Saturday morning session - 2km repeats at Centennial Park

Back running again this morning after two days of complete rest and a blood test (no results yet). Massive dinner last night providing plenty of fuel to get through the run today (thanks mum)! The session was up to 4 x 2km reps on a 9:30 minute cycle - an extra 30 seconds than normal in light of the City2Surf next Sunday. Definitely ran the first rep too fast, the result of being well rested and not looking at my pace for the first 500m or so. 2:57 min/km pace it read at this point, confirming that I was far too close to Matt Hudson than I should be. Backed off slightly, but not enough - finishing in 6:11. Started feeling the effects of the first rep halfway through the second, finishing in 6:17. Third and final rep was more or less run just above threshold pace in 6:32 - following Sean's advise to hold back a bit. In all honesty though, I was spent at this point and decide to call it a day. Did a fourth rep with Barry as a cool down, followed by another easy lap of the white fence with Matt & Hamish. All up, satisfied with the run - by no means a perfect session but certainly more encouraging than anything I have done over the past fortnight. Looking back to when I last did this session (a week before the SMH Half in May), my times were 6:21, 6:13, 6:14, and 6:21 - all on a slightly shorter course (got consistent 1.98km back then compared to 2.01km today - Sean has made inroads on this over the last month). So all in all, just lacking that top end endurance - which is no surprise given my training this past week (or lack thereof). Will get out a steady 24km tomorrow before making a call midweek on whether to race next Sunday.