Silly boy

After a cross-training session on Sunday in the gym for 45 mins, last night was day two of the come back.

I decided to head down to the grass track near the Bay in Rozelle, which is a bit of a bad idea as in my head, it then becomes a race to see how far I can run in 15 mins. I said to myself to keep it slow... and slow I did for the first 1km or 2 1/2 laps... knocking off in about 5 mins 20 secs. However as I relaxed more, I got faster and faster until I knew I was trying to do as much as possible. This is pretty stupid given that I haven't run much in 7 weeks and I need to stop myself. Anyway, for the record I knocked the last 1 km off in 4mins 35secs.

It was strange as I did 3,100m in the 15 mins which is just under 5min kms... I was a little concerned as I was breathing pretty heavy at the end of it and I thought to myself that my fitness had been lost quite a bit. But then I realised that I did the last km in that time and it dawned on me. Still everything is OK, the leg was fine again, and no ill effects or anything like that. Another rest day today, or maybe a chill session in the pool. I need to start getting into the sauna as well for 30 mins each night to start raising the core body temperature too. As well as get my ECG and medical sorted. It's close now... 3 weeks until I leave these fair shores. I'm feeling good about the MDS now... if I can keep my body in check, I'll do everything within my power to smash the thing to bits. Steady for the first two days, then ramp it up day 3 and 4, smash day 5... run on adrenaline on day 6...