Parramatta Park 8K.

FRIDAY 8/12/06, 1PM, 10K (1.75k warmup, 8.25K race), WEEK TO DATE 69K, 8 HOURS SLEEP, ASICS 1100

Recent mention on CR of a weekly race series in Parramatta Park saw me head down there today for a hitout. The course is here: two big laps of the park and a short lap to finish off, running in the walking lane on the outside of the road. There are also 3K (one big lap) and 5K (one big and one small lap) options.

About 25-30 starters, but I ran most of the way myself as most of the runners seemed to take short options so they could enjoy their Christmas BBQ. Went out at a pace a touch harder than I did in the 10K last Sunday and tried to keep it aerobic, but faded a bit in the last mile or so- there's an uphill where I faded a bit on but somehow clawed that lost time back in the final sprint for a time of 35.45, 8.2K, 4.23min/km. Pretty happy with that workout- better run than Sunday, might be getting in some shape.

Not sure of results yet.

Splits:

1K 4.22
2K 4.17 (8.40)
3K 4.31 (13.11)
4K 4.11 (17.23)
5K 4.27 (21.51)
6K 4.24 (26.51)
7K 4.25 (30.41)
8K 4.28 (35.10)
Last couple of hundred metres in 3.39min/km pace.

I enjoy these low key races. Will be back next Friday.