PCRG 3KTT

Gees, time is going quickly as it doesn't seem that long since I updated. For the first time in four years, I skipped my Sunday long runs in the previous fortnight thanks to my good mate RooBoy's Buck's weekend followed by his wedding the following weekend at which I was a groomsman and MJ a bridesmaid. Those two weekends were the first weekends in four years when I have not done a long run or race for a reason other than injury, illness or recovery from surgery. Both events were sensational and it wasn't just the alcohol that did me in. A combination of go carting, the bungee bullet, tennis and ten pin bowling during the buck's weekend saw me throw my hips out. The resulting imbalance then lead to a tight left hamstring which fortunately was well treated by Bruno and then Shane. Fortunately, I was back on track this week.

Tues - 2/1/2 with 30JR. 30SR. Repeat. 30secs on/off for 3:30.
Was absolutely flying at this session in my first run after Bruno's massage and also fresh from two and a half days without a run.

Wed - 90mins, 18k's @ 5:02's
Easy run with the left hammy tight again.

Thurs - 4 x 1k with 60 SR. 3:19, 3:19, 3:33, 3:20.
Ran within myself whilst wearing the long skins as the left hammy is still tight.

Fri - 50mins, 10k's @ 5:02's

Sun - 120mins, 24k's @ about 5:10's

Tues - PCRG 3KTT 3:14, 3:17, 3:16 - 9:48 EQUAL PB
The left hammy finally came good over the last couple of days and there were not going to be any excuses at this mornings TT. I turned up wanting to run sub 10 - I am determined that I'm going to run sub 10 every time I step out for a TT now and establish a platform there so that when a good day comes along, I can run sub 9:40. After my usual conservative 400m opening, I ramped up the pace, Nic D joined me and we moved clear of the field. Went through 1k two seconds slower than the 3:12 I was hoping for and instead of continuing onto the footpath we rejoined Riverside Drive - it was nice to be running on the wide open bitumen here and Nic and I running side by side kept pushing each other, keeping the pace honest. The 1000-1500m section passed in about 95 seconds so the new course may have been a tad short there. Nic was running fantastically and starting to pull away from me but every time he got 2-3m ahead, i managed to bridge the gap back to him. Nic finally got away for good around the 2500m mark and my legs just weren't fresh enough to go with him. Still - after my fastest ever 2k split, I knew that I was going to run close to a PB so I concentrated hard on holding my form and managed to hammer it over the last 50m to equal my PB with a 9:48. Am very happy to clock that time given that I've missed two of my last three long runs and have drunk enough over the last fortnight to sink a battleship. My brother Adam who has joined the group for a hitout each Tuesday ran a sensational 10:17 debut - there could be some fun sibling rivalry down the track if he were to get serious and improve further.