Secret Blog for Killing Track and Parkrun PBs

Morning Runs from home including a 15km Hill Loop. In the afternoon a set of 5 x 1km Intervals. Weather sunny, no wind. Sessions for the remainder of the week will include short Intervals.

No rain or wind since yesterday afternoon, perfect running weather this morning with all the weather pushed out to sea although Surf swell is still rough and unsafe. I ran a fast paced 13km Hill Loop on my usual circuit pushing hard on all the hills. I ran an easy 4km run with the dog as recovery including a coffee stop at the boathouse cafe . Focus for the remainder of the week will be preparation for Parkrun on Saturday and the Australian Masters Athletics 10km Road Championships in Canberra on the following Weekend.

More rain overnight with strong, cold winds from the south, huge surf again. I ran before dawn again before retreating inside back at home to escape the rain and wind. Similar conditions in the morning but without the rain and some welcome sunshine. It looks like the weather system has moved out to sea and should be better weather by Wednesday when I can resume structured training. 16km for the morning. Before lunch a 4km run in sheltered forest close to home, 20km for the day. Final Australian Masters Athletics Championships Final Entrants List has been posted. With the Australian Masters 10km road Championships just a week before the Australian Masters 10000m Track Race I opted out of entering the 10km track event. My full Track program will include the 1500m and 5000m with the 8km Cross country as my final event of the Championships.

The weather system that's been impacting this region began to show signs of improvement from this morning although still windy with showers after full on winds, huge waves and rain overnight. I ran a short run before dawn in horrible conditions, I retreated inside and by the time I ventured out again 30 minutes later I was able to run 13km without miserable rain and wind. In the afternoon I ran 7km as planned. The weather should have mostly cleared off by Wednesday.

Overnight the Weather System I Escaped from Yesterday caught up with me, cutting power, trees down, wind and constant rain. I ran 6km from home in the elements before heading home again to safety and comfort, completing another 5km indoors before calling quits for the day. Absolutely no chance of outdoor running with drizzle and high winds in the afternoon. This weather event is affecting most of South Eastern Australia and should improve by around Wednesday. I'll fit in as much running as I can during the breaks in weather.

Yesterday afternoon I ran 2 x 5km efforts on the Parkrun Course anticipating the rain that happened overnight and is continuing into today. I drove home in the darkness and Rain, very happy I ran yesterday in ideal conditions and got another couple of solid runs in my legs and Munchkin and I had such a great weekend again. If the rain eases today I'll run a solid 10km hill Loop from home.

No early morning run this morning, a drive South to prepare for Parkrun on Saturday. Some rain predicted for the weekend. As a backup plan I will run a 5km time trial today. Already spotted a large pod of dolphins close to shore.

Pre-Dawn runs from home, 20km in two hill loops. Weather cool to warm, cloudy, light winds. I ran the first 10lm loop steady with the second loop as Intervals pushing hard on the hills. In the afternoon a recovery run. On Friday a Road trip south to prepare for Parkrun on Saturday.. I was lucky to spot my first Humpback whale on it's northerly migration at lunch from One tree Point breaching not far off shore.Time to pull the big lens Camera Out again. My second sightings were multiple octopus and SQuid in Coila Lake either looking for a mate or food (crabs)