Operation Red Bib

As most of you would know, Sydney's biggest running event is the City 2 Surf, a hilly 14K run from Sydney to Bondi. People who run it under 75 minutes earn a red bib for the folowing year's race, which means they start with the first group.

This is a feat I have yet to achieve. I've been close once, but to be honest I always considered this a timing mishap. I ran 82 minutes last year, and I beleive that was an accurate reflection of where I was at back then.

I have not specifically trained for C2S for about 4 years, but this year I decided it would be a target race, and the target is sub 75. You can get a red bib by submiting a comparable 10K time, but I want to earn my red bib in the time honoured fashion.

So after my success on the Pat Carroll SMH Half program, I decided the ideal way to plan for this assault on a sub 75 C2S was to employ Pat Carroll to design my program for C2S. Pat hasan online coaching service, so for the next three months I am coached by Pat Carroll.

I sent him my history and other details yesterday, and I get my program next week. Until then I'm just going to take it easy and fully recover from Bathurst.