A little tender post city to bay, but nothing out of the ordinary.
Tummy still not feeling 100% so took it easy.
That evening, my little one started chucking about half an hour after going to sleep.
Twas a long and restless night.
Maybe 4 or 5 hours of sleep max and stress from thinking of having to admit him into hospital.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Countdown to TM: Day 7...
CITY TO BAY morning!!!
Didn't exactly wake feeling well rested, but didn't feel too bad.
Drugs kept the runs at bay thankfully.
First group of elite runners started at 8am... I didn't start until 8:40am, by which time, most of them had already crossed the finish line!! :)
Started off fast and set and generally good pace.
Felt good and was overtaking plenty of people...
But then my body started going downhill...
The gastro had weakened me and by the seventh kilometre, I had to walk for a bit as I thought I was going to throw up... My mate, who I'd left behind at the 2km mark, caught up to me and gave me some encouragement... Got running again and found my pace... Kept consistent... Was annoyed as I knew my hopes of doing a sub-60 run were dashed, but now just getting over the finish line ASAP was the goal.
Managed to finish the race in 1:05:35.
Very happy with that!
Especially when you compare it to my 2010 race time of 1:26:37!
It's amazing what a loss of 10kg and some proper training can do! :)
2013 will be sub 60... I'll make it happen for sure!
...and only one week to Tough Mudder!!
City to Bay was always a "warm up" for TM... so hopefully I've now ironed out the kinks and I'm ready to rock!!
Didn't exactly wake feeling well rested, but didn't feel too bad.
Drugs kept the runs at bay thankfully.
First group of elite runners started at 8am... I didn't start until 8:40am, by which time, most of them had already crossed the finish line!! :)
Started off fast and set and generally good pace.
Felt good and was overtaking plenty of people...
But then my body started going downhill...
The gastro had weakened me and by the seventh kilometre, I had to walk for a bit as I thought I was going to throw up... My mate, who I'd left behind at the 2km mark, caught up to me and gave me some encouragement... Got running again and found my pace... Kept consistent... Was annoyed as I knew my hopes of doing a sub-60 run were dashed, but now just getting over the finish line ASAP was the goal.
Managed to finish the race in 1:05:35.
Very happy with that!
Especially when you compare it to my 2010 race time of 1:26:37!
It's amazing what a loss of 10kg and some proper training can do! :)
2013 will be sub 60... I'll make it happen for sure!
...and only one week to Tough Mudder!!
City to Bay was always a "warm up" for TM... so hopefully I've now ironed out the kinks and I'm ready to rock!!
Countdown to TM: Day 8...
Awoke to some rather sensitive calves and quads.
But they felt a whole lot better than being tight.
Only managed five hours sleep cos I was up baking and had to prepare for my son's birthday BBQ.
Was a good day... Wasn't the food I really wanted to be eating before the City to Bay, however it did hit me later on that I was taking things a little too seriously perhaps...
It's just a 12km run... I've done plenty of them before...
I think the main thing was that I really wanted to run the 12km in under an hour, so I wanted to be at my best.
Unfortunately... I was to be thwarted by some pathogens!! :(
Oh yes... I got gastro that evening... Many trips made to the toilet...
Wanted to hit the sack early as I'd had only a short sleep the night before and was tired from a busy day, but had to get up a few times during the night due to over hydrating from fear of fluid loss from the diarrhoea.
But they felt a whole lot better than being tight.
Only managed five hours sleep cos I was up baking and had to prepare for my son's birthday BBQ.
Was a good day... Wasn't the food I really wanted to be eating before the City to Bay, however it did hit me later on that I was taking things a little too seriously perhaps...
It's just a 12km run... I've done plenty of them before...
I think the main thing was that I really wanted to run the 12km in under an hour, so I wanted to be at my best.
Unfortunately... I was to be thwarted by some pathogens!! :(
Oh yes... I got gastro that evening... Many trips made to the toilet...
Wanted to hit the sack early as I'd had only a short sleep the night before and was tired from a busy day, but had to get up a few times during the night due to over hydrating from fear of fluid loss from the diarrhoea.
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