All the best for Christmas folks!

I mentioned Wobblette #2 winning her pentathlon last month but forgot the photo - here she is enjoying her moment on the podium.

This morning's run was nothing but fantastic. It was about 11-12kms long and it was cool, sunny and my legs felt great. Holly (the ever happy lab) was by my side and depite a mild over-hang my head quickly cleared and it was just one of those runs where I wished it could have lasted forever. The effort seemed minimal and I think I smiled the whole trip.

We are off for a couple of weeks of (Griswald style) holiday now, heading up to the Gold Coast after a brief stop over in Sydney. I'll back posting again early in the new year so to anyone reading this, my very best wishes to you and your families for a joyous Christmas and a safe, injury free and happy New Year.

I'm aiming at slipping in 60 more kms between now and the new year to finish the month with 100kms and the 2006 with a 1,000kms for the year.

Give a little bit...

Alright punters, enough prompting! Yes, I promise (again) to blog more frequently and I also promise to comment on your blogs again. My return to running has lamentably been less that spectacular and much more painful (yes shins again) than I had hoped. This has significantly contributed to my lack of enthusiasm for this blog.

From the table over there ------> you will see I have been very slowly easing my way back into running and am currently managing about 2 or maybe 3 runs a week. It's not enough, but that is all I am capable of at the moment. Most runs needs a few walk breaks, my longer runs particularly. MY long runs are no longer than 1hr 30 mins at the moment. One good thing I have discovered is the joy of running without a watch (can't thank you enough for that tip Di!). It has taken me a little while to get used to it, but I no longer think about time or my splits when running. I know the distance of most of my runs so I just head out over a course and don't check a clock before starting - sweet!

I pulled a new pair of shoes out of the cupboard today and will toss out the orthotics and return to "au natural" running for a month to see how that goes. Here's hoping.

Oh, I nearly forgot, Coach Tim says Canberra Marathon in 2007 is off for me without risking injury. I am an outside chance for the Gold Coast Marathon however if I can rebuild my mileage and consistency over the next few months.

Catch you in a week punters! After that, I am off on holidays for a couple of weeks to the Gold Coast .