running long 2:27:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2160
Long run with Fern from The Place Next Door to The Place Of Fern & Tyson. Started at the venue for Wallaringa's club breakfast by the roundabout on Greenhill/Glynburn Rds and took Waterfall Gully Rd then the over-populated track to Mt Lofty. It is really scenic going that way, and the waterfall was flowing nicely though not spectacularly, but most of the people we had to dodge didn't look like they were paying much attention to the view. I found the steepest parts pretty tough but not as much of a struggle as Fern did (with her being one unit of blood down on a week ago) and we had a good rest at the top before heading down to Crafers (a sign saying Track Closed is pretty much an invitation to take it and see why it's closed) then Upper Sturt, Sheoak Rd (where we stopped to talk to Phil Hazell organising junior training) and down through Belair NP past the waterfalls to see the trackwork they've been doing there and through Echo Tunnel, out the front gate, then up the hill to Blackwood. Enjoyed this because the company was good, the sun was shining and the wattle & freesias smelled lovely, but very glad not to have any time pressure of racing because I am still a bit lacking in pace and hill strength.