Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

I've spent the last four Sundays either racing or in the air, so this is the first time in more than a month that I've done something that looks like a normal Sunday morning summer long run - the longest this season to date (at least on time). Spent the first 90 minutes with Bruce along the Yarra as far as opposite the Abbotsford brewery, then did a second lap up to Eaglemont Flats and back through Darebin Parklands. Almost entirely off-road until the last 30 minutes, which was enjoyable (but did account for the relatively slow pace - some of the tracks along the Yarra are pretty rough). A steady run, a bit tired on the section going across the hills of Ivanhoe and through Darebin Parklands, but felt good in the last 20 minutes and definitely had a lot more left in me. I'll have limited opportunities for really long runs this summer but next weekend is one of them, so will be aiming for something reasonably big. (I've noticed from my schedule that a Sunday morning a few weeks hence has a fair chance of finding me somewhere in the vicinity of Tallahassee, and given how much fun the Hoggster had of finding somewhere decent to run for 30 minutes, I don't like my chances of finding somewhere decent to run for 2 1/2 hours).

The conditions were ideal - cloudy and 16-17 degrees (on the equivalent weekend last year it was 41 on Saturday and 42 on Sunday), with the sun just breaking through in the last few minutes. Only sour note sounded by going past the debris of a Saturday night (the shattered remnants of a bus shelter - perhaps whoever thought of the circular concrete bunkers they use in Canberra was on to something).

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