The Car Is Back!!!........

Sunday Morning - Long Run (21.4km/21.4km)
I got my car back yesterday which was a little earlier
than i expected - It really does make life easier.
I thought i would head down to The Tan this morning
as i haven't run around there for a while. I also wanted
to run along the Yarra up to Macrobertson Bridge as i
haven't run along there before. I got a good parking
spot just after 8am and was running within a couple of
minutes. Perfect running weather and of course
great scenery (both kinds!!) all the way. The thing
i find about running in a setting like this is that i find
myself running at a faster pace than i would at my
normal haunts. Because of that i do feel that a Tan
run is quite a hard workout but a really good one.
I decided on a lap of The Tan before heading east along
the Yarra and figured that on arrival back at The Tan,
I would do two more to make sure of at least 20kms.
I did lose the satelites for a while on the way along
the Yarra heading east just where you have some
overhead sections of the freeway etc. I have had to
adjust the readings from my Garmin to account for
this but that wasn't a difficult task as i know that i
held a good pace for that section. I ended up with
21.4kms in 1:59.21 and passed the 20km mark in
a very good (for me) 1:51.33. Of course i did stop
a couple of times for a snack and a drink, but that
is what i usually do on my Sunday long runs. All
up i'm very pleased with the run and would like to do
The Tan a little more often when i get the chance.
3 good solid runs up the Anderson St hill today, 2 of
them late in the run. Total distance run 21.4km