Half A Year Done Plus A Day

Running to Date - Week 26

Distance:  1996.35 kms in 26 weeks at ave  76.78 kms ( up from 75.76 kms last week )

Distance last week :  102.3 kms

Altitude:  37,906 in 26 weeks at ave  1,458 metres ( up from 1,440 metres last week )

Altitude gain last week: 1,887 metres

Progressing along nicely at this stage without many long hard days. Only the hilly longer run on a Saturday morning is more than what most weekday running is at around the 12-15 kms. Once a week I throw in either a quicker, for me, short run, a lap of the lake which is basically flat, or a race.
Highlight this past week was doing the ascent of Mt Ainslie twice and also going up Mt Majura on Saturday mixed in with a surveillance of the monthly handicap course. A good 30 kms the day before racing the around the base of Mt Ainslie on Sunday.
I had a good run, starting back in group 31, to get a 25th place finish.
Consistency is still key to the training with the main aspect now to slowly increase distances from just over the 100 km mark.
A day off running next Tuesday, trip to Sydney, so trying to hit 120 kms will be a challenge in 6 days. Weather is forecast to be cold, hoping for no rain. All good, holding it together well.