Easy Friday and Long Sunday

Just a couple of folk out on Friday - MC, John Bowe, Ray, Alex Von Nale and Paul. Just did the Monday route with Ray pulling off at the squashed car and I heading off at CQ. Have left the Garmin in the office so no stats but 11kms all up.
Out to a huge crowd this morning and Enda and another Irish chap crowing about the Six Nations - just glad there wasn't a Welshman about. I counted 15 including Laura, Barts, Enda, Jit, Derek, Ellie, Ant, Andy Heyden, Paul, Terence and Renaud. Great result for Jit yesterday at the Parramatta park run with 4th place in 18.02 and backing up for 20 odd today. Nice ish pace for the first lap although I didn't feel great so pushed it on the moonlight cinema hill to try and blow away the cobwebs and felt good. didn't feel quite so great on the second lap (trail running again) although better than last week and gave the hill a good go again and felt strong. Have started taking a tip out of Laura's book and having coconut water at the halfway mark  - seems to be working. Anyway probably did about 19kms in 1.31 so pretty happy and two weeks on the trot. Biggest week for probably 6 months and legs feeling it a bit. Unlikely to be out next Sunday as we have a school camping trip, so will need to get all the kms in during the week.

3 x 2kms

New route for the 3 x 2kms session today, while Adam availed himself of Singapore Airlines business class, around Art Gallery Road and loved it. In my personal opinion the hardest set on the calendar but hope this becomes the new home for this set. Decent crowd today and good to see some of our star 6ft Track performers making an appearance. Ant and Derek turned up - Derek's first Hurts session in about 18 months and he did pretty well.
MC decided to take group two today and advised it would be about 4 min/km pace - first 2kms done at 3.42 pace and didn't get any better. Second rep was at 3.53 pace and third was 3.45 - lot harder hills on the second rep. Felt good though and pretty happy given I did 13 with Adam yesterday. Derek was in the fast group and Ant managed to beat me on the third rep. Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/460127575 and all up about 9kms with the run up and warm down .

It wasn't me Guv......

That set Barangaroo on fire! Great day to work in Westpac Property seeing our new office alight - guess our moving in date might be pushed back!
Ran past with Adam at about 12.40 and no signs of things to come at 2pm!
Anyway, we did about 13kms today around the Wednesday route and didn't feel like it at all - certainly wouldn't have done it if Adam hadn't been out. Garmin ran out of juice at the 9.4km mark when we were doing about 4.45 pace and doubt it picked up much after that. Have had two nights of poor sleeping so beginning to take its toll. Anyway, limited stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/459612322 and hope to put some training into Adam while he swans off to Singapore for work for 10 days.

Monday Hurts

Tired legs today and didn't need the warm conditions. Decent sized crowd at the start given the races over the weekend and some splendid performances all round by Fats, Tucks, James, Tom, Jonathan and Erika at 6ft track. Even more impressive was Jonathan turning up today for the session - the rest of you should be ashamed. Good to see Charlie back along with Renee, MC, Adam, Russell and Ray. Didn't feel like I had much at all today although from the Barangaroo turnaround, things started to feel better. All up roughly 11kms and stats at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/458475123

Friday and Long Sunday

Only Jit at the start on Friday, so headed off on the Monday route and met Adam just before Fleet Steps. Nice easy pace all the way back to Circular Quay after Adam peeled off at the squashed car.
All up about 11kms - http://connect.garmin.com/activity/456860017

Decent sized group this morning including Laura, Barts, CT, Ant, Ellie and Paul, who had all started at 6am. Joined in with Jit and Renee and a few others for about 15 in the group. Jit and Eoin started to pick up the pace a wee bit but most of us just let them run about 50m ahead. CT and Barts decided that the second loop needed to be a bit more interesting so we headed off on the CP trails and boy did that hurt - most of it was run around the inside of the fence to take my total to 20kms and my first one of that distance since Christmas. Thoroughly enjoyed sushi with Hamish for lunch as I'd only had a banana to eat for the entire morning. Everything feeling good so hoping that I can get the distance back up and kick off the half training program. Stats for today at
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/457352445

Thursday Quickie

Could only get out for a quick run around the wharves due a forum at Darling Harbour at 1.30. Felt hard but was probably around 4 min km pace for 4.5-5kms. No watch so no stats.

Monday Hurts

Perfect day for a run and a smallish group at the start including MC, Tom, Adam, Jonathan, Jit, Erika and Brendan. Some great results over the weekend with the highlight being Tom and Barts at the state 10km track race - would have been great to watch. Erika, Ellie and Renee had fantastic results at the Striders North Head run and our Irish member, Rob C, rounding the weekend out with a half pb in Meath of 83.47.
Laura and Andy Heyden joined us at Farm Cove and just listening to Laura's training camp last week was tiring. 160kms for the week and she was out for 10 today - she is a machine and should be well on track to a Welsh marathon qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games.
Perfect pace today and felt strong all the way round.  Adam had been doing some semi-secret training yesterday so he left us at Barangaroo and I stayed on until the Opera House for 13kms all up.
Stats for today are at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/454482419 - forgot to set the auto lap so no km splits.