Sri Chinmoy Centennial Half

Couldn't find anyone around Sydney for the long Sunday run, so on Friday I decided to do the Centennial Sri Chinmoy half marathon as a training run. A stunning morning greeted us and glad to see Dave Kane and Ronan M out for the 21st event in the 40:40 challenge. They were talking about 4.20 pace so I thought I'd just tag along with them and see how it went. Really nice cross country course and will be keen to do another one - you can't argue with a $27 entry fee and free pancakes afterwards. Headed out and was pretty much bang on pace for the first 7km loop, despite the best efforts of Young Timmy's slander course-side slander and constant picture taking. Bit creepy that he seemed to know exactly where to jump out from behind a tree for maximum scare value - felt like he'd done it before. Slowed down by about 5-10 secs on the second lap, looking at the stats, but wasn't a conscious effort and didn't feel much slower. Ronan peeled off a bit on the 3rd lap and pace picked up on the last lap with Dave being too strong in the last 2kms. Pretty happy with a 91.04 but  a bit of work still to do before the SMH. Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/483952226