Where the hell did the wind come from? It was seriously blowing a gale up there at North Head this morning (okay, perhaps a slight exaggeration, but it was bloody windy nonetheless). The nature of the undulations up there means that it feels like it is a constant headwind no matter direction you run. Had a team mate in Matty Abel up there once again this week, making it harder to psyche myself out for the hardest and most dreaded session of the week. Got going and my legs were keen to remind me that they had recently taken over this course for 10.18km quite hard only days earlier, along with a solid 30km 24 hours later. Nonetheless, pushed through what I was feeling was going to be a very average effort this morning. So pleasantly surprised to finish the 20 minute session with 6.11km, only 10m shy if last week's effort. Given the wind and fatigue, I was over the moon. Solid effort by Matty, getting out 5.8km, a massive 400m improvement on last week (although last week was his first proper sped session in a long time, so was a bit of a shock to the system). Nice cool down jog back to North Steyne for 17km all up.
8km easy recovery this afternoon, averaging 4:40 min/km.
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