Pennington 16km & Longstaff 8km XC

I had a lie in this morning ensuring I didn't make the start of the XC races at 8am. It was minus 2.8 degrees when the gun went off and a big frost covered the grass. I was only a minute late so jogged, took photo and video, cheered everyone on. My long time friend Jase won the 16km. Kathy barely got warm in the 8km. I'm glad I didn't run.

After a coffee and brunch I returned to Stromlo to complete 19km for the day including 4 x 100m strides, 3 x 1000m mostly into a strong wind (3:16, 3:15, 3:14).

Long run tomorrow. Next set Monday with 6,5,4,3,2,1 minute efforts starting at 10km pace and increasing pace on last three efforts, again at Stromlo.

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