Tonight was the Hobbo's 1500 m xmas handicap. First things first, arrived at the track a bit before 5.30 pm and headed off along the Williamstown Foreshore for a 6 km warm-up run in a time of around 30 mins. Pretty strong wind conditions.

After the warm-up, as per the last few runs I couldn't stop coughing for a good 5 or so minutes. This bloody cold/flu is determined to hang around.

Back at the track did heaps of stretching and 3 x 100 m strides (after coughing).

For the handicap I was off 3:45. Here are my splits:

1. 0:57 (300 m)
2. 1:23
3. 1:35
4. 1:29

That's a time of 5:26 which works out to a pace of 3:37/km. I was certainly pushing it as my heart rate maxed out at 183 and averaged 168 bpm. I noticed during the run that I started on a quick note and slowed during the middle portion and quickened for the last lap. Looking at the splits above confirms that.

I didn't win. I passed a few front-markers but quite a few back-markers swept passed me as well, including the winner Andrew Mills in a time of 4:44.

Ran a few cool down laps and then stayed for the BBQ.

All up tonight I ran 9.2 km for a combined time of 46:20.