Last "20 miler" before tapering to the Sydney Marathon - smashed out 36kms this morning. Perfect running conditions for late winter in Melbourne - cool, around 12oC, with light breeze and a bit of sun, but certainly not warn enough to breakout my Sydney Marathon training singlet.
Running for 3+ hours is hard work (but maybe just a little easIer than the 32 km I did last weekend, as the body starts to adapt to longer distances) yet enjoyable, even an escape, after a pretty tough week at work.
Today's run followed a route that we have cycled many times as a family so there was a bit of reminiscing as I plodded along. As I was running mostly on bike paths it was good to be away from road traffic and heading through green space along creeks, parklands and rail-trails; also a number of drinking taps enroute were handy. While yellow wattle blossom along the way gave a hint of Spring being just around the corner.
The 20 milers I've run the last couple of weekends are a great tune up for marathon day, but tired and sore legs for the rest of the day are also a good reminder that the marathon is a bloody long way to run! Despite that, I am looking forward to running marathon number 3, later in September.
No comments:
Post a Comment