The Barossa 10k

The saga continues:)
Next event on the calendar was the Barossa 10k/HM on the 28/5, 3 weeks or so after the Greenbelt race. I felt my preparation was ok going into this one, and was keen to improve on my time from the Greenbelt, and even break the hour mark if possible. David from our group was the only other member competing, and he was also aiming for an improvement on the Greenbelt time. The week before I had purchased a pair of Brooks running tights to try and keep warm in the cold mornings and also get all the other benefits such as reduced lactic acid, improved muscle protection etc. Unfortunately, I was a bit ambitious and bought a size too small, not really knowing how tight they were supposed to feel, and didn't really realise this until after the event. I decided to wear them on the day of the race thinking the Barossa would be a bit cooler but ended up feeling restricted in them whilst running. I made a couple of other rookie mistakes too in that I ate too much the night before, and also had a banana several hours before the race, thinking to give myself the right fuel to get through it. I ended up having a stitch halfway through the run and never felt that great in the guts throughout. The course had a few hills in it too which made it a bit more challenging, and the weather warmer than I expected which did not help my covered legs!
End result was an improvement on the Greenbelt time, from 1:02:23 to 1:00:37, so managed to take almost 2 mins off my pb but missed out on cracking the hour mark by 37 seconds - aarrggh! David improved on his HM time too, by 20 seconds or so down to 1:36:13.
So, I yet again had to set my sights on the next event, the Torrens Classic, a few weeks later on 18/6 to achieve my goal of running 10k in under an hour.