Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Foreshore 10km Run

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It was real tempting not to get out of bed today for this run... There was rain overnight and the temperature was around 16 degrees (what happened to summer???)... Also didn't have much sleep, thanks to Angelena... I was determined to do this run, rain, hail or sun as I was trying to beat my target of 53mins... Got out of bed, did all the pre-race routine and got out of the house at 6:30am...

Race starts at 8am, but I was already there at 7am... got myself a good parking and decided to wait for another 15mins before getting out of the car... Why? It was so damn bloody cold and windy!!! The wind was at least 40km/h... Hence decided to not take my phone or camera for this reason... sorry, no pics for this post...

I must say I am impressed by the organisers... Despite the strong wind, tents were set up for registrations, pancakes, yes, pancakes, and also baggage area... The pancakes smelled so good, was so tempted to take 1 before the race but I managed to fight the temptation... Also have to keep moving around to keep body warm as the wind was a real killer...

Gathered at the starting point 10mins before and get ready to race... After the race director's briefing, 8am, race starts, I keep telling myself not to go too hard too fast... it's a 10km race, maintain the pace... I was tempted to go under 5mins/km, but I maintained my pace at under 5:15min/km cos my realistic target is to complete within 53mins...

As for my timing, I am happy with my result, 51:41, which is under my 53mins target... came in overall 212 of 428... here's the link to the results... http://au.srichinmoyraces.org/files/au/events/melbourne/MelbourneResults2011/WilliamstownFireshore/Results%2010km%20Run-2.pdf

and the link to my garmin connect... http://connect.garmin.com/page/activity/activity.faces?activityId=133779429&actionMethod=page%2Factivity%2Factivity.xhtml%3AuserSwitcher.switchSystem&cid=4786415 stats don't lie... my pace dropped off between 7-8km... think I was managing a slight stitch... either that or, the headwind is too strong...

All in all, the run cost me $20... This includes chip timing, post run pancakes and bananas... what else can you ask for... I am very happy with my first Sri Chinmoy run and I will definitely join more of them in 2012... Here's a glimpse of what's coming up http://au.srichinmoyraces.org/events in 2012 if you are interested...