Monthly Handicap at North Curtin - No 158

Today:
Race distance: 6.3 km plus warm up 1.95 km
Race time: 25' 53"
Rate: 4' 06" per km
Group start: 36
Finished: 17th out of 118 starters
Weather: cloudy, temp 18 degrees, humidity 90%, wind calm
Week: 8.25 km
February: 336.0 km in 22/28 runs at ave 15.27 km per run day
Year: 822.7 km in 2 months at ave 411.35 km per month

I had a really good run today after a tiring run yesterday. Both days felt Ok, and another good night's sleep helped with the short but hilly race today. Only one hill and that was right from the start.
Started down the back out of group 36, not many but all fast runners behind me. Must have ran well as none of them passed me, a good sign.
In front there was plenty of incentive to try hard, but not too hard. CJ was only 4 groups in front, caught her inside the first 1.5 kms, Ewen next after the turn to the down hill, Strewth not far in front of Ewen, but Kerrie T took a long while to catch, almost at the 6 km mark, just before the finish. To be fair, they all did much longer runs yesterday then I did, except CJ who is getting better after many months off.
Happy with the day's effort, feel as though I will be ready for SFT now. Tapering won't start for another week.
The rest of the year's plan is coming together after some fine tuning. I've deleted Glasshouse Mtns for the year, so the rest of the year's main events will be: Six Foot Track in March, Gold Rush off road mountain marathon in May, Bush Capital 60 km in July, Tan 100 km in August, Spiny Cray 56 km in Oct. Then all going well, and it has to have all gone very well, I will think about C2K. If not, I am looking forward to the year with several new events in far away places. Plus the usual local runs to fill in the gaps.
Pity about having to survive winter in Canberra. Then again, won't have to worry about that next year, can't wait.
In the words of the song "I keep no, I keep no secrets from you " Who sang that ? Strewth will know ! Hardly CJ type music !