Monday Long One

Had intended just to head aout for 11/12kms with hurts today but despite the weather managed the whole set. Decent size crowd out today and a the return of a few people post the Melbourne race last week - especially Mike Race who managed a sensational pb of 2.49. Felt great all the way round today although bit of stiffness and discomfort in the knees for the last few kms - might need to go and get a massage/phsyio to see if that can reliev it. Stats from today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/235986389 and Adam has finally returned from Mumbai after 4 weeks of work, so he should be out on Wednesday. Pilates tomorrow but a good start to the week.

Wed, Thurs and Friday

Been pretty hectic the last three days/nights so had no blogging time at all. Managed a sub 24 (23.55) for my last corp cup in my 30's so pretty happy with that and if I can keep up that form or faster I'll be in the top five of the 40-44 age group on the last run of the series. Stats for Wednesday are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/235046240.
Headed out on Thursday for the 8 gate to gate session and a crowd of about 15 including MC and Laura returning from injury. Managed all 8 at sub 3.50 pace and pretty happy to do reps 4-8 below 3.40 pace and pushed it for a 3.31 pace on the last one. Legs felt better than I expected aftre the Corp Cup. Stats for Thursday at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/235046233.
Backed up yesterday for the normal Friday set but was only planning on getting back to CQ. Legs didn't feel quite so fresh today but still managed to sit at 4.30 pace for 11kms for a 40km week all up. Stats for yesterday are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/235046226.
Hoping to get out for a ride tomorrow morning, weather permitting.

Backlog

Didn't get much running done or posted last week due to annual leave. Headed out with Hurts last Monday for 13kms, then didn't do anything until yesterday morning where I managed a quickish 10km around Centennial Park and backed up with an easy 11kms with Hurts today. Some great results from Melbourne over the weekend and serious kudo to Ray who turned up for Hurts after posting a pb of 2.36 for the marathon in melbourne yesterday. The man is a machine. Corp Cup on this Wednesday and pilates tomorrow should help try and deliver a sub 24 for my last run in the 35-39 age group! Stats from last three runs are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/231573850,
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/233669429, http://connect.garmin.com/activity/233669423.

Friday with Jim

Was really nice to head out just for a run with a mate today insetad of doing a training session - despite the 33C temps. Met up with Jim and did a nice run out to Rushcutters and back for a good balance of hills and flat. Some nice scenery around Sydney today as well. Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/230118368 and looking forward to long Sunday run with Hurts.

Hickson Road and 30C

A warm one today and perfect conditions for the 1.2km sprint session on Hickson Road. A decent crowd of about 20 folk turned up including MC, Hamish and Dave. Completely screwed up my watch so stats are a bit dodgy but pretty happy to manage 3.50 pace or quicker for the whole set although flagged a bit on the last one. Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/229811025, http://connect.garmin.com/dashboard?cid=6334273 and http://connect.garmin.com/activity/229811051. Out for a run with Jim tomorrow lunchtime and have had to can a planned ride in the morning so the missus can do a run before brekkie!

Corp Cup

A very warm day for run 4 of this series Corp Cup and no one to chase today with Adam being in Mumbai for 3 weeks. Felt pretty heavy and sluggish on the way up and didn't feel much different going around the course. Diversion in place going down into Farm Cove which I reckon adds 20 secs to the run ánd felt like I was pushing it the whole way today but still ended up with a 24.05 and still some work to do. Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/229496312 and looking forward to Hurts 1.2km Hickson Rd sprints tomorrow.