Monthly Handicap at Majura

Today:
Purpose:  Race day
Distance:  10.00 km in 54' 28" at 5' 27" per km
Warm up:  3kms in 15' 00" at ave 5'00 per km
Group start: 32
Actual group start:  34 ( late, talking )
Finished: 83 rd out of about 90
Weather: nice sunny morning, temp about 18 degrees, humidity 50%, wind light NW 10 kmph

Week: 94.05 km,  April:  352.7 km,  Year:  1724.00 km

Monthly handicap run No 184 over the fire trail behind the suburbs of Watson & Hackett in the Majura Nature Park.
Nice morning considering it is the end of April on a "fairly"  flat course with about 100 metres of up and down hill over 10 kms.
I was due to start with group 32, but was still talking when group 33 had also left. So I ran out of group 34 which doesn't make me inelligible, just that it's harder to get a good placing.
With many still away due to holidays, and some still in recovery mode from the recent Canberra marathon, the numbers were a little down on usual.
Not incentive to push too hard today, some fatigue still there. Janene had a big start so no chance to catch her. Missing were Ewen, Ruth & Mrs Muscles so I ambled along at the rear of the field happy when I caught a few walking after the turnaround.
I finished with about 6 or 7 behind me, happy to preserve my perfect record of never finishing first or last in a monthly handicap.
A good return to running this week. I have managed 94 kms at ave of exactly 6 minutes per km.
All good, no problems and hope the autumn weather holds on a little while longer.