Having tapped into the novelty of positive thinking and good attitude, part of my plan was to run more on the road. This is as much to toughen up as to cut down on the dark runs in the bush with the light coming later and later in the mornings.
I’ve had the run up to the Bruce highway in mind since we moved to Caboolture and finally did it on Tuesday morning (had to watch the traffic though). I always thought it was a convenient distance out and back, 12km. Really good run, particularly as I set out a good hour after I intended. Impressed myself on the return as I was feeling it a bit but maintained a good pace. The out lap is all uphill (strangely, so is some of the return – go figure), made good time and got home in 59:05. Tempting fate but things seem to be going well at the moment.
I followed Tuesday with 18km on Wednesday night, on the road again. I set out to run at about 5:20 - 5:15, first 2km were sub 5 and I just couldn't keep it over 5:15 after that. Very pleased but was much quicker than I planned (1:32:13).
I’ve had four hard but good runs in the last five days getting 65km’s in. I was feeling good too but was conscious that I had a bit of momentum and while I wanted to take advantage of it, I didn’t want to push my luck.
Got back on the trail for Thursday. Very hot and very slow and a bit sore from last nights run but was happy to take it real easy. Nice way to round off the midweek sessions with a gentle 8.5km.
Saturday was hard. Had a good week, plenty of Km's (for me) and pretty good pace too. Started out at 4:30 and even after the 4km's it was seriously hot - hottest weekend of the summer forecast - and I knew it was going to be a drag. I was planning to take it easy but the choice was taken out of my hands and easy wasn't the word for it. Didn't go all the way to the lookout as time was against me but I was fairing much better than last time I took this trip. Got 25km in but it was pretty sedate. Mileage of the last week or so catching up a little.
Today was really time to tell how I was holding out. Nice easy (most of the time) run. My plan was to run the first km comfortably then keep that pace right through. First km was 5:22 and I went on to finish averaging 5:18. End of probably my best complete week ever, certainly as far as consistency of pace is concerned. I’m really pleased. I’ve got 75.5km in for the week (a lot for me) and more importantly, it’s a complete week as far as my schedule is concerned. I’m pretty sore, but no actual injury. The coming week will tell if I’ve overdone it or am actually getting used to it.
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