Consolidating

A solid week this week with the only hiccup being yesterdays session being skipped in favour of an easy run. I made the mistake of not taking my Ventolin inhaler with me and as a result couldnt manage much more than a jog without difficulty breathing. Silly mistake but what can you do?

I have started back in the gym trying to get a bit of upper body strength happening. Hopefully it will help towards the end of races to maintain form a little more. I plan on running some more XC races this year than in the past year or so and this can only help.

The next 8 weeks will be just sticking to the program and building up a solid base before running the City to Casino on May 17 in Hobart. Last year I ran the 7k event but this year I think I will step up and run the 11km.

I spent some time earlier today looking at the AV calendar and airfares trying to tee up some races in Vic over Winter. Things look promising in this department. Would love to come back and run some relays. Running isnt much of a team sport but I have always found the relays to be a bit of fun.

Will definitely be running the Half at Burnley. A group of us will be coming over and using it as a hitout prior to the Melbourne Marathon in October. Should be a good day out.

Robyn ran a Womens 5k race this morning and pushed jacko the whole way in his pram. The event was to raise money for breast cancer and all competitors wore a pink t-shirt. It was an awesome sight to see just over 2000 ladies cruising the streets of Launceston in pink. The only problem was trying to find Robbie after the race. Its not easy looking for a blonde in a pink t-shirt amongst that crowd!!!!