Sorry, I have been MIA for the last few days.

Tripswitch great you got up for an early run! It's so much fun. I live on a beach and love to be there to see the sun rise out of the ocean. At the moment that is easy as sunrise is after 7am.

I have been running and on the days I have not run, I have walked a minimum of 7km. Today will be the exception. I am going on a 5 hour environmental litter pick up instead.

In the running department I have been trying to extend my time on trails in the hills. I am up to 2:20 approx now. My first goal is to get to 3 hours. I am not worrying about distance or speed (although I must be getting faster as I have to keep going a little further to get the time in) as I am working on time on my feet. When I get to 5 hours continuous I will start working in speed using my usual beach estuary 7 km circuit. At the moment I am doing 2 long hill days a week, plus either jogging or walking 7km on the other days.

Happy running

Yep, 4.5 miles today.

Tomorrow I have a 5k race in the morning and a hash run in the afternoon.

I took a back road I haven't been down before and was so glad I did. Discovered a beautiful wooded area with stream running through it.

The plan was to run 3 easy. I was feeling fantastic, running at my race pace felt effortless. 3 easy turned into 6 at tempo with a little walking thrown in. I almost never ditch my plan, but I can't say I regret it. It's not every run that feels like you have springs in your feet. I had to go with it.

Sounds lovely strudel. And also how lovely to have one of those 'run forever' days!

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A 5k race in the morning, in which I came third (got a medal).

And ran 4 miles on a hash house harriers run in the evening.

Congrats Ian!!

6 miles today.

Congratulations! What was your time? And great respect for the double run.



Monday. 10km beach and estuary. I found it hard. I think I am pushing up the distance too quickly. I shall walk today (Tuesday). It's hard when I used to run these distances without thinking, but I am just not fit enough at the moment. I shall get there though

Thanks everyone. I did it in 22 minutes, 59 seconds.

Ran 4 miles today.

Ian, that's a smoking 5K time!!

I did a 50K race this weekend. It ended up being more of a comedy of errors than anything else. At one point I was running through waist-high grass with no visible trail, and my foot sank into a gopher hole and I did a header. Surprisingly, my ankle survived that. But then I got lost soon after and had to double back a good way to find the tiny pink ribbon marking the correct turn. There were also miles-long stretches of STEEP downhills with sliding gravel and huge rocks. Needless to say, the course was not easy. It made me appreciate my normal runs - sure they have a lot of climbing, but the trails are smooth enough that you can keep a running pace going without having to pick your way through rubble constantly.

Wowzers. A 50k sounds awesome JayZeeJay. I do a lot of really off-road trail runs (through rivers etc.) but rarely more than 10k.

Ran 4 miles today. It's getting HOT!

JayZeeJay - Wow, great job finishing! No injuries?

Ian - I can't even imagine running that fast! Awesome job!

I did a 2 mile HIIT run on the treadmill Monday night. 30 seconds running fast (for me, that was 7MPH, I felt like I was flying!) and then 1:30 fast walking. Definitely will be doing that at least once a week and hopefully I can work up to a run/jog instead of run walk. I can see how it would improve my overall speed, and it feels awesome to run that fast even if its for a short time.

I've been super tired in the mornings lately so I'm doing evening workouts instead of my morning runs. Gotta get back into routine...

3 mile recovery run.

Finally tonight we run!! I haven't run since last Thursday!! Can't wait

3 miles tempo run.

NNS: no injuries; IT band tight like always after a long run, but that's easily addressed by aggressive foam rolling. I just got back to bootcamp tonight. I've only been bicycling this week, but hope to restart running this weekend.