it took me about 15 mins to properly recover.
Lucky we were due to have breakfast with Clint and Jess afterwards. I needed to replenish my strength badly!
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