Bushed at Homebush

Saturday February 6, 2010 (Race 10km)
Racing after five months off running and only two weeks of recovery training – not very wise! My first intention was not to run at all. But since this was the first race in this years series and it has been almost a year since I have run a 10 km race and there were many people I wanted to catch up with, I turned up at Homebush in the early morning drizzle. The car park was full despite the less than perfect weather – raining but cool. The rain stopped long enough for the race and the post race awards. My goal was to do the run at the back of the pack at 6min/km to see if I can maintain an even pace without any strain or stress. I was disappointed to get caught up in the race even at the back and ended up running 56min. Four minutes quicker than my target time but almost 8 minutes slower than the last time I ran here in March 2007. I had a nice chat with an old running buddy for the last 2km of the race. It is so fantastic to be back amongst the running and to be able to do it pain free. Feeling terrific….