I went for an early morning cycle just to check out the run distance from Tuesday - 8.2km to be exact! In the evening I attended the Training Excellence Awards at Parliament House - an amazing night. In fact I didn't arrive home until 3.30am so not much sleep for me! Friday at work it was difficult to stay awake - no training today for obvious reasons!
Saturday - Rain, sunshine and more rain!
Activity: Run
Location: From home to and round Lake G
Distance: 13.6km
Time: 77:30 (1hour 17mins 30secs)
Comments: Left home about 2.20pm and ran down to Black Pepper to meet Mr B and The Hare and continued right round lake. The weather was overcast but it started pouring as we started off round the lake continuing off and on throughout our run - sun, rain, sun, rain all the way - quite bizarre. Saw a number of Vet race walkers on the way and indeed a number of runners too. It's good to know we weren't the only crazy ones. It was actually a really good run and 4 minutes faster than the same run last week. I was doing my best to keep up with Mr B and The Hare but couldn't quite catch them. However it was still pleasant, the lake was calm and there were ducks (even a white one) and birds out enjoying the rain. Later we had a coffee in the Mall as Black Pepper was closed. Tonight there was thunder and lightning out there so I'm glad we fitted in a run before the real storm! I'm hoping it's good weather in Sydney for all those competing in the marathon tomorrow. Here's hoping it's a great race for them. Best of luck to CJ and FlashDuck!
It was a great morning for the MS Fun Run today. So many Vets, and lots of participants, all very relaxed and enjoying the occasion.
ReplyDeleteAlso a great charity (MS Society) that deserved the support they got.
Over 320 completed the circuit of 6.5km around Lake Tuggeranong.
We are now waiting for the news from Sydney.
Had a text from CJ to say she ran the marathon in 3:41 - a PB - wow! Great time!
ReplyDelete3:48 for Flashduck, another brilliant time!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words Strewth, I hope to be there on Sunday cheering all you CRs in, and making the best of the day. :)
I'm baaack! Feeling a bit stiff and very tired, but also very very chuffed! Talk about an accidental PB!!! I think they're the best sort! Now to this coming Sunday - 10km feels like a marathon at this stage in my recovery. Hopefully the massage tomorrow will iron out any (many!) sore spots.
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