back to blogging :) boredom on a friday night has lead me to some more reflection on running. Everything has gone pretty well so this year with steady improvements along the way. I came 2nd in the perth marathon (2:37) which was something i am extremely proud of at my first attempt at the distance.

I think the most positive aspect of my training leading up to the race was resisting the temptation to race too much, i got some really solid months of volume high mileage months. This is something i will now be returning to. Im really excited to try and clock up some monster weeks in succession, hopefully at some point in the summer clocking up a 200km week! im thinking i need to have a goal race and work towards that instead of doing things willy nilly :) at this stage thinking i'll be doing the city beach 8k, but only as a hit out in training. in the new year potentially the darlington half marathon where i wil try and defend my title, this was the first race i ever won.

also excited at the prospect of possibly going to switzerland, my favourite place in europe from the spots i have visited, to compete in the jungfrau marathon. This marathon is one of the toughest in the world as it is nearly all uphill. Starts in a beautiful town called interlaken (500m above sea level) and finishes over 2100m above sea level!! I just love this place so much that i have to do this marathon at least once, i figure i may as well go while im young and healthy.

keep well all

Good run tonight, 15.24k from the running centre in just over 59 mins, inlcuded some hard tempo stuff along the back half. At one point i was running 3:08 with carter, see, busi and some other fast guy dropping me!! Total for wed 25k plus 15k cycle. Total for tues 16k with 24k cycle.

My first ever blog

Hmmm...

I am deciding whether i want to write this blog, i'm sure in the future i'll be lazy and wont update it! I think it may be a good way to track my training so i'll give it a crack.

Anzac day 10km today, through 10k in 33:16 and finished 10.48k in 34:47 (i jogged the last 100m cos im a lazy git). Good hit out and was cool to win my second race. Ran an easy 8k with cody and nate dog in the arvo, awesome whether down at the beach!!

My shoe lace came undone after 1k and i ran the remainder of the race with the fear my show would fly off. Also got to the race a bit late and only had time for a 500m warm-up. I think with better prep and concentration i should be around 32:30ish next time.

My next race is the HBF run for a reason which im looking forward to. Then onto a marthon later in the year, still undecided which one. Maybe perth? or city to surf? or melbourne? Hopefully i'll make up my mind soon :)

If anyone ends up reading this, thanks!