7 October 2006, Striders 10km

After a rushed start to the day having to pick Blue Dog up from night shift we made our way out to Homebush. Quickly registered and rounded up the troops and we snuck off to do a bit of a warm up, drills and strides. We then jogged back to the start to find a huge crowd. I went out a little too quick in the first couple of ks and debated if I should slow down or just try and hold on. I took the second option, probably not wise. I spotted a few people as targets and kept thinking "I don't get out of bed at 4:30am during the week for nothing". My legs felt like jelly and I started to sound like a steam train. By the time I got to the bridge towards the finish I started to heave at least four times, which pissed me off as I only had 50 metres to go. Anyway I finsihed in 48:10, one second off my PB, but very disappointed. Blue Dog has tried to convince me I had a good run, but it hasn't worked.

8 October 2006

I had an 2.5hrs on my program today, so I arranged to meet Deanne at 6.30 to get my extra half hour in and allow Deanne to get away early. It was a really slow start and I could feel the effect of yesterdays 10ks on the legs so we just took it easy for the first couple of ks to allow the legs to loosen up. We then met Katie, Kerry and Rachel at 7.00am. Just as we were about to get away Ellie80 and Jen-Runs popped over to say hello. We did various laps and tracks of the park and returned to our meeting point at 7.30 to allow Deanne to get away, little did we know we were being followed by Blue Dog. We continued to use our imagination around the park and said good bye to Rachel, leaving Katie, Kerry and myself to continue. Towards the end of the run we could notice the heat and I was started to feel tied. We stopped at one point to have a look in the pond, but then decided to move and get the run finished. Stats: 25.45km, average pace 5:54/km, exactly what the coach had ordered.

When we finsihed we drove to Clovelly for a breakfast and a refreshing swim.