Passed by a finish line

Last Sunday a finish line was chasing me (see previous post), not for long.

The weather was not bad, very, very light drizzle, temperature 10C.

I came to the starting area some half an hour before start time, very few people there. First thing to have a photo taken...

Then I heard the final call to the real start area. It was on the Monash Freeway. Almost 3,000 runners were already there. Soon there was a start signal and after few minutes I reached the start line.

Few steps further on and all the runners were far away.

There were very few people around me. And quite a noise of cars driving on the opposite side of the freeway - unpleasant.
After some time I reached a 3 km mark and I realized, that the end is coming. Here it is...

Oooops, it looks like I missed my target by quite a lot.

After few minutes I was offered a comfortable place in the bus.

Here are all people, who were caught before me. Not many.

Official results - HERE.

My results - not very impressive. My official target was 7 km, realistic target - 5 km, result 3.24 km. It means 65%.
Financial result: target $100, result $55. I do not have to calculate a percentage.

But if you dig, you will always find something. I found, that I got a first place in my age group.
Well, I was the only participant in this age group, so statement that I got the last place is also right.