I went to Caboolture Road Runners again last night. They had a 3km handicap on the track. I don’t particularly like running on the track, it’s quite boring, even more so than running around the same streets around here over and over again. Anyhow, I’d guessed I’d do around 6 min/km, I usually average around 6 1/2 but thought I’d probably go a bit faster without a dog to worry about. Ended up doing the 3km in 15 min 06. I’m not too unhappy about that. The 3km is 7 1/2 laps of the 400m track, and from what I saw, I was the only one with my fingers sticking out at odd angles - I had to count the laps on my fingers so I didn’t do any more than what I had to.

Legs were quite sore afterwards but they’re feeling a ton better today. What’s the difference? I’m doing a ton more stretching, and I’m also giving them a good massage with some Tiger Balm. I’ve been stretching in the past, but perhaps not enough. I’ll keep going with this regime and see how things pan out.

We’ve got our regular Mt Cootha run on Sunday week, but I’ve just found out there’s an Australian Cycling convention or something on, and there will be thousands of cyclists up and around that area. Given a chunk of our run is on the road, and given the coffee shop just won’t accommodate thousands of cyclists as well as us, I’m very tempted to give it a miss. We could maybe organise a run on the Sunday after the half marathon instead. I’ve passed it by my regular co-conspirators to see what their thoughts are, but I’m really not into crowds like that, so I’d be happy to skip this one. The Pinnacles run is on the Saturday after and that will be a nice workout. Looking at the calendar, it’s only 3 weeks to the half marathon. I probably should enter this weekend to avoid a late fee. 

If I don’t do Mt Cootha, I’ll probably go and do the Sanctuary Cove 10km race instead. Goal pace 5.20min/km and a sub 54 minute finish. It’s an early start and a bit of a drive, we may have to go and spend the night down the coast. What a tragedy!!

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