Timex TRI-Run 2010

The route was 3.5k stretch of road and needed to run out and back 6 times. In total, there were 12 rises (2 rises in each 3.5k course). I took 2 gels, one before and one at around 10k mark. Tried to run at around 5.05 min/km but could only last for about 10k. As for the remaining 11k it was sheer determination and will power that pushes me on as I felt my legs were really heavy, breathless, wanting to stop anytime and can only tried hard to run as fast as I could.

Overall it was a tough race in which I put in strong effort as towards the last few km I felt pain in my glutes while after the race I felt pain on the sole of my feet. Disappointingly my pace was unacceptably slow after the 16km mark (> 5:30min/km pace), maybe things would have been better if not for my current poor body condition. However on the positives, it is an improvement over my recent Sundown marathon (21km) where my average pace was only 5:23min/km. Today at an average of 5:13min/km I am not too far off from my AHM 2009 PB average of 5:11min/km pace.

Well now I can only hope for the best for the big day, AHM 2010 in 9 weeks time!

Official Net Finish: 1:52:00, Gun Finish: 157:22

5k Splits: 24:42, 25:24, 26:52, 27:47, 1.5k in 7:20

Split	Time	Distance	Avg Pace
Summary	01:52:17	21.50	05:13
1	00:04:52	1.00	04:52
2	00:05:01	1.00	05:01
3	00:04:56	1.00	04:56
4	00:04:53	1.00	04:53
5	00:05:00	1.00	05:00
6	00:05:03	1.00	05:03
7	00:05:07	1.00	05:07
8	00:04:57	1.00	04:57
9	00:05:07	1.00	05:07
10	00:05:10	1.00	05:10
11	00:05:25	1.00	05:25
12	00:05:25	1.00	05:25
13	00:05:25	1.00	05:25
14	00:05:18	1.00	05:18
15	00:05:19	1.00	05:19
16	00:05:39	1.00	05:39
17	00:05:35	1.00	05:35
18	00:05:39	1.00	05:39
19	00:05:20	1.00	05:20
20	00:05:34	1.00	05:34
21	00:05:14	1.00	05:14
22	00:02:06	0.50	04:13