Mt Tennent

Distance: 30.65 km
Time: 3hrs 29 mins 50 secs
Rate: 6'50" mpk
Weather: mild, cloudy to start clearing to sunny, calm day, temp range 17 - 24 degrees, humidity about 40%

Week:
Distance: 74.6 km
Running days: 4/7
Ave: 18.65 km per run

February:
Distance: 122.4 km
Running days: 6/10
Ave: 20.4 km per run

YTD: 584.05km

Today was the last really long tough run before Six Foot Track and I think the training has finally paid off. And it may have been better if the clouds and a few rain drops had hung around but the weather cleared by the time we got to the top of the mountain.
We ran the same course as the previous two times to give a comparision with times. Today was better weather wise, not as warm but the mountain is still the same height, very noticable on the 2nd trip to the summit.
Must say today was a good run for me taking nearly 15 minutes off the time on 20th Jan and better by 40 minutes on 23rd Dec. Very little of the improvement is on the 1st trip up, less than 1 minute, but the endurance from lots of hill running comes into effect on the run down over Bushfold Flats down to Apollo Road and then the climb back up to the summit. Took almost 7 minutes off the climb up this week compared with 3 weeks ago. Still had to walk in places but even the walking is faster.
Even improved by over 4 minutes on the technical downhill from the top back to the Namadgi Visitor's Centre getting down the track in 42mins 25secs compared with 46 mins 50 secs a couple of weeks ago. Just let yourself go and hope to stay on your feet, a fall is not good when the bottom is several hundred metres below.
Really enjoyed today, ran well, no problems, no sore spots, no falls, great day out. Must thank Mick, Nick, Mike and Carol for their company and the coach for his support, couldn't work all this out myself,not smart enough for that. The person that inspires me to continue also needs special thanks, you don't know who you are.