6km Easy

It’s becoming rare that I have two days break in a row lately. But a 4.30am start on Monday to drive to Sydney then work all day saw me enjoying my Tuesday sleep in! Plus I am ahead of schedule which only leaves me with one official session to do for the whole week, leaving me at a bit of a loose end.

So today was just a relaxing run for fun, and comprised a pre dawn loop through Penshurst, Mortdale and Oatley to finish back at Hurstville Grove in just over half an hour.

I haven’t run this route since January, so my improvement is really noticeable. After a rough 5-10 minutes getting warmed up I settled into an easy pace. I’m finding that I’m feeling my strongest after about 4-5km now so I’m really encouraged about the program I’m following.

It felt like I pulled up short at 6km, but resisted the temptation to continue as today is the first of 4 days straight, culminating in the Striders 10km at North Head on Saturday. I’m so excited to finally be able to make another Striders run as it can be difficult coordinating them with my trips to Sydney. Admittedly it will only be my second, but will be my first since receiving my CR cap!