Robust August

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Back to the hill climbing today - just time for a 10km jaunt before work, but made it a little faster and a little steeper this time. Whilst it was completed fairly comfortably, it again left me with the realisation that there's still a heck of a lot of work to do before race day.

There's also the small matter of the marathon, and on that score there's good news. Work has finally confirmed I'm not required on race day so I have now entered the Sydney Marathon which is exactly 4 weeks hence. It'll be good after all this time to finally get the marathon-running monkey off my back, doubly so to get it done soon so that I can then properly focus on the Point 2 Pinnacle. I feel ready for the mara, less so for the P2P, and whilst there's still plenty of time before the mountain race, it's going to take a brutal amount of hill climbing between now and then to be properly ready. This will be my third assault on the mountain, and to be honest it gets harder each time as I become ever more accutely aware of what's required to tackle the monster.

So a big few weeks of running ahead. Am I excited? You bet!

10.0 km @ 3% incline, 1h01:35

YTD: 953.5 km