Fountains road

44:10 tonight.Shoe dramas and ITB issues leading to not being able to run in too much comfort.

6@6

Ran surprisingly well finishing in 22:16.
Quad still sore but improving a lot.

Rest day

Quads still very sore.Also shoulder getting worse.....

Cities marathon - Sunday

Maybe took on a bit too much with this.I had sore left quad from early on which wasn't getting better and at 13km I had to re alter my aims/slow down and concentrate on finishing.Managed to finish in just over 3 hours.
On Monday the ITB down the left quad was like a piano wire and quite sore,no run Monday.

Trotters time trial

After 2 days rest I was pleased to finish in 37:47 as I'd had bad guts and coughy lungs for the past 4-5 days.Weather conditions were just about perfect.

6@6

Didn't run too well this week.Very sad news re Kerrys passing.
Thursday didn't run - rest day.

Tuesday - Speedwork

10 X 400mts.(2 X 5 sets with 1 min rec and a 5 min break between.)
Felt pretty good.

Sunday/Monday

Sunday was the 1/2m at Hunter Valley.
Quite pleased position wise,(5th),as it was a testing course and if nothing else damn good training.
Very scenic course and clean air.Would love to return for the full marathon when the toes heal more.
Monday was Fountains road,again - just an easyish run in 46:38.

Fountains road.

45:07 this morning at 10:00.
Couldn't get up with the alarm at 4:40 to go to Trotters so had a lie in 'till 8:00.

Thursday - Fountains road.

44:03 tonight,was feeling OK but eased off in parts as doing Hunter Valley half on Sunday.

6@6

Another solid run tonight in 22:24 and felt pretty good.

Tuesday - Speedwork

Adcock park in semi darkness for 6 X 400mts + a couple of slower ones.
Pretty slack session with no coach but still felt useful.

Fountains road

45:36 tonight just plodded around.

Sri Chinmoy - Dolls point Half Marathon.

Felt I'd gone off a bit too gung ho and was feeling ordinary at the halfway point in 7th.Managed to get back 3 places in the last few kays so was pleased to finish 4th overall,first M50,in 1:22:00.
Actually timed myself at 1:21:49 and as there were quite a few finishing 5 & 10km runs all down the same chute,they could have mistimed slightly - but really didn't matter.I went off in search af a 1:20 target but wasn't to be today and the 2 X double crossing of the bridge made for a surprisingly testing course although weather wise it was pretty perfect for running.

Woodys Run

Terrigal Trotters run this morning.Took about an hour and 20 mins as quite far and some tricky bush sections with lots of mud whilst still in darkness....
Felt reasonable apart from second right toe which was very painful from the hour mark.

Fountains road

46:43 tonight - again really tired this week so just plodded.

6@6

Was pleased with 22:29 tonight as I was running quite tired and felt I couldn't have ran much more even paced.Conditions were really good - cool and dry.

speedwork

Consisting of 4 X 1200mts.Ran pretty slowly as quite tired and still sore legs from Sunday.

Fountains road

Pretty easy 44:45 run tonight.

Saturday / Sunday.

Saturday was the Trotters Water slide run which took just over an hour and went fine.
Sunday I didn't set the alarm and set off just after 8 for what was supposed to be an easy run.
Sore toes from 50 mins meant the 2 hour run turned into a painful jog.Did 2 laps of Katandra plus to/from there.

Horticultural Research run

01:0041 tonight.Had sore toes from 40 mins.

6@6

23:24 tonight.Nice conditions and ran reasonably hard.