Small change of plans

I had Saturday off as planned, but I decided to run with the Striders on Sunday morning instead of heading out to SMC. The way I saw it, what's the point of going to a race and not racing when everyone else is, when I could be running with a convivial group? Besides, the Striders have better food at the end :-)

I ran with Johnny Dark for the whole distance. Poor bloke, he asked a simple question at one stage - I warned him that the answer was long but he said that we had hours to go, so I ear-bashed him with the answer for the next 2 hours. If his ears are looking sore when you see him next, you'll know it was my fault :-)

It was supposed to be 29.5k, we took a wrong turn which added an extra k, but we still ended up 2k short at 27.5k in pretty much spot on 2h30m. I still don't know where the extra distance went! Overall pace was 5:30, but we did the last 8k at 5:00 or less. I'm not sure why we sped up - it must have been the tractor beam of all that food at the end :-)

The extra rest day on Saturday must have helped as I had no niggles until right near the end. However, behind my knee was a bit sore this afternoon, so I think that I'll try to get a precautionary appt with Dr Pain this week. Rest again tomorrow.

Overall for the week - 62km.
Average over last 5 weeks - 65km