The southerly wind blew all night and when I woke up this morning it was still howling. But the air temperature was blessedly cool. Well almost too cool for me anyway, I had to put a jumper on. Huge turnout this morning for the Sydney Striders Willoughby Winder STaR. The course provides something for everyone, traversing bush trails as well as roads and lots of challenging hills on Sydneys' lower north shore.
My plan was to do the full 30 km and push the pace a little as I have not done a longer run this week. The early pace was quite slow through the 5km of bush trail. From 10 to 20 km I trailed behind the second group of runners who started 10 minutes after. I was pleased to be able to hang on to tail end even over the hills. The last 10km I ran mostly with Mary and Steven. We made up for the slower start through the bush by pushing the pace to finish the 30 km in 3.00. Tough hilly course and at the end I wandered if I could hold onto that pace for another 12.195 km? The way I felt this morning at the end of the run, the answer was no.
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