New Diet Part 2 - Sat 30/8/08

Broke the diet on Tue night when I attended the wedding party for Gina and Toby. It was bring a plate and Toby being a chef, everyone brought something good! Had some chocolate, had some sausages, but also ate lots of great salad. Took Wednesday and Thursday off as I was so tired and sore. Friday ran home from work 12km. Saturday morning 10 hill repeats from the Sea rescue to the top of Howe St. Hard work. Have stuck to the diet. Lost 3kg this week.

New Diet

This week started new diet to get rid of lazy fat before the Sydney Marathon. My weight has gone up to 74kg. So I have sworn off fat, bread, tea and coffee, lollies, chocolate,cake... for the next 4 weeks. Target weight 69kg.
Ran 12k home from work via Lapa on Monday at 5min/k. It was murder. Legs very sore. Tuesday ran 5k to work and 12km back home. Legs still sore.

Mt Wilson to Bilpin August 24th 2008

Stayed in Blackheath with Mike and Stef, Michele and Serena. Very cold in the morning with a heavy frost but by start time of 10am it was cold but perfect for running, with clear skies and low wind.
I decided to hold back this year and was pleased to let people overtake me early on. I tried to hold 4.2m/k until the bridge. After the 5k drink break I pretty well ran by myself the whole way. Coming onto the bitumen I came upon a group of three and slowly I came up on them and went past. Then a short way down towards the river I picked up another. I had a very enjoyable run to the river, I could see an NRG runner in the distance on the long straights. He stopped at the drinks station and I continued up the hill. The hill! Boy it goes on forever, well 7k I think. The runner who stopped powered up and soon overtook me. I plodded up, and up, and up. Finally got the the Bells line road and had 1.5k to run. But I was pretty buggered. Got home in 2.49.40 which is a minute faster than last year.
Mike had a great run coming in at 3.12 which was much better than he expected.
In the afternoon Neil/Kath/Kate/Geoff /Drew and the Castros came up to Blackheath. On Sunday we all watched the Olympic Marathon and went on a bushwalk through Centennial Glen. The kids practised abseiling by the creek.
I also got in 5k of slow recovery run with Kath on Sunday morning and another 5k in the evening.

Clovelly Canter Sun 17-8-08

30k around the eastern suburbs. 2hr 20. No dramas. Also this week two interval sessions and one swim session.

City to Surf 10-8-08

Cold with light westerly blowing. Great conditions. Last year ran 57.50 and planned to run 1 minute faster this year. Twenty nine minutes at 7k, and 56.40 across the line. Its always hard to get going after standing for an hour at the start and the first three k's were a struggle, but then I just sat on 4min/k pace. By luck or experience I came in exactly as planned and feeling well. Then ran back to Rose Bay and walked with Michele and Serena to the finish.

Sun 3/8/08

Pymble Pushover Star - ran with the 3.20 group at a good pace. very hilly course with some steep hills that were a challenge. Legs a bit sore towards the end but did not slow down.

Through the week had a couple of 10 k runs and ran 10 intervals on Wednesday at Wollongong lighthouse

Sun 27/7/08 - Tourist trot star, well named as it winds from Centennial Park over the Bridge to North Sydney and then back again via the Opera House. I started with the 6.20 group but it quickly broke up and I ran by myself for some time, and ran quite a bit extra as I made a few wrong turns. Ran the last 5k's with Mike K.