Today I put my 2011 motto (top right) into practice. I had 2 ambitious goals for the day, the first was a top 10 finish, the second was to get under or as close to 70 mins as possible. I set the bar high and went for it early on but the final 3 miles into a block headwind back up the hill to the finish I paid for it.
It was a good workout if nothing else. Wet, cold and windy conditions didn't make it easy but I did run a PB of 1.12.04 which is decent for a badly paced effort. I paid for my early exertions in the latter parts after hitting 5 miles in 26.30 which is 69 minute pace I dropped off at the end. I finished in 12th position which is decent and the wheels didn't completely fall off in tough conditions. Annoyingly I reckon I could have run a 1.10 yesterday on a fine, dry, still day but that's racing.
