Is it Really Mid Winter?

Today:
Distance: 27.4 km
Time: 2hrs 37 mins 15 secs
Rate: 5' 44" per km
Weather: sunny, calm, temp 9 - 11 degrees, humidity 50%

Week:
Distance: 108.8 km
Running days: 5/7
Ave: 21.76 km per run day
July:
Distance: 243.7 km
Running days: 14/21
Ave: 17.4 km per run day
Year:
Distance: 2338.8 km
Running days: 128/ 202
Ave: 18.27 km per run day

Is it really the middle of winter? And on a weekend? Today was almost perfect running conditions, although about 10 degrees warmer would have been nice. However, it is almost the end of July so let's make the most of any day without clouds.
Started out late morning again after watching the cycling from France and went over to the Wanniassa Hills, Farrer Ridge, Isaac Ridge, the back of MacArthur and down past Fadden Pines on Isabella Dr to make a nice run with plenty of hills. With the focus for the next 3 months being the Brindabella Classic, an event with much of the distance being downhill, the idea is to get the legs used to hitting the ground hard on the down, easy on the uphill and cruise the flat.
Brindabella has the habit of stopping the best as a result of the continuous down so that must be the priority. Gradually increasing the distance will take care of the 54 km of the event, if the legs hold out. I have ran the event previously hoping for a small rise or uphill to take the pressure off the quads. It can be tough if not prepared.
Comparing this and Six Foot Track sounds strange when one is mostly downhill and the other is uphill, all in the 2nd part. Both take the same time to complete, although BC is 54 km down and SFT is 45 km up.

Nice days like today will make training a pleasure, but Canberra in winter, anything is still possible.