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Saturday Feb 25, 2017 #
Event: Sydney MetroGaine
Running 5:38:00 [3] 54.5 km (6:12 / km)
Woah. Long one. Metrogaine with Andy from Blackman Park. The banter before the run was for a short course due to the map size, but it quickly became clear that wasn't the case.
A very social run for the fisrt couple of hours with Ondrej/Steve/James and Gill/Jeremy heading the same direction as us. We grabbed an extra control early and ran around a few minutes behind - which proved to be handy to keep track of what was going on with lots of out and backs.
Not really sure where the course was taking us - just followed the map - but kept turning up in familiar places. Beautiful running weather with drizzle and cool wind made things quite fun.
After about 4 hours the route choices diverged a bit, with Gill/Jeremy picking a better route home than us (a couple of k shorter) and getting a few minutes ahead.
Doubt I would have entered a 55k run if I knew how long it would be. Not many long runs in the past 9 months, but really quite pleased with how the fitness held up. Residual fitness - the upside of being old. Sore legs though from about 40k.
Always a pleasure to rogaine with Andy. Good times.
A very social run for the fisrt couple of hours with Ondrej/Steve/James and Gill/Jeremy heading the same direction as us. We grabbed an extra control early and ran around a few minutes behind - which proved to be handy to keep track of what was going on with lots of out and backs.
Not really sure where the course was taking us - just followed the map - but kept turning up in familiar places. Beautiful running weather with drizzle and cool wind made things quite fun.
After about 4 hours the route choices diverged a bit, with Gill/Jeremy picking a better route home than us (a couple of k shorter) and getting a few minutes ahead.
Doubt I would have entered a 55k run if I knew how long it would be. Not many long runs in the past 9 months, but really quite pleased with how the fitness held up. Residual fitness - the upside of being old. Sore legs though from about 40k.
Always a pleasure to rogaine with Andy. Good times.
Thursday Feb 23, 2017 #
Running 1:00:00 [3]
lightly quicker cruise around Barangaroo headland and Pyrmont. Expiremented a little to maximise shade running options. Best bit is definitely thru the Barangaroo buildings with shade and airco blowing out the doors on each side.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017 #
Running 50:00 [3]
Easy leg loosener around Barangaroo headland.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017 #
Running 1:00:00 [3]
The most memorable runs are the one's that turn out to feel a little bit special unexpectedly.
I've started to look forward to the Tuesday beach run while Tom is at gym. I headed off from Fishermans northwards towards Narabeen on the soft sand enjoying the evening light and nor' easter keeping things cool. As I passed Colloray I completely coincidentally saw Annika's school year at the beach - they are on Year 11 camp having good times by the look of it. Felt quite good heading north, and upgraded to intervals - 7 * 2min for the return journey from North Narra.
It's no secret that 2016 was a tough one for me - the back-half brutally so. A telling indicator being training difficult and running hard not a realistic option. And so finding myself bashing out soft sand intervals - and loving it - gave pause to reflect how far I've come and to deeply appreciate the feeling of being back on top of things.
I've started to look forward to the Tuesday beach run while Tom is at gym. I headed off from Fishermans northwards towards Narabeen on the soft sand enjoying the evening light and nor' easter keeping things cool. As I passed Colloray I completely coincidentally saw Annika's school year at the beach - they are on Year 11 camp having good times by the look of it. Felt quite good heading north, and upgraded to intervals - 7 * 2min for the return journey from North Narra.
It's no secret that 2016 was a tough one for me - the back-half brutally so. A telling indicator being training difficult and running hard not a realistic option. And so finding myself bashing out soft sand intervals - and loving it - gave pause to reflect how far I've come and to deeply appreciate the feeling of being back on top of things.
Monday Feb 20, 2017 #
Running 50:00 [3]
Chance meeting with Andy on the wharves and a little chat plod before a Monners session of very average quality.