Sunday - 30km

Out for a solo lap of the lake this morning. Felt very middle of the road - not horrible, but nothing special at all. As is always the case on Sunday, I try to keep the pace nice and comfortable the whole way - it is 30km after all. There were more than a few times in the first 10km where I had to really make an effort to slow the pace down (one of the consequences of running at a moderately hard pace every other day is that you get used to that same speed). Quite a nice morning for it, a great sunrise followed by an overcast morning (and rest of the day by the looks of things). Great temperature at about 14 degrees with not too much humidity. Saw Ben at the 2km mark (he was heading towards the beachfront), then funnily saw him again at the exact same spot (which was about 29.5km for me). We both ran long, but opposite directions. I assumed that he was running shorter given that he had just run a marathon and was not heading north. Anyway, much the same time as last week (slightly faster), finishing the 30km in 1:55:28 (3:51’s). Certainly don’t need to be running my long run any faster than that.