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RE: Insectember
A new course today, with a bastard of a hill. In fact this sod had everything from off-road muddy creek crossings to motorways.
I ventured into the Lane Cove National Park, just a 4km jog from home, but a place I've avoided because that's where my brother drowned way back in 1977. A fairly severe type I diabetic, he'd fallen from a canoe into the Lane Cove River at the end of winter and according to the coroner, most likely had a seizure, as he was a good swimmer and the river not dangerous.
Anyway, it's all rather too long ago to let bad memories get in the way, so I paid tribute to him with a circuit around the park, half of it rough bush trail and the other half paved road. Parts of it were very hard, very slow going, while other sections were pure joy. The park doesn't open to vehicular traffic until 9 a.m., so my early morning run was shared with dozens of other runners, walkers, cyclists and a few kayakers on the river alongside which the road and trails run. On a beautiful morning, this was very pleasant, despite the hard graft on the non-road side of the park.
The hardest section however came when I left the park - a 2.5km climb from the park back up to the Pacific Highway ... unrelenting, and an unwelcome taste of what's to come in November.
Despite the toughness of the run I finished this one feeling fantastic. My recovery rates are phenomenal (for me) and even if I haven't built up much in the way of pace this year thus far, my aerobic fitness is improving dramatically, and I'm well pleased.
19.15km, 2h13:47
YTD: 1,143.0km
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Insectember
