bailing on Sri Chinmoy
The last words in my post on Friday were something like this:
“I have hopes of running the Sri Chinmoy 30k at Princess Park on Sunday”
Well, they may have been the last words for the day, but they weren’t exactly the final word on the subject.
As it turns out, I spent the next 24 hours mulling over the whole 30k PP issue, with four glaring issues in mind:
- Those 30k include 6 laps of Princess Park
- That’s PP over and over and over and over and over and over
- I’ve already run thousands of laps around the bloody place
- I have to pay $25 bucks for the privilege.
Do you see where this is heading? That’s right, I bailed on the official SC event, instead doing one big lap of the Capital City Trail, tacking on an extra bit at the end just to make sure it was over 30k.
The map route is now online at MapmyRun.com. It was much more scenic, aside from the bits under the freeway near Macaulay station, and much more enjoyable.
I had no company - other than a brief nod to Jon Faine somewhere in Fitzroy, and the number two guy in Victoria Police who’s name escapes me - but in my experience of Sri Chinmoy races I always end up running by myself anyway.
As it turns out, when I got back to PP, the race was stil in full-swing. I spied some familiar faces hard at work. I didn’t see Morsey, but she was there tearing up the 10k course in sensational fashion.
Police
I mentioned earlier that I ran passed a policeman yesterday. I did a bit of a google search trying to find his name - unsuccesfully - but I DID find the Police media alerts page. It’s quite entertaining in a morbid sort of way.
Articles like this: Wilful and Obscene Exposure in Hughesdale. I like the way they’ve got 4 paragraphs into the article before they think to mention the man was wearing a small-black miniskirt.
Marathon
In the week before last I said I’d do a couple of 30k long runs and then think about the possibility of a start in the Melbourne Marathon this year. I suppose a start is more likely. I can definitely go the distance. I’m not sure a sub 3-hour is doable though.
I’ll have to keep thinking.
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Simon Overland??? Sounds like a great run you had- I can understand that 6 laps is not that enticing- two laps was enough for me.
I have to agree on the 6 lap thing - the 4th onwards was a bit tiresome. How easy would it be for me to get lost running that Capital City Trail. I’m most worried about the bit from where you leave the Yarra on the eastern end and head back up the east side (I don’t know that part of the city that well).
I had toyed with the idea of going in and doing exactly what you did.
But just too far to travel.
You didn’t mention how long you were going for?
As for the sub 3, I’ll tell you the 3 runs that planted a dream in me before having a crack last year.
1. Warby trail, 18km out, 90min. Return in 80min uphill.
2. Yasso’s, 10×800 @ 2.52-2.59, feeling comfortable.
3. 40km+ in 3h06m, solo before breaky. Tough but not too tough.
Anything near those will give you some idea. But given your workload and pace, you have a better chance of holding 4m15s for 7km more than I did!!