Tuesday,Wed,Thur,Friday,Sat,Sun,Mon,Tues,Wed

Back in Sydney....
Tuesday - Travelling back to Australia,
Wednesday - arrived Wednesday morning but far too tired to run as jetlag started at 3pm - 10pm,
Thursday - Again messed up by leaving 'till afternoon when jetlag had started - so another day missed,
Friday - 14.74km From Glebe to and around Iron Cove Bay - a rather slow 1:08
Saturday - 14.74km Iron Cove loop - about 1:05
Sunday - Lap of the harbour (will calculate distance later) - took about 1:50 - toes very very sore,
caught up with some Strider friends on harbour bridge who were at 28km already so slowqed for a chat for a couple of kays.
Monday - missed due to working 10 hours,
Tuesday - Iron Cove loop - much better in 1:01 left knee remains very sore,(patella tracking?)
Wednesday - Iron Cove loop - struggled in morning run for entire distance but managed to record another 1:01

Sunday & Monday

Sunday - did the 2 hour trail run for the fourth day - not particularly fast - just wanted to get a few kays in before travelling back to Sydney.Currently in K.L. awaiting onward flight with sore left knee and dehydration swollen legs etc after overnight flight following long bus trip.

Saturday

Set off with the intention of doing an easy day with a 1 hour trail run - but feeling good - probably due to Nurofen - decided to do the 2 hour trail loop instead.Setting off at 1:30pm and having not eaten since breakfast I struggled with energy and both lots of toes were very painful also - but managed to finally finish tired and hungry...

Friday

Another time around the trails - this time taking about 2 hours.Left front of knee getting quite sore - will take Nurofen.
Toes also very bad on right foot.Highlight was passing a barge at Astley sporting an Aussie flag - talked briefly to the Queenslander captain...

Thursday

Back to Lancashire and a 1:55 run along dissused railway lines and canal towpaths.Weather quite nice again and OK apart from sore knee and toes.

Wednesday

14km run around country lanes of Shropshire in the rain - took quite a while - about 1:15 as was quite hilly and I was running very slowly....

Tuesday

Rest day - was in Shropshire - went for a countryside walk for about 1 hour but took a rest from running due to knee injury to left knee and tightness above right fibula.

Monday

Did longer option again - from a different address - which took 2 hours - feeling quite tired in latter part and toes also painful as usual.Almost all off road and at quite slow pace.

Sunday

Ran 14.81km loop early,( 9:30 am),to get back for Olympic marathon start.Felt pretty good and weather surprisingly cool - I was disappointed when seeing the clock at finish to see it had taken me 1:05 as it seemed/felt faster.

Saturday

Tried the longer off road option again and ran a little quicker and more purposeful today - finishing in 1:54 having made one navigational error adding about 200m.Unable to calculate distance on Map My Run as almost fully off road following canal bank,rails and disused railway lines.

Wednesday,Thursday,Friday.

Wednesday - Felt reasonable apart from on hills for 14.81km loop but was disappointed at seeing the clock on return to see I had again taken 1:04.
Thursday - felt exhausted and couldn't face another hard run also weather has become quite hot over last few days - ended up doing a long slow jog with frequent stops along canal side and disused railway lines - taking about 2 hours including stops.
Friday - set off with purpose but again wheels fell off after about 5km - but finally realised that lack of form is related to large increase in pollen as I could definitely feel it in the stomach eyes etc - was glad to finish in a  jog in 1:06.I should have realised seeing all the mowers out in the last 2 days that pollen count would have increased a lot.

Tuesday

Went off a little easier in slightly hotter weather (14.81km) - but again struggled with both breathing and felt a couple of injuries developing - ITB and quad to Right leg - so felt I wasn't running as smooth or fast - I was pleasantly surprised that I finished in 1:04 - as it felt I had slowed more - but still would like to be doing the distance in 1:01 or faster....

Monday

Another change of address and back to favoured 14.81km loop.After yesterdays good run went out really hard - probably way to hard and found myself stuggling from about 5km to about 8km to the top of the main climb.Seemed to recover and finished quite well but still took 1:03 so 2 mins off best time again.

Sunday

Thought todays run would be slow as I started less then an hour after a huge lunch.Tried the 18.98km loop that climbs steadily for the first 8km - and felt pretty good so pushed on and really enjoyed the run finishing in 1:23.

Saturday

Smaller loop of 12.15km - in about 55 mins - quite nice running weather - not too hot and a slight cooling breeze.
Left knee still sore at front and a little leg soreness.

Friday

Set off for an easy run off road on trails today - bumped into an old running friend after 10 mins and half hour later set off again after chatting.Jogged for about an hour on trails....

Thursday

Tried the 18.98km loop that has a steady climb or two.Was quite a painful experience - firstly of course the toes on Right foot - but also a fair bit of leg soreness quads etc - and was glad to finish.Rather slow in 1:28 - I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to repeat this run tomorrow....so may think of an easier alternative.

Wednesday

Went off hard into a bit of a headwind - but was struggling from about 7km - and breathing heavily on the couple of hilly sections - tried hard throughout but could only manage 1:03 today - had to go early less then an hour after a big breakfast due to another accommodation move,
but wouldn't use that as an excuse....(14.81km)

Tuesday

Decided to go all out to try and further improve over the 14.81km loop and was pleased to finish with a further 2 min improvement in 1:01 - again even better conditions - between the rain and practically no breeze.