Brooks Hill time trial.

Nothing out of the ordinary in this 38:27 effort.Went off with intention but just died on the hills a bit.Still feeling very positive generally as I've no injuries and feel I can build on the base I have when I start to get in a few longer runs.

Narara Station.

Jog for 25 mins to Narara Station return.

Wednesday - 6@6

Felt pretty good even if a little tired - in 22:32

Tuesday - Speedwork

15 X 300m done in 56-58 secs with a 51 sec last one.
Another pretty good session.

Sunday/Monday.

Decided after bathing the toe in salt water Sunday that the toe wasn't that bad...so applied a band aid and set off for a 1:28 run to/from/1 lap of Katandra.Went well included pulling a leach off ankle.
Monday - a cool afternoon and it was time to really test the toe - Dog Trap loop the venue - the result a 3 minute p.b. in 1:06:16.....toe went well.

Friday/Saturday.

Friday afternoon I had a successful operation to remove the bursar from my second toe on right foot.There was something that shouldn't have been there ie suture or piece of nail and a bursar had formed around it - got very sore after an hour of running - so hopefully now at last I can do some pain free running.
Saturday - didn't train unless you call mowing the lawn with a limp training.

Thursday - Dog Trap loop.

1:16:04 - not that quick but need to try and incorporate this run in more often on Thursdays.Bit cooler today which made for a nice run.

Wednesday 6@6.

Just pleased to get under 23:00,(22:57),on a really hot day.

Tuesday - Speedwork

7 X 800m with 1 min rec.Done in 3:00,2:58,2:54,2:52,2:48,2:50,2:52.
Good session - enjoyed it.

Fountains road.

43:24 today.

WMG Half marathon.

Last event of the week and decided within the first km that I'd just run my own race and aim for 1:20.Fell a bit short of this but was pleased with the way I ran.Great week of events.

WMG 1500m Semi-finals / Final.

Friday was the semi final - I was amazed that I actually qualified for the final and managed to get below 5 mins.
In the final today I ran my own race and was again pleased with the result and it was great to dip below 4:50.
Just the half left in the morning and even if the 1500 effects the result I'm pleased I participated and will look at improving my track times..

WMG 5000m

Found this hard from the start - tried my best to keep in contact with the 3 leaders - after 1 1/2 laps dropped way back and struggled for 11 laps.....to finish in around 18:20.

6@6

Jogged the 6@6 tonight in 29:29 and did a warm down lap.

WMG X-Country - Speedwork.

Hot conditions for the 1:30 start X-country. Was pleased with my run as although not fast I managed to steadily pass runners whilst not being passed.(blistered instep only problem)
Later at Adcock park we did a session comprising 3 X 5 X 200m - ran between 34-39 second pace.

Fountains road

46:07 tonight.A bit humid and feeling tired as usual for Monday - back at work.
Also sore left quad.X-Country tomorrow in the WMG.

WMG 10km - Olympic park.

Had to go off at the pace of other M50 runners today and was successfully maintaining pace for 4+km when the wheels started to drop off a bit.Had to drop away from the group and lost a bit of momentum over the second half of the race,finishing a bit ragged.Managed to achieve the first goal of sub 37 mins with about 36:44 so that was good and at least I can look forward to the half marathon with a bit more confidence - provided I get through the X-country without turning the crook ankle....

Fountains road

44:19 - just an easyish run.

Rest day.

25 Min jog

Just a small jog to try out ankle brace - was too small and constricting - no good to use in WMG Cross Country.

6@6

Very pleased with tonights run in 22:14.Conditions were windy - but not too adversly and felt on pretty good form.

Tuesday - Mingara track night 3000m

Was aiming for 10:30 and ran 10:39 so overall quite pleased.

Rest day.

Katandra reserve

Slow easy jog up to Katandra return in about an hour.

Berowra Bush runners 10km handicap time trial

Really enjoyed the run this morning.Starting from scratch managed to catch about 2/3 of the "hares" and finished about 38:??.Felt I judged the pace well and the weather was again good - slight rain and about 12C.

Striders - Olympic Park - Homebush - 10km.

Was really hoping to nudge 37 mins today - and with good running weather - especially for a hay fever sufferer - was a little,but not too dissapointed with 37:39.

20 Min jog

Narara station return....

Rest day

Wednesdays 6@6

P.W. for some time in 23:19.Don't know exactly the reason for loss of form but time to take a few easy days and start recovering before Masters games start in 2 and a bit weeks.