running long 1:38:42 [3] 17.2 km (5:44 / km) +400m 5:08 / km
shoes: Asics Kayano 17
Scared myself into doing a long run by the realisation that I have just paid $55 to the Asthma Foundation (hope SARA actually gets some profit out of that) to rogaine around Second Valley Forest with Zara for 6 hours on the 23rd, and that I haven't run more than an hour in training since, oh, about Easter!
Shepherds Hill, Eden Hills, Blackwood, Belair and home down Gloucester. When I got to the park it was still almost too dark to see my footing, but I did have a moon-shadow (reminded me so much of rogaining a month ago) and encountered a guy on an MTB coming down the steepest section as I was going up, although his lights were too bright to be of use to me.
Felt fairly good running although neuroma manifested predictably just before an hour. I told myself that I could run through it but in the end stopped for a drink, stretch and back-crunch at the tap at the BP, which made the descent okay. A good morning for it, didn't even seem cold - at least not when compared to how it has been in my office and travelling between the wards this week!