Saturday/Sunday

Saturday was the flat time trial - and I was pretty flat.Set off OK but struggled over the second half and had a quite sore toe too.Time was under 39 mins but forgot to check watch as I finished.
Sunday - 43km trail run in 4:05 with MM - good running in the rain and was OK for the first 2 1/2 hours - struggled from then on but a downhill finish made it easier.
Will definitely be taking it easy over the next 2 weeks.

Wednesday - 6@6

Pretty tired tonight.....managed 24:31 struggling for the last 2 laps.Need to rest a bit for the time trial this Saturday.

Australia Day

A.M. - Penrith Regatta centre 10km.Pleased with 38:39 and 12th position as still sore from Sunday.
P.M. Light track session at Adcock park of 15 X 200m.

Mansfield to Mount Buller 50km.

Had to run hard from the start as I knew I'd need a buffer before reaching the climb.Was generally very pleased with the run but gutted to be caught just before Buller.Not having any knowledge of any positions proved difficult and I'd eased off as I thought I was clear.Suddenly seeing the ensuing Martin only 50 or so meters behind - I couldn't respond as I'd "stopped" racing and although I tried to raise my cadence was frustrated at being unable.
I'd wanted to run 4:20 and finished in 4:19:51 - so have got to be reasonably pleased.

Friday - 25 min jog Narara station

Wednesday - 6@6

Still pretty slow in 24:16 - wasn't through lack of trying - hopefully a day off will give me a bit of rest before the weekend.

Tuesday - speedwork.

3 X 5 X 300m done in around 60 secs - quickest being 56 secs - slowest 62 secs.
Toe was again sore and a bit of a worry about doing the 50km Mansfield to Mount Buller race on Sunday.

Monday - Fountains Road

48:08 - Ran easy until toe pain started at 34 mins - (ran in normal shoes instead of Nike Free's that don't cause as much toe pain but don't offer much support).

Saturday / Sunday.

Saturday was a 10.8 undulating run around Terrigal with the Trotters - got left one 1 climb,(Terrigal Drive),but felt pretty good after a rest day Friday.
Sunday was a group run - of 7 - from Mangrove Mountain - 33km in just under 3 hours.

Thursday - Katandra lookout.

Slowish run in about an hour -

6@6

25:06 Tonight - still recovering from Sundays run.

Tuesday - Speedwork

Pyramid - 300m,600m,1200m,1200m,600m,300m, - done quite slowly - barefoot.....

Sunday - B2H.

Bogong to Hotham 64km run - Enjoyable weekend away doing the race. - extra km's due to confusing signage saw me finish in 12th position in 9:33:26.Now aware of the course I look forward to running quite a bit faster on a cooler day.Scenery along the course was magnificent and exceeded expectations.

Narara station

26:37 min jog to Narara station return - last training before B2H....

6@6

Intended to go much slower than the 24:33 I actually ran but sort of got carried away.It's still not officially back on but 3 of us turned up and ran.Legs still quite sore tonight - I think a rest day tomorrow might be a good idea with B2H looming in a few days.

Speedwork

7 X 800m was the schedule tonight and I struggled in all of them to keep pace with Joel but quite a usefull session in humid conditions.

Fountains Road

44:43 tonight - legs a bit sore but not overly - still feeling pretty good.

Round The Bay

Very happy with this mornings 2:32:14 - equalling the course record - for my 3rd win.
Good running conditions - rain and not too hot - so thought I'd go for it regardless of having sore legs from Friday.Everything good except slightly oversize shoes were loose/wet at front leading to a couple of toe blisters.

Beyond The Black Stump - Berowra.

Good conditions - finishing in light rain - good turn out - great aid stations supplied by Plu and others - really enjoyed the run - 7th overall finisher in 3:05:49.This was about 10 mins faster then last year even though stopped at every aid station for probably too long.
Took my right shoe off on both ferry crossings to massage the toe which went pretty well.