Friday, July 22, 2011

Long, long wet run

Well rain wasn't as heavy as it has been over the last couple of days, but it still wasn't very inspiring or motivating when I got to North Bondi Surf Club around 6.50. Mike, Rob and Kermit turned up bank on 7am and we headed off for the longest single distance run I have ever done. Took the coast along to Bronte where we headed up the cutting and McPherson street, down Queens Park into Centennial for half a lap before heading down Oxford Street into the City. It's a little bit weird when you are running past people just coming out of, and even some going in to, the clubs on Oxford Street. Picked up the start of the C2S course at Hyde Park and ran it all the way back to North Bondi Surf club for 25kms exactly. Kermit left us in Double Bay and I left Mike and Rob atthe top of Heartbreak Hill as they were off to do the Watson's Bay route before heading back to Bondi on the C2S course for a 31km run - that'll be my goal next week! Very happy with average of 5 min km pace and over all time of 2.05 given it was such a hilly course - hitting Heartbreak Hill with 18kms in the legs wasn't that much fun! Couple of notabel events today when Mike and Rob were threatened by a vicious looking Doberman at a water bubbler in Rose Bay closely followed by the three of us narrowly avoiding being run over by a boat as it was being rolled into the water, also in Rose Bay - maybe they don't like early  morning runners. So all up 54kms for the week in just 3 runs and legs feel ok. Run stats are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/101005922.

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