A nice hilly half on a Sunday morning in west Dapto. Met up with Strider Thien before the race and we did a bit of a warmup together. I tried to explain how the course went. Flat for 5ks before a long hill. Then a good downhill to cross the trainline.
Then a long run uphill again to cross back over the train line. Then the real hills start. With 4 rolling hills between 7 and 11ks before you turn back to the finish.
When running back you have 4 more hills on the way to the finish. I was running ok for the 1st 6ks doing almost bang on 4 min ks before we hit the level crossing and a 2 min stop for the train. The 1st 4 runners I think made it through without getting caught.
The hills were tough on the wayout and back and I couldn't keep the 4 min k pace. Eventually just snuck under the 90 mins running 89:30. Good hard hitout though so was worth the drive down. Pity we had a headwind(S.W) going out t0 11ks and what seemed like a N.E seabreeze on the way back in.
P.S Great to see Tom do a great 2:36 on debut at GCM. Timmy finally beat Enda in a half and Frank Zeichner from Striders debuting at age 53 I think and running 2:57:48 in the marathon.
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