rain and a short week have placed the challenge on hold. i did forgot that this week was to conclude with the easter long weekend. perhaps i should be more aware. i also forgot about the easter parade the children are involved in at school - should be fun with one going as an avatar and the other going as satan.
with the challenge on hold i will be just focusing on building the mileage and hitting as many trails and hills as possible. i have tried adding some intensity over the last few weeks but during my run today i could feel that i need to focus less on speed and go back to focusing on aerobic development. looking back over my training log to see blank pages staring back at me i sometimes wish that i would become a little less zen and a bit more obsessive compulsive. i seem to remember some big weeks in the lead up to last years race and less time spent focusing on quality.
with all the rain i decided to cancel the trip into the city and instead go for a run. so glad that i did as i had one of my best runs for the year. i parked the car in glenbrook and hit the trails around knapsack popping out for a down and back of mitchells pass where i felt great and managed to show a mountain biker the fastest way up the mountain. stopped for a quick chat before we both went our seperate ways on the trails - i went the fastest way up and he hit the flatter trails. finished up with six repeats of hare street where i focused on bounding up rather than straight out speed.
post run plums have never tasted so sweet...
hoping to get out on the north face course over the long weekend and maybe some kedumba repeats.
monday training:
lunch) 57min easy (13k) - extended river loop
pm) 74min incl. 45min easy trails, mitchells pass down/up (7min), trails, 6 x hare street, cooldown jog
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