Sep 14, 2014
Soul Searching on the Surf Coast
Soul Searching on the Surf Coast
The beach start to the race.
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Soul Searching on the Surf Coast
Soul Searching on the Surf Coast
The beach start to the race.
How do you bring the curtain down on the Salomon Trail Running Series? (more…)
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Trail racing for the very first time
It was my first time, I was nervous, a little shy, not quite sure what to expect.....the once it began I found myself a bit breathless keeping up! Yes this was my first trail race - an event both familiar and oh so new all at once.
For the 15km race there were two waves, listening to the organisers advice I seeded my self mid-pack of the first wave. "if you are a 55 minute 10km road runner then put yourself in the first wave", they said. Fair enough. In my only ever other running race earlier this year I clocked 50 minutes and I'd run 43 minutes for the 10kms in an Olympic distance triathlon so 55 minutes was more than comfortable. I knew the front row would all be fast; real fast. Little did I expect that the full wave would take off like scalded cats!
Took me a bit to get my rhythm going in the first km or so and it would appear that I am smiling (or perhaps grimacing) early on in the run - a totally unfamiliar experience from eight years of triathlons. What a well mannered race-crowd, 250 or so trying to squeeze onto the track I was thinking of the carnage at turn 1 in the Melbourne Gran Prix - but no - it was competitive without being combative.
This was a great place to run a first race. Moderately flat course - beautiful scenery at Studley Park, small but engaged crowd at the finish and start lines, and great organisation by Sam Maffett and his team at Rapid Ascent.
The course was challenging enough for me to train a little more and a little smarter for the remaining two races I am doing in the Salomon Trail Running series. Testing myself over the long course races (15, 17 and 21km) over successively hillier courses is a great incentive - look forward to seeing photos in a years time - hauling my 70kg carcase around the trail was not as pleasant as i know it will be to run with a race weight 63kg body come Two bays Rail Run next January.
DJ Husband - Rapid Ascent (SHOCK:FORCE Remix)
DJ Husband - Rapid Ascent