Parkrun Ginninderra 2nd 17:58 ; Stromlo XC Intervals 5 x 600m, 600m recovery

Met Steve at Stromlo at 7am in strong winds, storms about, we postponed the set until 11am in better weather. I headed off to Parkrun Gininderra after a coffee, still the same poor weather, luckily no storms. The course was like a river in places. Before and after the turn we were running in ankle deep water for 100-200 metres.

Stromlo session with Steve was done in strong winds, partly sunny, no rain. The set: 2.5km warm up, 5 x 100m hill strides, 5 x 600m efforts with 600m jog back recovery, warm down. Goal pace was 3:20/km efforts 1,2 ; 3:10/km efforts 3,4 ; 3:00/km effort 5. Splits: 2:00,1:59,1:52,1:54,1:51. We missed the mark on the final effort due to exceptional winds.

Tomorrow a long recovery run. I may watch some of the Weston Creek Half Marathon.

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