Sparkie's rundiary

A surprise visit from my favourite Aunt from Queensland saw yet another night out, and more wine consumed - social and running schedules are fighting it out head to head this week. Still managed to get myself out the door by 6:00, but my decision to do a longer warm-up backfired, as I did another Bourke and Wills - arriving just after the group had left. This time I guessed right, and managed to catch them after their first surge, and did the rest of the session with the group.

Still a bit under the weather (health, not wine), and didn't feel at all flash this morning. Ran strongly when needed, and didn't feel like I'd throttled myself, but didn't feel quick either. Legs very tired as I shuffled home with Don Juan for a total of 18km in 83 minutes. Actually, this is the longest run I have done all year I think, so I guess I can't be too unhappy. Some soreness on my left 2nd toe, but otherwise the new orthtoic changes felt fine. As the pain has moved, I think a couple of more tweaks will be needed to get rid of it altogether.

Saturday is the State 10km championships at Holsworthy. Had Sean not kindly put it in my schedule, I wouldn't be doing it, considering myself underdone at the moment. However, I have a tendancy to give myself excuses for not going in races, so I think forcing myself is a good thing - if nothing else, it will give me a benchmark as to my current fitness. Also, with the Sydney half in a few weeks, a hard hit-out is need.

Hoping for something with a 36 at the front...