Today was the "2 jetties fun run" a race that took place on the beach at Glenelg just 20 minutes from Adelaide:
I had plans to quickly check it out to test myself on a distance less than 10km and then give a reference about 8km.
The Glenelg Beach
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The race was actually kind of a Sunday outing to a hundred runners / walkers who wanted to do some sport after swallow a huge meal the day before! Not very motivating all that.
I came along with Flo, a "french guy" South West Adelaide with freshly landed on the heavy in his luggage: 31'20 "10km and over ranked high in triathlon, man!
After an evening of Christmas past watered (for me not for him!) I pariais on him if he won the compet ... ', we would share the premium. The game was worth it (for me, not him!).
At 9:30, we élancions for 8.4 kilometers of sand ...! Yes I did not really read (or understood) the flyer, not a meter of bitumen ...
On entering, we set off on a high pace of 3'30 "for the former. I try to remotely monitor Flo to gauge the shape of my nag: very bad idea because after 1km 3'40 "to 3'50 a second" I hold in the 3rd km! A burst of heat overwhelms me a clean blow, my engine is flooded ... impossible to continue at this rate, at any rate by the way! It is 28 ° c with the reverberation of the sun on the sea, the sand which increases my steps, I will spend the worst 30 'in my sporting life ... and I kidding, worse than the back pain that had taken me to SaintéLyon in 2007 but after 65km of racing!
I am overwhelmed but I will not give up, I do not arrive and my ego (what remains of it) would take a big hit on the face ... I finished jogging, yes 12km \ h I call it jogging ...
I even let go the old one (that I had taken 2 'to the last race ...)
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Flo and friend after the race Ricoré Glenelg
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In all this time I'm in trouble to look by downloading the profile of the race on my pc: 38'14 'is 13km \ h, a disgrace, a slap in my head.
Menfin we forget, with a slight decline I understand my obvious mistake to be gone so fast, I did not take a hit of less barely 10 'after the start ... like what the shorter races can sometimes be the more difficult ...
Flo and all that? Well the friend wins in 29 'of sturdy, we share the premium ... $ 25 ... ouinouinouin
Congratulations champ!
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And the life goes on ... with a new coach for the start of the year that will make me work that famous speed that makes me nightmares.
Evaluation of the event:
- I learned in defeat
- I make a friend of course
- I spend an afternoon from hell at the beach with my little wife, her best friend Claire who joined us for the holidays and a group of French people like us who enjoy the good life "Down Under", it is the most important
The Frenchies do their show on the beach!
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YEAAAAAHHH!
We will heat the tarmac and lawns with Australian series split I'll simmer
Glad to have shared these days with you and Celia.
And say this is just the beginning.
Bisoute
Flo
And Ben, 38 'of sand, one day after Christmas, with 28 ° and open man-hole, it is quite correct!!
'll Have you hanging, but I do not go down to 31 ', I can reassure you ...
Prepare yourself, in February I will try to blow up the clock on 10km
38 minutes of effort ... and dip right after.
That happiness ...
You went like a cannon, the start was super fast with a speed less than 37 min/10km more about the sand!
The setting is lovely.
I had not seen Mr. farts are the black TShirt with the SaintéLyon!!
Wait, it's not every day that ended a run of 69 terminals ... you know that!