Lake Macquarie half marathon.

Set off steady - finished strong. Was pleased with the 1:23:17 given the blustery wind.
It was a pleaseant and complete surprise to learn that I'd been voted Trotter of the year and Trotter male athlete of the year-thanks to everyone who voted for me - It's very much appreciated and a huge incentive to keep training when my toes are sore...

Brooks Hill - time trial.

Ran as well as I could have hoped - in 38:04,so now will have to decide if I've got a half marathon left in my legs tomorrow......will decide later.

Fountains road

44:43 tonight - easy run.

Tues/Wed

Tuesday did slack speedwork session - a ramp down-1600,1200,800,400,200,100.....
Wednesdays 6@6 ran 22:48 which was 5 secs faster then last week,8 secs slower then the week before.Would like to be back down to 22:20 area so I'll have to shave 6 secs a lap somehow.....

Dog Trap loop

1:15:56.Still pretty slow - finished limping again even though toes are improving slightly.

Sat/Sun

Trotters Pony Club run on Saturday - minus the Pony Club - as I couldn't risk injury of the sprained ankle on the off road section.Was pretty unfit in any case and struggling to keep up.
Sunday - decided again to lie in and went for a 9:30 jog around Fountains road and added a bit to total an hour.Quite enjoyed the slow lazy run and good that all the injuries seem to be improving including the toes that were still bearable by the end.Gave them a soak in salt water after.

Fountains Road

46:00 mins tonight.

Wed/Thurs

6@6 Went reasonable in 22:53 - slower again then last week but still pleased to be under 23 with little training.
Thursdays Dog Trap loop saw another P.W. in 1:28:16.(Did include stopping to massage toes at the hour mark.)

Speedwork....

Not much speed tonight as back was particularly bad on grass track - without lights also.
Did 6 X 800mts and back feeling better again after.

Fountains road

Back improving but still very much a problem.Toes again very sore - dug into toe after shower to see if I could find a stich that may be still in causing swollen area.

Friday/Sat/Sun

Friday/Sat - bad back.
Sunday - arrived late for Bankstown half m.Missed start - had to go very slow due to back pain etc.It was actually quite an enjoyable run jogging the first 10km then slowly moving through the field - not a P.B. though.

Wed/Thurs

6@6 yesterday - dissapointing run - in that I was slowing badly and felt pretty unfit(22:40).
Tonights Dog Trap loop also a bit of a disaster due to continuing unfitness along with ever sorer toes.It's a bit like the nerves are growing back into the ends of the toes making them very sensitive and sore.1:17:08 tonight about 10 mins off the pace.
Rather wish I hadn't entered a half marathon on Sunday but on the other hand just as well I did as I'm that far off hanging up my running shoes,(if I had any).

Tuesday speedwork

Really lazy session tonight - pyramid of 400,800,1200,1200,800,400 with 2 min recoveries.
Very slow times....

Fountains road

A bit quicker tonight in 41:23 - continuing an easy low mileage spell waiting for improvements to toes.

Sunday - Fountains road plus.

Easy day trying not to go over on the ankle.Fountains road with a few bits added on to total 63 mins of easy running.

Marks Damn run.

Another Damn run this week as the ankle went again just entering the golf club.After a brief rest managed to carry on and apart from getting totally left behind as usual on the hills felt pretty good.

rest

Rest day.

Fountains road

Very slow one tonight without wearing watch.

6@6

Pretty happy with a 22:22 effort tonight.

Tuesday - speedwork

15 X 400mts for a pretty hard but enjoyable session.Most were done in the 1:17 - 1:19 range.

Dog Trap loop.

After yesterdays short run thought I'd give Dog Trap a go.Set off OK but the old toes were to give me a lot of grief from 50 mins to the finish in 1:12:55.Ouch.

Berowra Bush Runners 10km time trial.

Went down to Berowra for this hilly 10km.Finished in 38:47 and felt pretty good,the right ankle being OK and the shoulder OK during the run but sore for the rest of the day.

Daves DAMN run

Understand exactly where the damn comes into it as I went over heavily on the Right ankle that was initially sprained in Aprils 6' Track marathon.Felt the ligaments re-tearing but after a few minutes of pain was able to limp back to Terrigal.I was just thinking the other day how strong the ankle had felt.
Off road definitely off the menu now and the main problem will be finding runs from home that aren't off road and away from traffic.