Sunday's shortened STarR - Harbourside Hike

Just an hour and a half on the menu today. Got up at 5:30, and to be frank, spending a couple of hours playing Railroad Tycoon Deluxe looked a lot more enticing than running, the sound of rain and the cold not helping.

Managed to get lost getting over to Waverton and missed the 6:20 group, heading out solo as the new 6:25 group. I was alone though North Sydney, Cammeray, Crows Nest and St Leonards, with the 6:30 group catching me through the trail to River Road.

It was here I picked up Highwayman and a couple of other guys (including Andrew, a guy looking to join Striders who'd done a couple of Ironmans) who were also doing the short option, and we worked our way through the lower North Shore through Greenwich and Balls Head. Ended up doing 18.38km in 1h 33m flat in what felt a stronger effort than the watch suggested. Oh well, it's done.

90km for the week, 281km for the month so far. Supposedly an easy week, but feel I got some good quality in, with some decent speed session and a good hard fast hitout yesterday.