Daisy Hill Trail Run

Drove Pete & Wayne down to Daisy Hill for a 6am start this morning. Had a map of the area & linked up 2 of the longest trails: Buhot & Venman Circuits with a loop trail of the Plunkett Mallee circuit. Conditions were good, practically in the shade for all of the 2 hours thanks to the tree cover. Nice undulating topography with only 2 steep hills. Saw quite a few wallabies but no koalas. Had a couple of short deviations from the plan & arrived at the half-way point, Venman Bushland carpark in exactly an hour. Drank from the tap there. Came back linking the other halves of the 2 circuits. Arrived 5 mins early so did a short loop of the carpark area to finish in 2.01. Wayne's pedometer measured 21ks.

Added this type of long slow run on trails to the program after reading an article from McMillan. And it was good to spice things up a bit.

Downloaded a marathon training diary from the Gold Coast marathon site. It's the "advanced" version & is quite handy being able to add the runs & comments. Adds up your weekly totals too but the week starts on a Monday & finishes on a Sunday - so this the 20th week out from Gold Coast was a 57 k week with 2 days off (Monday & Thursday).

Friday night I took part in the Brisbane running clubs 3k challenge. Last year it was held in a relatively quiet section of the Gardens. A bit of a schmozzle this year as the Gardens were partially closed due to a music festival. Change of plan had us starting from the bike path under the freeway & heading out along the 'floating' boardwalk with a turn-around once at the end of it. All the way back to the GW Bridge. Ran pretty controlled, didn't have anything in reserve but picked folks off who had gone out too hard. A long 3k I suspect, finished with 10 mins 52 but felt faster than that, just made the top 20.