Hot, hot, hot

It's so hot in Cairns now. I've decided to go for my Thursday night run on Friday morning! Covered the rest of this week's program okay. 17 on Sunday, 10 on Tuesday and 5 on Wednesday. Going to do 8 tomorrow.

Holidays are here!

Nice to go for the 10k Trinity Beach Loop yesterday with Rhonda, Sandra and Donna. And the 17k Freshie loop today knowing it's holidays now! No stress, just having a run. Got to check my schedual as Hobart 1/2 is not too far away now. Just under a month to go.

Another Freshie Loop on the weekend

It's been a bit of a down week, with only a 10km on Saturday and a 8km on Sunday. Then hills on Tuesday but I only did 9km where I normally do about 12. So did 8km on Wednesday night - as I'm suppose to. Will go out now for about an hour. Got the 10k at Rhonda's on Saturday and then doing the Freshie Loop again on Sunday - 17k. A bit tired as it's the end of term. But school holidays start tomorrow, so it will be good to have some time to rest and train up for Hobart 1/2 rapidly coming up in January!

Mareeba Beginner's catch up

I went up to Mareeba last night for the a catch up with the beginner runners there. Half are still going, which is pretty good for that group, as most only came along as it was part of the "Spring into Summer". Those who were there were motivated and we ran just over 3km. Mondays are my rest day, and I was a bit weary, so it's good we only went for a short run - for me. For the one lady, it's the furthest she's ever run. Very inspiring! Tonight is speed work.

Freshie loop done

Thanks to Rhonda and Janette, the 17km Freshie Loop was a good run this morning. We did have a couple of interuptions, but so be it. Long slow run it was. Tried the new Fanta Strawberry. Sweet.

Trail meeting and 10k today

This morning there is a trail meeting for iron out any problems we had this year and to get set for next year. Nice to have so many people interested and coming along to help out.

This afternoon is a 10k run with Rhonda and Sandra. Donna may join us too.

Slow 8k tonight

I run to the meeting spot for the Beginners, but only Rebekah was there, so we did a 1/2 hour run. All up it was a slow 8km although I should have been doing something a bit quicker. Not too stressed yet about it. Been tired and had a sleep this afternoon and yesterday before my runs!

Wednesday night runs

My program calls for 8km each Wednesday night. I only did 5km last night - which is okay as I ran 12.5km on Tuesday in the hill session. I'll need to get to the Espalande at about 4.45pm each week to fit in 3km followed by the 5km.

Hill training tonight

We normally do about 10 hills - slight gradient, 200-300m. I'll move my hill sessions to Thursdays in 2013 and then do speed each Tuesday.

Need to do a long slow run?

I qualified for Comrades with my 4.15 Melbourne Marathon in October, so now I'm starting to build my base after a bit of a rest.

Let me know if you want to join me for my long runs - I'll be doing plenty of milage, so the company will be appreciated!

First run: Sunday, 2 December. 17km Freshie Loop - takes me about 2 hours 10 minutes.

Meet at my house at 6.30am.