First run back

Got home yesterday after a fantastic week in Fiji with a little too much of the good life in me and a chesty cough from the kids which has been around since mid last week and which I can't seem to shake. Managed a fair bit of swimming and one 1km run along the beach just to have a Garmin entry for Fiji. So Corp Cup today was never going to be good and it didn't disappoint with a 27.31 and over 4 minutes slower than my pb. Meanwhile Adam is killing it - a sensational run at the Sydney Harbour 10km last weekend gave him a new pb of 38.39 gun time with his net time being 38.30 - will need to let Tom adjudicate on that one - and then he pulls out a 23.14 for the corp cup today. He is going to nail the C2S this year and is now even talking about the half in September. Need to get my running mojo back. Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/198045192 and here are some links to Fiji swim/run and some fishing trips - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/197706014, http://connect.garmin.com/activity/197706010, http://connect.garmin.com/activity/197705980.

Last Run Before Fiji

Out early for a run to Bondi and back before we head off to the airport this morning. Forgot to turn on the auto-lap so no 1km splits. Finding this Bondi run really tough and not a good sign for the C2S - averaged 5.10 pace for today which is slower than last week although I felt quicker - certainy the hills felt harder. Stats for today at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/194383078 and looking forward to a break from running and roughly 30C for the next week or so!
Hope all the Hurts folks do well at the Gold Coast runs this weekend.

Last Run Before the Holiday

Got in a last Hurts session for 10 days before we head off to Fiji for the mother-in-law's 70th birthday family holiday. Big crowd for the 8 x gate to gate in farm cove and was determined to give it a good go after the corp cup on Wednesday. Adam was out as well and we were both pretty happy with the sets - never getting slower than our first one and sticking around 3.45km pace and able to bring it down to 3.29 pace for the last one. Also a gate to gate pb by 9 secs. Was a little bit disheartened on the last rep when Tom passed me doing his half marathon race pace - it's really not right being able to run a marathon faster than I can run a kilometer. Stats for yesterday at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193862464 and no running for the next 10 days so will have to work out other ways of keeping fit!

Bad Corp Cup

Quite vexed when I crossed the line today at Corp Cup and saw a 24.21 on watch and a smiling Adam trying to check out my time as I was bent double. Misread my watch at 21.08 thinking it said 20.08 and so crossed the line expecting a 23.21 and it certainly felt like had been putting in that kind of effort. Adam on the other hand managed to pull another 23.10 out of the bag in a great effort to equal his pb of a month ago. Looking forward to our next head to head. Stats from today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193276292.

Long Monday Run

Another stunning winter's day and not quite as cold as on yesterday's run. Got out with Adam for the Hurts session and a big crowd today despite the Gold Coast runs coming up this week - you can tell C2S is getting close. Headed off and Adam was keen just to go halfway after a longest ever run for him yesterday of just over 21kms and I was going to come back to Circular Quay. Felt good at the halfway and pace was around 4.35 at that stage and still felt all right at Circular Quay, so just kept going and managed to finish strongly on the last half km with sub 4 pace. A solid start to my last week before going on holiday and will hopefully be doing pilates tomorrow, corp cup on Wed, sprint set on Thurs and have a lunch on Friday. Might get out first thing on Sunday before we head off. Stats for today at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192611879

Baltic Run

The coldest morning of the year by far and headed off with gloves, two tops and legging (embarassingly cold for a scotsman) after an earlyish opening of pressies for Hamish's fourth birthday. I was rewarded with a stunning run along to Bondi and back - albeit very slow due to the hills and steps - with the view sublime and not a cloud in the sky. Had forgotten how much I loved this run and now that I have dropped the Friday run for Pilates, might need to make this my regular weekend run and try and improve on the pace. Needed the coffee at the end and I think the thought of it warming me up helped push the pace a bit on the way home. Stats from today at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/192157782 and pretty much 12kms for about 45kms for the week.

2km Sprints

Missed the start of the alternate 4x2km sprints today due to a late running meeting. Got to the start just as Adam and Dave were finishing their first one. Decided to do 3 sets and pushed them - had a great battle with Dave and Adam on the second one and then a real head to head with Adam on the last. He got me by about 5 meters and still happy with the times 3.45, 3.52 and 3.42 averages for the 2km sets. Stats for today at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/191218350