Catch up

Yeah, so I haven't blogged. Been pretty flat this week, probably a combination of the bug and the post-marathon 'blehs' finally hitting. Life goes on.

Got back on the road on Wednesday. Very grindy run home from via the city that I pulled the pin on about 12.2km in, 55 minutes or so (so, I'd been rattling along reasonably quickly), getting the bus home from there. Big problems in the right hip/pelvis, felt like the femur was being driven into the pelvis, very painful on up and particularly down hills, so if you think of the profile from the Shell at Drummoyne to Gladesville you can see what I stopped.

Am seeing an Easy Tiger recommended physio Tuesday morning.

Thursday was squad training, 35 minutes at half marathon pace (3:47). We formed little running groups which swapped leaders much in the style of the track based team pursuit cycle races, which alleviated some of the boredom of running around in circles. I pulled out at about two thirds distance, the last remnants of the sinus conditon making me light headed and eventually dizzy. Hip/pelvis was bearable, not great.

Friday. Gave up on my 30 minute easy run at Bedlam Bay oval 19 minutes, citing boredom.

Saturday, 7km Randwick Botany Harriers event at Sir Joseph Banks Park at Botany. Didn't feel great in the warm up. Out too hard chasing people who were quicker than I recalled, ended up doing the distance in 25 minutes flat, a 40 second improvement on the same event back in April. Since I ran 18 minutes for 5km the following weekend in April, guess it means I'm probably in 17:20-30 5km shape at the moment, which is good.

Sunday. Two hours at Centennial Park. Gaf had a fit after a toilet stop half an hour in and gave increasingly bizarre readings. Guessing around 25-26km, felt okay, hip/pelvis was okay, conscious of it but never really threatened to curtail the run.

So, there. You're up to date.