City2Surf: 3 Days To Go

Three days to go until the 80,000 strong 14km Sydney City2Surf! Im getting excited, not just because of the atmosphere, but because Im in the Green group away from all the prams and walkers...Im publicly declaring that Im going for a time under 75mins....72 if all the conditions are in my favour but I think 75 is more realistic given the crowds........I bought myself a little toy to take with me....Adidas Seenheiser earphones....they sound great, fit like a glove and have a clip for your shirt collar that means they dont pull if you keep your Shuffle on your shorts..

But what about the music ?

Here's ten of the songs i have picked..

1. Dont Tread on me: Metallica

2. Bombs Over Bagdad: Outkast

3. Bonkers: Dizzee Rascal

4. Animal: Mike Snow

5. Bowing Bowing: Jean Luc Ponty

6. Pump Up the Jam: Techtronic

7. Jungle is Massive: MC Vapor

8. Tears Dont Fall: Bullet for My Valentine

9. Back in Black: ACDC

10. The Gods Made Heavy Metal: Manowar (check those dudes)

Good luck Westleigh Warriors!!!!

How To Race the City2Surf ?

The City2Surf is only 4 and a bit weeks away, the biggest funrun in the world with nearly 80,000 entrants over 14kms from the centre of Sydney to Bondi.....Im thinking about strategy given it will really be the first formal race Ive ever run with more than just finishing as best i can in mind.....as you can see from above the mid-way point is marked by 'heartbreak hill', a 1 km/ 80 meter ascent.....this makes the idea of negative splits challenging given it would involve stepping up just as you reach the top.......its clear a downhill sprint is called for at the end!

Anyway here is my plan....run 5.5kms/min all the way to Serpentine (HeartbreakHill), this is slower than my normal run but will account for crowds, run up the hill slow and steady.....then pull out the negative split and run the next 3 at 5.2kms/min, then sprint the last 3 downhill .........this should give me a time of around 75 or 76 which would be 15 minutes faster than last year (I was just starting running)...my average time per km would be 5.40'ish accross the race.........just abit slower than my normal practice average...not sure if planning it out like this is the right thing to do but im concerned that going on feel has left me with worse times in the past

I'll need this to help....

Distance	Neareast Cross St	Actual Road
2km	Moana St	New South Head Rd
3km	Manning St	New South Head Rd
4km	Wolseley Rd	New South Head Rd
5km	O'Sullivan Rd	New South Head Rd
6km	Dover Rd	New South Head Rd
7km	Clairvaux Rd	New South Head Rd
8km	Serpentine Ave	New South Head Rd
9km	Clarendon St	Old South Head Rd
10km	Lancaster Rd	Military Rd
11km	Raleigh St	Military Rd
12km	O'Donnell St	Military Rd
13km	Ramsgate Ave	Campbell Pde