Red Sock 8km. Second day in a row I had to get up before 5am for a run. I’ve only done a month of training and I need a break already.

Running notes:
Route: Mouille Point Lighthouse – Seacliffe Road – Mouille Point Lighthouse
Distance: 8km

Last week I did 5 repeats on top of a 3km jog to the base of the hill. Today I just could not be bothered to run there so I got in the car instead. I’m being really tough on myself for 1 June but give me a chance to be just a little bit lazy and I’ll take it every time. It really is soul destroying running up and down the same hill 6 times in an hour and a half, but it does entertain the old boy at No.12 who sits in his front garden if the weather is nice.

Running notes:
Route: Bottom of Bellevue Street – 6 x 600m hill repeats 
Distance: 7km

24:02. 39 seconds faster than last week. I find that doing a 1km warm up improves the end result. It has taken me more than 5 years to listen to this good advice from the older guys in the club and believe me it works. Though, if I had concentrated a touch harder somewhere in the middle I might have been sitting on 23:59. Damn.

Running notes:
Route: Wakame – turn around point – Wakame
Distance: 6km
Time: 24:02

So tired after work and tonight’s 7-8pm session that I could only manage to cook peas for dinner. I live a small sad life.

Notes:
360 Training

Another late start on the mountain, interestingly enough the legs didn’t feel too heavy. The quads felt okay and the calves were a bit spongy, the difficult bit was generating the motivation to run a large portion of the same route as the race yesterday. Bleurgh.

Running Notes:
Route: Kloof Nek – Cable station – End of Tafelberg Road – Cable Station – Kloof Nek
Distance: 12km

Got the Kloof Nek Classic half marathon tomorrow morning and want to race it, so only did a quick 10km today.

Running Notes:
Route: Camps Bay – Twelve Apostles Hotel – Camps Bay 
Distance: 10km