Vital stats!
Nov1620099:16 p.m.
The stats from Stage 1 are in!
My one and only action shot:
The distance (according to my Garmin at least!) was 13.6 miles. I completed this in 3:09:32. I feel compelled to add here that I can actually run a normal half marathon in around 1:55 - that gives an indication of how rugged the course was! (although I'm not as fit at the moment as I would like to be).
Out of 271 competitors I was 233rd - I was actually surprised at this as I thought I'd finished pretty close to last! Of 85 women I was 64th (which puts me about 3/4 of the way down the field). I'm keeping track of these bits and pieces of info as I'd like to see how I (hopefully) improve over the course of the series.
I had a really easy week last week to recover, but this week is another heavy one. As theres only around 4 weeks between each race (apart from a longer gap between the Dec-Jan ones) I'll be following each race with an easy week, then a long week, then a medium week, then an easy week leading up to race day. I'm hoping this program will allow me to continue getting fitter, but avoid injury at the same time. It's a tricky balance!
Off to bed now, my doona and book are calling me 
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simonedumergue 'Great pic! Well done on the result and nice to know you have opportunity over the course of the series to improve against yourself. Looks like great fun.' added 17th Nov 2009
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Keith_L 'Sounds like a really tough race - but what beautiful scenery! Great running' added 17th Nov 2009
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Account_closed 'Looks absolutely awesome. Look forward to reading about the next one (Gower), I may even be there.' added 18th Nov 2009
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