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Legs felt like lead ;o(

Wilke.  I suffered, but I made it through.

Oh yes, that felt good.  Finally a cool day to see if there was any life in my ol' legs...and the answer was YES!  Still a long way from my best, but I made it rhough the workout, and felt strong all the way through.  I didn't have the extra gear on the final 400...but still managed a mini hammer drop. 

OK the workout was warm up, 2,000 @ MGP, 3 x 1,000 @ HMGP, and 4 x 400 @ 5K pace.  As usual the pacing gets totally thrown out the window. However. we decided not to too foolish.  The 2,000 was done at about 1:43/1:44 per lap....or about 6:55 mile pace...maybe one day I'll run a marathon at the speed.  1,000s were done at about 1:37 per lap.  400s were about 1:31/1:32...the last one was at 1:21.  Mike flew past me at about 150 metres.  I held on until 200 meters.  He made a move...I tried o counter....but it wasn't quiet there.  Still I finished strong.  I needed a confidence booster ahead of the 10 miler...

Easy run over Hancock Gold Course.  Legs felt pretty good.

I stepped outside this morning, and I felt COLD!!!!!!  It was good conditions for a run albeit a little breezy at times.  Decided to run from the house as I didn't fancy the point-to-point.  I felt good until the last 1 1/2 miles when I could feel I was going into uncharted terriroty distance wise.  It was then that I realized that I hadn't run that far in a training run since January.  I could also feel the extra miles from the past couple of weeks.  I'm going to back off the mileage next week so that I can run a good 10 miler next weekend....I'll then be seeking 50 miles the folloiwing week as I gear up for Decker, which will be the acid test of any progress I have made on the fitness front!