Tough times...

Tuesday 17/10/06:
Alarm went off at 5.20am this morning - had a 60min run to get in, on top of all the other stuff I had to do this morning!

Could hear that it was windy, but at least the rain has stopped that I heard last night. Evidently it was 11 deg C, but the skies were clear (for that hour anyway - it was still dark!) and as I was walking up the hill to the main road I spotted a lovely crescent moon with some stars around it!

As the plan was calling for 60mins steady, I decided to go out and just run the main roads for 30mins then head back. Calves are still rather tight, one in particular is quite painful. Guess thats what you get for sitting round getting cold after a race and not really doing enough of a cooldown or stretching... Its hard when you're totally buggered and have a 7yr old jumping all over you, but I must learn from this...

Once out on the road I felt pretty good at first, the wind was at my back on the way out - but of course I didn't appreciate how much so until I turned around - then it was horrible! The 30mins back were definately a bit of a struggle - legs felt tired and I'm soooooo over this wind!

Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 61mins (12kms)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins

Passed Rob on his way back home - he was running on the opposite side of the road today as well as heading in the opposite direction to me, but we still managed to yell at each other!
We are looking for very similar times in the Auck Half - may run at least part of it together.

Have to say, I was glad to see home today. Right now I could really do with a physio or massage session, esp on the calves and also the tightness around the back of my knee is bothering me a bit today... Run out of time to do anything about it at this end and doubt I'll get a chance in Hobart, but perhaps when I'm in Melbourne...

Running gears all packed - think theres just as much of that in my suitcase as other stuff! Fly out later this afternoon, but have more work to do first - so I'm outta here!