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Thursday Apr 3, 2014 #
6 AM
Run 2:14:00 [3] 25.0 km (5:22 / km)
In essence, this was the run I was originally planning to do last Sunday. It didn't happen then, and I wanted to get at least one decent long run before Easter, so this was the timeslot for it.
Set out early on a dark and drizzly morning, in the vague general direction of St. Helena - a steady gentle uphill grind for the first few kilometres, then steeper ups and downs for much of the rest of it, a good test. Definitely not going all that fast, and never felt like I was really flowing, but managed to get up all of the hills OK and held it together to the end (I haven't gone beyond 90 minutes in a month, except orienteering). The Garmin lost GPS reception a few kilometres in for no obvious reason, which meant I wasn't getting a reminder every kilometre of how fast I wasn't going - probably not such a bad thing today. (It also means the distance was determined the old-school way, with the street directory and a ruler).
After a hiatus of a couple of months, mainly because this is the first proper long run I've done from home since January, the alphabetical sequence is back on - Algona Court, St. Helena and Alinga Place, Yallambie. (I'll be back near the latter soon - it's next to Allima which is next-but-one on the list).
Set out early on a dark and drizzly morning, in the vague general direction of St. Helena - a steady gentle uphill grind for the first few kilometres, then steeper ups and downs for much of the rest of it, a good test. Definitely not going all that fast, and never felt like I was really flowing, but managed to get up all of the hills OK and held it together to the end (I haven't gone beyond 90 minutes in a month, except orienteering). The Garmin lost GPS reception a few kilometres in for no obvious reason, which meant I wasn't getting a reminder every kilometre of how fast I wasn't going - probably not such a bad thing today. (It also means the distance was determined the old-school way, with the street directory and a ruler).
After a hiatus of a couple of months, mainly because this is the first proper long run I've done from home since January, the alphabetical sequence is back on - Algona Court, St. Helena and Alinga Place, Yallambie. (I'll be back near the latter soon - it's next to Allima which is next-but-one on the list).
9 AM
Note
Knew there was a reason why I didn't venture too far into the water in January (although in practice, at the time I doubt that any visiting sharks would have been able to tell the difference between my backside and a bluebottle).