Congrats

Just wanted to start with a big congrats to all the Hurts folk who ran Six Foot Track on Saturday - a special mention for Tom who came in 9th overall with a pb of 3 hours 49 minutes for 46km.

First run since last Monday and glad to say that physio and chiropractor visits last Thursday seem to have done the trick. Been on the Voltaren for a couple of days as it appears I have inflammation in the fatty pad in my heel. Also using a heel lift and gel pad in my right runner and so I decided just to do half the session today round to Shelly Street. Not a bad turn out with Mike back from leave, Wildman and Laura among others. First km felt a bit strange but legs felt strong and fresh so just went with it and ended up out front with Wildman from the Hyatt to the end of Hickson Road. No pain in heel afterwards and very happy with 4.29 average pace - a couple of sub 4.20's in there as well. Taking it easy this week, with more physio on Thursday, so aiming for a swim tomorrow as I start my BRW training and corp cup on Wednesday. Run stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/72983617

Sick Wife

No physio or work today as Anna was sick - being the top husband that I am I stayed at home and took care of all domestic duties. Physio rebooked for tomorrow.

Fingers Crossed

Possibly some bad news - top of right calf started feeling sore last night and was feeling worse this morning. So no run today and booked physio for tomorrow - will take running gear and see what physio says. Chiro is also lined up for Thursday morning, so hopefully the double treatment will avoid an injury lay off.

Chocolate Workout

Publicly humiliating myself by admitting to inhaling an entire large block of Dairy Milk last night. Seemed like a good way to end the weekend having had a man head cold but did I feel crap after that. So I resolved to doing the full session today and was a bit concerned when we started off at 4.40km pace. A good turnout today with a few people tapering for the Six Foot Track (46km hilly bush run in the Blue Mountains) on Saturday. Tom returned from his jaunt to Brisbane and Brendan, Laura, Ray and James among the crowd, with Derek joing us around Circular Quay. Think Tom and couple of the faster guys finished and James, Brendan and I myself held on for the full 16kms in 1 hour 11 minutes. Very happy with a 4.31m/km average pace and with the 1km each way to the start/finish a solid 18km start to the week. Run stats are at
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/71737029. Now where did I put that other bar of chocolate........

Lead Legs

Really felt the effects of the corp cup and yesterday's sprint session today. Only three of us turned up for the Hurts run today - James and Ray. We were joined at the opera house by Derek and on Hickson road by Brendan and Rob. Managed to hang on until Circular Quay for an 11km run all up and taking the total to 40kms for the week. Today's stats are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/71144144.

Looking forward to Adam's birthday Yum Cha tomorrow and will aim to get out for a ride on Sunday morning. No exercise planned for tomorrow - need the rest.

Running with Freaks

The title today is copyright of Laura after our 4x2km sprint session. I'm also very happy to have beaten Laura in the last set today - another quality scalp to add to the collection.
Not sure what the weather is doing - 21C yesterday lunch and 28C. Temp went up by 1.5C between 1 and 1.30pm - handy for the end of the session! Good crowd today and it quickly split into two groups. Very happy with results and session can be found http://connect.garmin.com/activity/71016499. 2km set times were 7.53, 7.50, 7.56 and 7.44 so good to finish strongly. Aiming to do the whole session tomorrow to get this week's kms up nearer the 45km mark.

Corp Cup Shocker

A great day for the corp cup today - mild and overcast and completely different to the first two rounds of this series. Just Adam and I today, although saw a coupleof the Hurts boys on the course and caught up with Derek and Anthony on the way back. Adam suffering fromsore wisdom teeth, so he is sticking to that story for a slow time today - they must be linked to his legs and heart muscle somehow. Started off strong on just over 4 min kms and felt great all the way round apart from blowing a lace on the 4th km. Thought I was coming in close to the 24 min mark so was shocked to cross the line on 25 mins. Less said the better - garmin site is down at the moment so will load up stats when it comes back up.
2km sprint session with Hurts tomorrw a must.