The week in review: August 27 to September 2.

Week 22:
 

Day	Activity	Distance (Total)	Time (Total)	Distance (Run)	Time (Run)	Pace (Run)
Monday	Run	8 km	53:12	8 km	53:12	6:39
Tuesday	Rest
Wednesday	Run	8.01 km	54:05	8.01 km	54:05	6:45
Thursday	Rest
Friday	Run	5.97 km	36:43	5.97 km	36:43	6:09
Saturday	Rest
Sunday	Race	21.1km	2:18:27	21.1km	2:18:27 (PB)	6:34

• Total distance: 43.07 km
• Best average pace a run: 6:09 (over 6 km)
• Longest run without a walk break: 21.1 km
• Total distance run since starting: 1181.43 km 
• Weeks to go: 6

Getting into the business end now.

My Wednesday run was curtailed due to a sick patient for whom I stayed late at work, but I'm trying not to panic too much about missed or shortened runs.

Ventured to Dubbo this weekend for the first running of the Dubbo Stampede.

I will try to write a race report later, but I was more than happy with my time (almost 10 minute PB).

The week in review: August 13 - 19.

Week 20:
 

Day	Activity	Distance (Total)	Time (Total)	Distance (Run)	Time (Run)	Pace (Run)
Monday	Run	6 km	38:23	6 km	38:23	6:24
Tuesday	Rest
Wednesday	Run	12 km	1:21:18	12 km	1:21:18	6:46
Thursday	Rest
Friday	Run	6.01 km	34:42	6.01 km	34:42 (PB)	5:47
Saturday	Rest
Sunday	Race	10.2 km	1:01:57	10.2 km	1:01:57 (PB)	6:04

• Total distance: 34.22 km
• Best average pace a run: 6:04 (over 10.2 km)
• Longest run without a walk break: 12 km
• Total distance run since starting: 1086.39 km 
• Weeks to go: 8

Pulled up with very sore calves on Monday after the City2Surf, but was feeling better by Wednesday. Ended up having placed reasonably, and did especially well with the climb up heartbreak hill.

Put in a decent performance at the Tamworth Ten today, although I fell off my target pace towards the end. All together happy with my time.

The week in review: August 6 - 12

Week 19:
 

Day	Activity	Distance (Total)	Time (Total)	Distance (Run)	Time (Run)	Pace (Run)
Monday	Run	6 km	38:19	6 km	38:19	6:23
Tuesday	Rest
Wednesday	Run	10 km	1:05:40	10 km	1:05:40 (PB)	6:34
Thursday	Rest
Friday	Run	5.94 km	36:54	5.94 km	36:54	6:13
Saturday	Rest
Sunday	Race	14.1 km	1:34:06	14.1 km	1:34:06 (PB)	6:40

• Total distance: 36.05 km
• Best average pace a run: 6:13 (over 6 km)
• Longest run without a walk break: 14.1 km
• Total distance run since starting: 1052.17 km 
• Weeks to go: 9

Happy with my result from the City2Surf. Ran right in the middle of my estimated time bracket and never felt horrible. Achieved my major aim of getting in some practice running in crowds, a difficult task when you live in the country!

In light of things though I've decided to add a half marathon (in Dubbo) to my schedule to try and get some more race experience prior to Melbourne...

Time to get back to work!

Having had a wonderful 4 weeks in South America, it's now time for me to get back into training.

First target is the City to Surf in 4 weeks time.

I'm planning a shortish run this afternoon to see how I've fared over my break...

The week in review: May 6 - 12.

Week 12
 

Day	Activity	Distance (Total)	Time (Total)	Distance (Run)	Time (Run)	Pace (Run)
Sunday	Race	9.87 km	1:05:19	9.87 km	1:05:19	6:37
Monday	Run	6.82 km	46:49	6.5 km	41:49 (PB)	6:26
Tuesday	Rest
Wednesday	Run	9.74 km	1:10:16	9.74 km	1:10:16	7:13
Thursday	Rest
Friday	Run	5.98 km	36:41	3.98 km	36:41	6:08
Saturday	Run	6.34 km	43:55	6.34 km	43:55	6:55

• Total distance: 38.75 km
• Treadmill runs:0
• Best average pace for an outdoor run: :6:08 (over 5.98 km)
• Longest outdoor run without a walk break: 9.87 km
• Total distance run since starting: 819.14 km 

Well, this mornings run was aborted at just over 6km because I was called in to work (will try again tomorrow) but otherwise a good week.

Was happy with time from the race on Sunday, and managed to run the whole thing despite the enormous hill in the middle!

The week in review: April 1 - 7.

Week 7:
 

Day	Activity	Distance (Total)	Time (Total)	Distance (Run)	Time (Run)	Pace (Run)
Sunday	Race	4.89 km	30:53	4.89 km	30:53	6:19
Monday	Run	6.04 km	43:27	5 km	32:31 (PB)	6:30
Tuesday	Rest
Wednesday	Run	8.9 km	1:07:13	8 km	57:25 (PB)	7:11
Thursday	Rest
Friday	Run	6 km	38:35	6 km	38:35 (PB)	6:26
Saturday	Run	12.89 km	1:42:54	12 km	1:32:35	7:43

• Total distance: 38.72 km
• Treadmill runs: 0
• Best average pace for an outdoor run: 6:19 (over 4.89 km)
• Longest outdoor run without a walk break: 12 km
• Total distance run since starting: 633.69 km 

 Good week this week.

Started off with the 5k race at Quirindi on Sunday.  Post race I managed to run 3 PBs this week - my speed finally seems to be improving after seeming not to change for months.

Had a good long run today, concentrated on keeping my HR at ~ 150bpm for the majority of the run and felt comfortable throughout (even if it was a little slow).

Race report: Quirindi Youngcare 5k

First (and most importantly) I finished.  I ran the whole way (the course was just short of 5km) and felt reasonably comfortable doing it.

I'm not going to give a km-by-km description - other than than hill going up to the 3km mark the course was fairly unremarkable, and I'm not much for remembering every little detail of a run course anyway.

I started with a plan to chase 6:10/km which I chased but didn't catch, however managed a respectable (for me at least) 6:19/km.

Final time was 30:47 (my Garmin time is a bit longer because I forgot to stop it as I went over the finish).  That's a whole 11 minutes faster than my previous 5km race time (although that was the Tamworth Fun Five, which is a bit longer than 5km).

Fairly happy with the end result actually.  Makes me feel I'm getting somewhere with my training.

I've now also found my next race - the Scone Fun Run (10km) on May 6th.  I'd better get back to my training...