20K today!

[Bazza1234]

Although it was still 21C at 5:30AM, it felt much cooler than it has been because when the sun rose over the ocean horizon it was covered by cloud - I even ran without a cap today for the first time ever and found it to be much more comfortable without a hot sweaty hat on my head!! I am starting to feel a lot more confident about my HM in early April- I almost ran my HM PB pace today by myself!! Usually the race atmosphere makes me run faster and I struggle to keep pace up when by myself. BUT - the GPS trace looks a bit higgledypiggledy today so the pace may not be accurate

[JaySeeSkinny Graduate10]

Brilliant, Bazza. You'll have no problems with your HM next month. And your time over that distance is also brilliant. Hope I'm running like that at your age!

[poppypug Graduate10]

Really Well done Bazza , yep that should do wonders for your confidence going into your HM .

A very good run ! xxx

[Runon Graduate10]

Brilliant stuff Bazza - I reckon you'd be set to do that HM tomorrow! Well done.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Runon]

I have got one more longrun of 22 k to do and then a 9 day cruise in the South Pacific as a new type of taper period before the event

[Runon Graduate10 in reply to Bazza1234]

Now that's what I call tapering

[skysue16 Graduate10]

Sounds a great run, brilliant. The tapering sounds good

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

That sounds a wonderful run Bazza. Go you!

[Tomas Graduate10]

That's a great run Bazza, well done! You should feel confident about the race with this one in the bag already.

[Millsie-J]

Brilliant run Bazza, you are so well prepared for that race!

Love the new tapering technique, if I ever do a HM i think I shall adopt that approach 😀

[davelinks Graduate10]

Great Bazza! Well done! I where a cap all the time now, being thin on top and past skin problem on the face with sun damage on the scalp, I'd rather not wear one though! but a good job they can be washed..

[Curlygurly2 Graduate10]

Really brilliant Bazza, great stuff. As far as the cap is concerned, have tou thought of a buff? I believe they protect against UV...you too davelinks

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Curlygurly2]

Buff????

[Curlygurly2 Graduate10 in reply to Bazza1234]

A buff is a sort of tube of fabric, you can wear it in lots of ways, some people call it a snood

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[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Curlygurly2]

Got it!! Unfortunately here in sub-tropical Queensland, that would become a wet sodden blanket in about 5 minutes !!

[Curlygurly2 Graduate10 in reply to Bazza1234]

Apparently they are long enough that you can turn it round and the soggy end dries out, then you turn it back again...bit of a fiddle...

[davelinks Graduate10 in reply to Curlygurly2]

Have seen the buff my cap is a sunhat +50 UPF

Thanks curly 😊

[Anniemurph Graduate10]

Wow, Bazza, that's a fantastic pace for that distance and that temperature! What intervals were you using? The profile is very regular - did you set your watch, or do you count? Most impressive!

Love the tapering! You'll be ready for your HM, no problem.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Anniemurph]

75secs/30secs ratio - I used a Gymboss beeper.