Running race 17:22 [5] 5.0 km (3:28 / km) +42m 3:20 / km
shoes: X-talon 190
Canada day fun run. Seeing as I'm doing the half next weekend I decided to just do the 5km as a bit of a sharpener before next weekend. Good cockies turnout of acejase, miss jones, BigD, grantm, lucymcg and marymac. The start was a bit delayed due to a queue of people waiting to enter, then more waiting for the timing people to get ready, followed by more waiting while someone tried to get us to do some warmup exercises, then there was another wait as the 5km was started a few minutes after the 10km. When we eventually got underway I was out on my own at the front straightaway, but within about 500m I was into the back of the 10km field, the rest of the first lap was spent threading my way through, mainly off the edge of the track. It was a bit less crowded on the second lap, managed to catch miss jones (doing the 10km) about halfway round so knew I was going well although I hadn't been looking at my watch. Was quite surprised to get 17.22 which I think is a 5km pb (I know .... Stromlo is only 4.92km), so a good confidence boost for next weekend. Good run by jase to get 2nd in the 5km and miss jones and BigD doing the double for the cockies in the 10km. Traditional pancakes after then the pressos where I got a massage voucher.