Sanctuary Cove 10k
Posted by: Audrey Post date: April 7th, 2008I had a great day at work on Saturday, everybody arrived on time so we weren’t running late, all the animals had conditions that were very straightforward, and nothing tried to bite me. So, a good start to the weekend.
Hubby dropped the dogs in the kennels, and we headed down the coast. It absolutely poured on the way down. The “resort” we were staying in was far from a resort – there was mould in the bathroom, the bedsheets had a tear in them, and the toilet flush system wasn’t 100% – the half flush button wouldn’t work at all and when you pushed the full flush button the water ran for a fair while. A late night party kept me awake until after midnight, and even after calling reception in the wee small hours, nothing was done. The icing on the cake was finding out that if I’d booked directly with the hotel instead of using an online booking service, I would have saved around $40!! There will definitely be follow up on that.
The run was okay. As usual, I started mid pack and it took me a while to get across the start line. The finish was chip timed but not the start I think, so my “official” time will be slower than my Garmin time. I honestly found it quite boring. Running along streets and around golf courses, it really doesn’t enthuse me much. I think running the trails has ruined me for regular street runs! I’ve also found that having a goal time doesn’t do it for me. I was out there running, watching my pace so I didn’t go too fast to start, and stay around my goal pace. That took a lot of the fun out of it, it was too much like hard work, I didn’t really enjoy the run. So, thinking about doing the Brisbane half in under two hours, I don’t know if I can be bothered working it out. I think I’ll hook up with a pace runner and not bother about my own pace, and just enjoy myself. If I go under 2 hours, great. If I don’t, well, I doubt I’ll lose much sleep over it.
My time? Well, while I was running, the Garmin ticked over 10k in 53 min and forty something seconds, so I was happy enough that I’d managed to go faster than ever before. The whole run was 10.19km in 54.53 but when the run was downloaded to the computer, the software said I’d done only 10k in 54.54. So, which one is accurate? I don’t really care much, it’s either a 4 minute PB or a 3 minute PB, both of which I’m happy with. I’ve done a bit of maths using my average pace and distance as detected by the Garmin on my wrist, and I’m claiming a new Audrey record of 53.48.
Miss 8 and Master 5 both had a run in their respective junior dash, and looked dashing in their new club singlets. They had a ball. I was particularly impressed with Master 5. He’s been quite a shy lad, and getting him to do things in public, well, it was like pulling teeth. He was obviously nervous out there, but he did it, and he said he loved it. He’s maturing and I guess it’s just an example that some children just take longer than others to become independent, and it can’t be rushed.
We picked up the dogs from the kennels in the afternoon. The kennels had charged my credit card $14 more than they quoted me. Said I must have been confused and what I was quoted may have just been a booking fee. No way around it, I was wrong. What they’d quoted me was cheaper than their usual rates, but I figured that was because I’d dropped that I was a vet (I usually do, I figure they’ll be even more meticulous about caring for my dogs). So, I won’t be using them again, that left a bad taste in my mouth too.
I was planning on taking the children to see our favourite country music singer, Tom Curtain, last night at the local Urban Country festival. I had checked when he was playing and we would be there in time for 7pm, see the show and come home at about 8.30. We bumped into some friends while walking the dogs, who reminded me that the Urban Country festival was usually on the long weekend in May. Came straight home and checked, and yep, it is. I would have dragged my poor tired kiddies up there to an empty town square with no concert. I have no idea why my dates were so off, but I’m glad we bumped into Geoff and his wife.
As for the rest of the week, I’m running with Anja tonight, which means I need to go and sort out some dinner for tonight. I’ll take Guinness out for a run on on Wednesday morning, Thursday night is club and Saturday morning is an 18k hilly trail run. Wednesday is my physio appointment too, which is good because I was so darned sore after that 10k, I really need to get my legs fixed.
Guinness has eaten the face off a small stuffed dog.
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April 7th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Good Blog. I will continue reading it in the future. Nice layout too.
Aaron Wakling
April 7th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Glad to hear Miss 8 and Master 5 enjoyed their races – after the ‘resort’ issue, the ‘overcharging for the kennel’ issue etc I think I would have started to get pretty annoyed!!! Hope this weeks runs are good ones and the legs don’t trouble you too much.
April 7th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Congrats on the PB – whichever way you measure it! I think your attitude to running and pacing is probably a healthy one, but not one that I can subscribe to – I am so pace-centric it is silly sometimes.
April 7th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Great PB! My sister has started making stuffed toys- so Bella has a constant supply of body parts to chew on when my sister isn’t looking.