Lazy days..

Friday did a nice recovery on the Windan/Causeway loop with the north Heirisson island loop added on. 9.39km @ 4:35 HR 144 Ca 83, 661 bpk. Weather was pleasant, but legs felt a bit tired.

Saturday ran the huggy trail from Darlington up to the GE highway and back for 22.22km @4:47 HR 146 Ca84 220m ascent, 699bpk. Sas ran this one for her first run in the hills for 5 month. Great to have her back! It was pretty nice at first (albeit very cold) but we got some icy showers and strong winds on the way down. Took it fairly easy on the way out and were 4 minutes faster coming down with lower HR average. Legs felt very fatigued (but in a good way!) when we were finished ; it was the first time I'd run that far on the trail for a while and it's quite different to the bitumen. Most of the runs have been bitumen for all but the last 6 or 7km coming down the hill again. Tried the coffee again at the bakery after hearing good (well, not quite so bad) reports, but I'm afraid it's still the worst coffee in town. At least it was warm...

Sunday was the WAMC Pancake run, but helping out with the Saturday trailer pickup and load at WAMC, Sunday delivery to KP, setup, cook pancakes, load at KP, unload at WAMC, trailer return. Takes half the weekend, but it's such a fun event I'm always happy to do it. It was a good opportunity to rake a rest day as well, the first in two weeks. Weather turned out perfect but the forecast wasn't great so numbers were own a bit. Still managed to get through about 30-40kg of pancake mix....

After a few tough weeks I was starting to feel a little fatigued so instead of the normal Monday tempo I just ran a fairly light workout through King's park on Monday morning. 8.49km at 4:32 pace HR 145, 85m ascent, 658 bpk. The conditions were just perfect and the sunrise is always a gorgeous sight over the city...