Week 9 of 15
10km | Race | 46:55

I got home Friday night and was iffy about running this one. The right quad was giving me grief and I basically gave myself until game day to pull out or not. After dinner I walked the dog into Centennial and took the time to do some deep stretching whilst sitting under a tree by a duck pond. A very calming event (apart from when a goose chased the pup). After a shower and self massage with goanna oil, I was feeling half human again. No I don't spend enough time stretching and paying attention to massage and yes I know that things will naturally get tight after a 30km run and what do I expect etc.


So anyway I decided to run North Head. The quad still a bit niggly this morning so I massaged with voltaren gel and I think that did the trick.


The race was OK at the start although it all seemed to start very fast and I watched the 45 & 50:00 pacers shot off like startled rabbits, so that made me think that I was in for a tough morning. After a few kms the legs started to feel OK and I think I reeled in the 50:00 pacer at about the halfway mark. CR Rags was with me for most of the way and he provided a good pace to hang onto. He cruised off with 2 or 3km to go I and struggled to maintain good pace from there.


I finished pretty tired and but reasonably happy with the morning. Quad and ITB feel a bit beaten up so I'll have to pay some attention to them within the next 48 hours. All good though.

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