Running race 1:19:35 [4] 10.0 km (7:58 / km)
shoes: Inov-8 X-Talon 2nd pair
Stadium Stair Race. Hard yakka! Case of misleading advertising '1km, 5800 stairs', the course map showed effectively 3 times around the stadium with lots of up and down. My guess was it would be around 3-4km. Wrong! I got to about where I thought I would be peeling off to the finish at 42 minutes, but no sign of a turn. Kept going, by 50 minutes I was mostly walking the ups, by 60 mins got to the 3 tier stand for the 2nd time, and was walking the flats and downs too.
Distance is total guesswork, but felt as though I went a lot further - 14-15km. They need to get their act together to (a) measure and advertise the real distance (and maybe pare the long course back to one lap), (b) give more information about the course to the marshalls. Was pretty peeved to see lots of 'slowies', who I'd left way behind, already at the finish before me because they'd only done one lap and noone stopped them taking the finish turn after their first lap.
Certainly earned the sponsorships - thanks everyone!
Will have pretty sore calves and quads, and 4-5 black toenails tomorrow, but good prep for the start of Metro Series next Saturday - Yay!