SMC 10K Debacle

I've got to admit, the first thing that went through my head when I got up this morning was "I'm not really up for this." I was right.

I met Go Girl as soon as I rocked up, and she was primed for the Wobbly challenge. I was hoping she would drag me around for a decent time.

I deliberately didn't push myself in the first K, but even so when the armin said 5:10 I knew I needed to pull my finger out. The next K was easily my best. I felt good and came in at 4:47. If I could maintain this sort of pace I'd be OK. I started to run by feel to make sure I didn't blow up. The next two K's were both 5:10. I knew I'd blow up if I went any faster, so I knew at this stage it was a bad day at the office. It sort of became a fast training run at this stage and I blew out to mid 5:20's for the rest of the run, finishing in 52:38.

So what happened? I'm putting it down to the antibiotics. I've been taking Flagyl & Keflex for nearly three weeks, and I just haven't been on my game at work or in training. I've had three flat whites in the six hours since the run and I still feel a bit dopey, so all is definitely not well. I'm just hoping like hell that I can get off the bloody things by the time the Central Coast Half comes around, because if I try to run 1:50 in this shape it will end up like Sydney, i.e. a train smash.

It was great to catch up with a bunch of Coolrunners after the race. Ray James ran the half with Aunty Karin in a decent time, which just blew me away considering that he ran a hard 130K last weekend.

I had a massage after the finish, as my ITB was complaining a bit after the run. It was a bit of a waste of time - I need to go back to Jason, my regular massuer, or find another sadistic bastard who likes to hurt people. This massage didn't hit the spot.

I think I'll take the next couple of weeks easy. I've got enough preparation up to do ~Central Coast, now I just need to be well rested on the day.