Cramming...

So begins the last weekend of serious effort before Glasshouse in a fortnight's time. With recovery from Kokoda taking a little longer than it probably needed to [:)] it's been the training equivalent of cramming before final exams.

After a physically hard week of work, which including a full day Wednesday, then backing up from 10pm to 4am packing up a job in Fortitude Valley, a day recovering (in total zombie mode) Thursday and then moving the office on Friday, it's been a weird few days.

Hit the Gold Creek Reservoir at around 3pm in warm conditions and pounded around the clockwise course, as opposed to the usual anticlockwise course we've been doing. I'm of the opinion that the clockwise version is harder than the clockwise, as the longer gentle downhill sections you get going anticlockwise aren't quite runnable (well, in my current state) and I think at my present level of fitness it's 5 to 7 minutes slower.

Pushed reasonably hard for a couple of minutes over 2 hours, which is about 10 minutes slower than my best going anticlockwise.

Pulled up okay, and heading out at sparrow's tomorrow morning to do 36.

Like I said, cramming...