Hey everyone - I just did a manual recount on the days between now and March 28th - 55 days is what remains.
So, today there was an 18.6 km run! Wow! To paraphrase Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy: "The First Billion Years was the worst. The second billion, that was the worst too. After that I went into a bit of a decline"
It is a considerable distance to run - the trick to it is to keep the pace low right from the start I aimed for a 7:30 pace for the duration and came in at 7:34 and given the snow on the ground and reasonably hilly terrain, well, that 4 seconds isn't too bad.
Speaking of hills, there is one killer hill on today's route near Thorton Bales, just coming onto Old Bathurst Street. Steep and long - my pace dropped to 9:04 for most of it and I had to stop to catch my breath at the top of it. While running up the hill, a song was playing on my iPod - Knife Edge by Emerson, Lake and Palmer. It has a really interesting beat, slow, methodical and grinding which was exactly what was needed to get up that hill. So, all that under consideration, I think I have to elect it the song of the day.
Tomorrow back into the gym for a mini-workout and recovery run and then we continue to add kilometers throughout the week.
Blog you all again soon!
Paul
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The trick my friend is to look at the hills from a relaxed position with a hansa or a guiness in your hand...
Actual, the hills prefer this to, it is a litle known fact that most hills hate people running up and down em.
Slow, methodical and grinding works.
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