Stoked to have Quentin join me this morning. Similarly to Burkey on Monday night, I got the message just before 10am last night for a starter this morning. With the forecasted weather, all the extra motivation was required! Largely managed to avoid the pouring rain, although we did get some by brief showers throughout. But the wind - that was next level stuff! Made even worse by running on the coast. Similar session to last Thursday (when Quentin last joined me), except the tempo effort was 10 instead of 15 minutes. To add some variety into the mix, I decided to reverse the session - doing the tempo first. Started at Manly LSC, headed south to Queenscliff, then return. Going down was gold, felt super strong and fast. But knowing what was ahead was scary. Turned at Queensie, and my worst fears were realised. It felt like a brick wall - the wind that is, with nails - the nails being little bullets of rain. Couldn't care less about the pace at this point - just wanted to get back towards Manly LSC and out of the wind. Pushed through it, getting out 2.96km in 3:23's. Not fast by any means, but really happy with the effort - as it was hard but controlled the whole way. The heart rate confirms it, maxing out steadily at 173 beats per minute. Quentin was about 40-50m behind. We regathered and headed towards Darley Rd. Same as last week, 1 x 4 minute hill followed by 6 x 1 minute hills. To make things more complicated, the first minute of the long hill was a hard run, along with the recoveries after the first and forth minute of the 1 minute hills. Really felt the legs 'lactate' after the third hill. Luckily Quentin was the same, although he was much stronger on the hills this week in comparison to last week. All up about 40 seconds quicker all up than last week, which was a nice way to finish up (20:19 vs. 20:56). A 5km cooldown, literally avoiding the next downpour by seconds. Very lucky. Looks like the weather may be clearing as the day progresses, so will hopefully stay dry for the afternoon double. 17km all up this morning.
Actually had a starter for my afternoon run - that's a first. Bumped into Ben this morning at Pure Wholefoods, so we agreed to meet at North Steyne SLSC at midday. An easy 40 minutes around the local area, 8.8km in 4:33's. Just under 26km for the day. A much welcomed rest day tomorrow!
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