So last weekend the local event in Tasmania “Point to Pinnacle” was on. It’s starting point was at Wrest Point and ended at Mt Wellington. The course is 21.4km long and just over 1,270 metres in elevation. This race is physically challenging and scenically stunning.
Walkers had a 7:00am start and runners an 8:00am. Last year we were running to the start line due to lateness so this year we put some effort into getting up early and making sure we weren’t rushed. When I say ‘we’ I mean my wife Leslie and myself. My wife’s been coming to Point to Pinnacle many years as a spectator. With the event entries being filled quickly and it held in Tasmania, I was the only one in the AussieMudders.com group attending this event (maybe next year guys?).
Morning began with a 6am wake up, enough time to feed all the animals, get gear ready, travel etc for an 8am start. After the last event “Raw Challenge” a few weeks ago, I did come out with a injury where I had pain in the arch of my foot. Talking to Adrian and a local boot camp group instructor it sounded like I had “Plantar Fasciitis” and ended getting Leslie to strap it before the race. This was the first time running an event with anything strapped so it certainly did raise the nerves!
Photo taken after the race from Wrest Point, Mt Wellington in the background
Wow! the weather was nice! first time running in the point to pinnacle that it wasn’t over cast or raining! Sun was out, blue sky’s! perfect! Leslie being a spectator and stationary on the top of Mt Wellington was over joy, she wasn’t going to freeze to death this year!
I ran with a garmin this time around. My goal this year was to better my 2012 time of 2:18:44 Some stats below on each km.
Garmin results
|
Split
|
Time
|
Distance km
|
Avg Pace
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | 2:13:28.8 | 21.00 | 6:21 |
| 1 | 4:11.0 | 1.00 | 4:11 |
| 2 | 4:31.2 | 1.00 | 4:31 |
| 3 | 4:49.1 | 1.00 | 4:49 |
| 4 | 5:30.3 | 1.00 | 5:30 |
| 5 | 5:26.4 | 1.00 | 5:26 |
| 6 | 5:36.2 | 1.00 | 5:36 |
| 7 | 6:08.5 | 1.00 | 6:08 |
| 8 | 6:00.7 | 1.00 | 6:01 |
| 9 | 5:07.3 | 1.00 | 5:07 |
| 10 | 5:49.7 | 1.00 | 5:50 |
| 11 | 6:01.8 | 1.00 | 6:02 |
| 12 | 6:09.2 | 1.00 | 6:09 |
| 13 | 6:17.7 | 1.00 | 6:18 |
| 14 | 6:32.5 | 1.00 | 6:32 |
| 15 | 6:47.5 | 1.00 | 6:47 |
| 16 | 7:47.1 | 1.00 | 7:47 |
| 17 | 8:32.9 | 1.00 | 8:33 |
| 18 | 8:28.6 | 1.00 | 8:29 |
| 19 | 8:02.6 | 1.00 | 8:03 |
| 20 | 8:03.2 | 1.00 | 8:03 |
End time being 2:13:23! Oh yeah personal best time!!!
Placing: 173 out of 525 male runners
I would certainly recommend anyone interested in a very hard challenge to attempt this race. Continuously running up hill is very different running.
Photos from the race: http://aussiemudders.com/photos-videos/