City2Surf and Beyond

It was before I got to the start line of the City2Surf here in Sydney that I decided not to run a marathon this year. The plethora of injuries I developed in the early part of the year have forced me to put my sub 3 hour marathon goal on hold until next year. With that in mind, I approached the City2Surf knowing I was way off my best and aimed for around 60mins. The run was much tougher than I had remembered and I struggled mightily up Heartbreak Hill, coming in with a net time of 60:30 for the 14km distance. Considering my injury-hampered training this year, I was relatively happy with that. Garmin race details >>

My next race is the Sydney Running Festival half marathon in three days time which I will be realistically aiming for 100mins as I simply have not trained for the distance so will be really slogging it out. The one PB I will have a shot at later in the year is the 10km Run4Fun race in Olympic Park. Last year I set my 10km best of 39:30 and that was with a fair amount of fatigue following the Melbourne Marathon so with a couple of months still up my sleeve and with my body no longer troubled by injury, I will be aiming to break 39mins for that.