It was a pretty decent event. Reasonably well organized and most importantly for me, not too crowded! It was a flatish route almost throughout except for a 500 meter stretch over the flyover both on the onward & return loop. I started my running app a little late into the run and so I wasn't entirely sure of my time. Throughout the course, I had the feeling that I was keeping good time and thought I might finish close to 63 - 64 minutes. I had managed to keep a steady consistent effort (at no time was I straining) and so I was a little disappointed to see the clock at 69 minutes as I crossed the finish line... A little later though, my chip timing came in at 1:07:01!! (Theres always a difference between the gun time & chip time... Gun time starts as the race is flagged off but the chip is activated only when you cross the start line to make things fair for people who are at the back of the lineup). Anyways! Thats still a PB for me. :-)
So this is the baseline for me this year. By the end of the year I should shave off that 7 minutes & 1 second. Today's run was at at average pace of 6'42" (inclusive of all hydration breaks). Need to quicken my pace to 5'59" for a sub 1 hr. Got to train, train, train.
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