Saturday, February 28 2009 (Trail Run -30km))
Eight hardy souls braved the early start to drive to Ourimbah to run the last trail run on the Striders Six Foot Track Marathon training program. Although I am not running the Six Foot Track marathon, I made the effort as it is the last day of summer and I love this course. It was cool temperature and low humidity at the start which made for perfect running conditions. On the other hand my run was anything but perfect. It would seem that during the visit to the physio yesterday she ripped my legs off and then when she put them back on a few connections must have got crossed. The hamstring pain was almost gone but I just could not get the brain and the legs to talk to each other. The head was willing but the legs just gave it the bird. I picked up some terrible cramp bears which had attached to my glutes early on and they just stayed along for the ride.
Certainly know that the end of summer is here as it was dark until we reached the ridge and a glorious blue pink sunrise was visible over the forest. The view from the top of the ridge down along Yarramalong Valley in the early morning mist was awesome this morning. All accompanied by the sound of bellbirds calling in a symphony of sound. It made the pain of the run and the long drive worth it. I just wish I had taken a camera.
We ran as a group early on and after the first few km I ran pretty much on my own - which added to the mental struggle to keep going. I had thoughts of turning round at several points but wanting to have a good ‘last day of summer run’ kept plugging on. Got to the 15km turnaround in 1:40 and finished the 30km in 3:10 which was 14 minutes slower than the last time I ran this course. Disappointed that my hips are still not 100% but overall pleased to finish in a reasonable time considering how bad my legs felt.
Eight hardy souls braved the early start to drive to Ourimbah to run the last trail run on the Striders Six Foot Track Marathon training program. Although I am not running the Six Foot Track marathon, I made the effort as it is the last day of summer and I love this course. It was cool temperature and low humidity at the start which made for perfect running conditions. On the other hand my run was anything but perfect. It would seem that during the visit to the physio yesterday she ripped my legs off and then when she put them back on a few connections must have got crossed. The hamstring pain was almost gone but I just could not get the brain and the legs to talk to each other. The head was willing but the legs just gave it the bird. I picked up some terrible cramp bears which had attached to my glutes early on and they just stayed along for the ride.
Certainly know that the end of summer is here as it was dark until we reached the ridge and a glorious blue pink sunrise was visible over the forest. The view from the top of the ridge down along Yarramalong Valley in the early morning mist was awesome this morning. All accompanied by the sound of bellbirds calling in a symphony of sound. It made the pain of the run and the long drive worth it. I just wish I had taken a camera.
We ran as a group early on and after the first few km I ran pretty much on my own - which added to the mental struggle to keep going. I had thoughts of turning round at several points but wanting to have a good ‘last day of summer run’ kept plugging on. Got to the 15km turnaround in 1:40 and finished the 30km in 3:10 which was 14 minutes slower than the last time I ran this course. Disappointed that my hips are still not 100% but overall pleased to finish in a reasonable time considering how bad my legs felt. 
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