An Absence (Partly) Explained

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Thanks for all the comments, my rellow RC-ers. It's nice to be back in the running shorts again, and I've celebrated with three cracking runs this week. None of them earth-shattering, certainly: nor were any longer than 5km, but 3 testing little sessions they were, incorporating intervals, hills and a good tempo run. These short sessions are really all I need - great for fitness, good for building speed and not nearly so hard to fit into a busy schedule as the 25km long runs I was doing a few weeks back. These can be slotted in almost as an after-thought. You can simply "pop out" for a quick run as you feel inclined, rather than having to organise your entire day around it; and motivation is hardly an issue, as they are really quite simple.

So, for the time being they will suit me just fine. There will still be some structure to it as I get ready for a 12km race in September - I'd like to be better my previous time of 1h09m in 2004, and that will take some effort for sure, as I was a lot faster back then, but with some emphasis on the speed training I can perhaps do it.

I'm enjoying new delights as I traverse new ground in a new region of Sydney for me - maybe not quite as colourful as this pic suggests, but some interesting places to run in, even so.

On on!