A mixed bag this week.
My Achilles pulled up sore after Tuesday nights track session and has gradually got worse throughout the week. I took yesterday off as a precaution before todays race and was seriously considering not starting today.
When I woke up this morning I did my normal 20 - 25 minute easy run and it felt OK once it warmed up so the race was on!!
I decided to start conservatively and build into it and it turned out to be a good plan. Through halfway in 16:45 and back to the finish in 33:45 passing about 6 guys in the last 5km.
A strong run from Marty Dent to take the win in just under 29 minutes. A nice headwind on the return trip no doubt affected times. The first 5 guys sub 29:30 and top 8 sub 30.
Very disappointed to see that some of the main attractions didnt make the trip. Lee Troop and Scott Westcott to name a few. Obviously they have their reasons for not being here but they missed a good opportunity to run a fast time.
In the end I think I was 30th overall and about 7th Tasmanian. I was pretty happy with the run given that I really didnt back off at all training wise this week (apart from yesterday) and still covered 91km in 6 days. Had I not have had the day off then it would have been another week over 100.
The Achilles is VERY sore now but its responding to lots of ice which is a good sign.
State XC in 2 weeks down in Hobart so looking forward to that. Was hoping to give the spikes a workout but not too sure now, time will tell.
Easy 70 minutes tomorrow.
