The next few Sundays will mark the longest distances I've ran — hopefully!
This Sundays run at least was a great success. Nice and sunny, bearable wind speed, and other friendly runners along the way. One thing to note that was quite funny: I was 5k's into the 29k and had just reached my first turn around point. A smiling couple rode past having a drink from their water bottles and one of them made the passing comment, "had enough have we", to which I responded, "no, I've got another 24k to go", which resulted in one of them promptly spitting their mouthful of water with a resounding "bloody hell!". Needless to say, that made the remaining 24k a fairly light–hearted affair!
I'm getting to a point now that the first 20k's are pretty much a formality — albeit a 6minute per kilometre formality, so not breaking any land speed records! The remaining 9 were pretty good. I managed to keep a 6minute kilometre pace which was the goal. It's amazing how tough things got from 26k onwards for the remaining 3k.
Next week I will having a crack at breaking the coveted (in my mind anyway) 30km mark, with the first of two planned 32km runs.
Sunday Stats:
| Location: |
Fernleigh Track |
| Distance: |
29.00 km |
| Time: |
2:54:22 |
| Avg Pace: |
6:01 min/km |
| Elevation Gain: |
184 m |
| Calories: |
2,590 C |
