Stromlo XC Intervals 5 x 500m, 500m recovery 10km ; Wee Jasper Half Marathon Trail Run 21km

Thursday early morning set at Stromlo XC circuits with Steve of 5 x 500m with 500m jog recovery. Weather cool,light winds. Fun moment was racing a baby kangaroo for 30 metres (he won). Splits: Untimed,1:33,1:34,1:33,1:29

Soon after I headed out to Wee Jasper for a long trail run in the forest followed by lunch. On rough terrain the pace was slow. I did put in a 2km tempo run on a moderately steep gravel road at the 25km point. I ran 31km for the day, 141km for the week.

The New Years Day Parkruns have been cancelled due to new Covid restriction of 500 runners. Saturday Parkruns are going ahead as normal. I will be pacing a friend Leonor at Burley Griffin. I will run a set of long intervals at Stromlo before the Parkrun or a 5000m time trial on Friday.

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