Sunday Morning - 26kms - Dandy Creek Trail (5)
A very cold morning today and wouldn't you know it -
I forgot my gloves again! Anyway i didn't think anyone
else was going to turn up for the long run today so i
started off by myself at a nice slow even pace. I had
decided that unlike the last time i did this run, I would
just take it really easy and just make sure finishing
it. I had a quick fuel stop at Jells park and again at
about 18kms. This is a really hard run to do alone
and just like last time, I had to really talk myself
into getting through the last 3 or 4 kms. In the end
i was really quite happy with my time of 2.31:56
which is less than 2 mins longer than last time. It's
not important though as i wanted to start slow and
hopefully feel good throughout. Unfortunately i felt
crap for most of the last half and now have a little
lower back pain which i hope will not get any worse.
I did actually have to stop for a minute or so at 22k
as i was really stuggling.
4 comments:
This sounds like a interesting course. Is it a loop? Where does it start from?
Well done on getting out there on your own again Paul - I managed to get TB out today as I thought he needed it (no being a lazy bugger for him!). My training plan has me on long runs of no more than 20k at the moment, no point for my goals.
You need to run with music! So much easier on a long run....
I too got back ache again - looks like we both need to work on core stability to prevent bad posture and aches during the latter part of a long run.
SD - i usually start at the Boronia Rd
carpark and run across to Wellington Rd
where i turn around and come back almost
the same way. The great thing about the
DCT is that you have a few different
choices of where you can start and you
can always turn around whenever you want.
SB:)
You must be a runner, you continued on even though you were struggling, how many others would have stopped all together.
Had to laugh, was reading Beki's comment about "you should run with music" and at that point your blog music started.
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