Run race ((time trial)) 18:18 [5] 5.0 km (3:40 / km)
5k time trial on the Tan. Started promisingly but then faded away a bit; I'm so used to doing the 'normal' Tan that it was a bit of a change trying to get my pacing right from a different starting point and not racing against anyone. Didn't expect a brilliant time during a heavy base-training phase but would have liked to have been closer to or under 18. Cool and dry, a bit windy at times but couldn't ask for much better conditions at this time of year.
Run 32:00 [3] 7.0 km (4:34 / km)
Getting to/from the tan for the above.
Note
Obviously someone from the Kazakhstan Ministry of Tourism has just been on a fact-finding mission to regional Australia, because I saw today that there is a proposal to build a Big Yurt in Astana. At least it's not a statue of Borat...