Let the beatings commence...

No rest for the wicked indeed...

Pretty tired after yesterday - 2k warm up +5k race + 3k cool down +27k long run = 37k for the day, so probably to be expected. Still, pretty important two weeks coming up, so it's important to stay focussed.

An hour ten for 16km on the schedule tonight. I'm pretty keen to get after these midweek tempo runs, I think they were the key sessions behind the SMH Half success and I'm confident they'll provide a strong base for GC in just over a month's time.

EliseS had Run Club this evening so I tagged along to do my session while she trained. It's a good arrangement, encourages her to get along to a second intensive training session, and I get a good uninterrupted session on quiet, if somewhat dark, paths.

Ran the Dog Run plus the Bay, then down to the old Powerhouse in front of Balmain Shores and back to where Run Club were finishing off their 1k repeats. Looked to be around 16.9k in around 1 hour 11 (I forgot my watch, and went with the iPod stopwatch, so figuring in a bit of handling time, seems about right), so around 4:12 pace for the session. Felt pretty consistent through the run. Put on a bit of a grandstand finish as EliseS and Wildthing finished their repeats - they both looked quite smooth at the finish.

Legs felt pretty good and I seemed to have a good, consistent economical flow going, with enough for a push to finish. Must admit I'm starting to enjoy being able to do these sessions at 4:10-4:20 pace, seems a good pace to run at, covering lots of ground. Fun, almost.