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February Fighting Fit?
02-02-2009, 09:47 PM,
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February Fighting Fit?
I arrived in Adelaide last Friday morning in the middle of a heat wave, with daily maximums around 42 - 43 degrees C and overnight lows in the 30s (one night was a record 39 degrees, the highest minimum ever recorded). It wasn't until 10 pm last night (Monday night) that the temperature finally dipped below 30 degrees C. A cool easterly kicked in around sundown bringing cooler air down from the hills. When the temperature dipped down to 29 degrees at about 10pm I changed into my running gear and hit the streets: bliss!

It was a fab run - I felt good from the outset and felt strong and smooth the whole way. Even the 2.3km hill from the 6km mark didn't trouble me much. In earlier times when I ran these roads regularly, this hill was a bit of a nemesis, an enemy out to kill all enthusiasm for this running nonsense, but on this occasion it was more of an old friend.

In the end a sedate but very solid 10.5km in 67 minutes, and in these conditions I'm happy with that.

Earlier in the day I also did 30 minutes swimming in the pool so I'm keeping up the cross-training even if I'm not getting in as much running as I entirely need.

I'm still puzzling over how to fit in all the training I need to cover before the April 19 race, but I am slowly getting there I think. If I can just get my long runs up to 20km fairly soon, I think a couple of 30km runs in the last few weeks will see me through. As I'm only aiming to finish the thing rather than set a time per se, I'm still hopeful of being OK on the day.

Smile
Run. Just run.
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Messages In This Thread
February Fighting Fit? - by Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man - 02-02-2009, 09:47 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by El Gordo - 09-02-2009, 01:47 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by Antonio247 - 09-02-2009, 02:38 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by El Gordo - 15-02-2009, 12:38 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by marathondan - 16-02-2009, 10:59 AM
February Fighting Fit? - by Sweder - 16-02-2009, 04:36 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by El Gordo - 16-02-2009, 05:04 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by marathondan - 19-02-2009, 08:54 AM
February Fighting Fit? - by El Gordo - 19-02-2009, 09:09 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by El Gordo - 22-02-2009, 10:20 AM
February Fighting Fit? - by Sweder - 22-02-2009, 07:53 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by Antonio247 - 22-02-2009, 09:11 PM
February Fighting Fit? - by marathondan - 27-02-2009, 11:12 AM
February Fighting Fit? - by stillwaddler - 27-02-2009, 02:47 PM

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