Training Notes (Sunday, 12 Weeks to go)

Today was my long run day. This takes me from North Sydney to the city, through to Centennial Park. Another beautiful (unseasonaly) warm winters day.

Distance: ~24km
Time: 2hrs 22min 7sec
Course: Home to Centennial Park (follows 2000 marathon blue line course) and then one standard lap of the park. Then back home.
Target Heart rate: 165-170bpm
Average heart rate: 167bpm
Weekly total Km’s: 34km
Notes: It was a good run at a reasonable pace. The course gets really hard when I hit the Cahill Expressway on the return path. It is basically all up hill from there, and back up the Pacific Hwy to home. Ouch!!
This was my longest run so far for the year. I think that I will keep the distance next week and try to improve the time.