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could not fınd an internet place ın rotterdam, now in a smoky ıstanbul ınternet cafe. so ıt wıll be short.

warmed up wıth Shane Nankervis and the billboards outsıde saıd it was 24 degrees at about 930am.
15km felt great right on 48 minutes and very relaxed too. wıth a pack of about 6 and 2 pacemakers then suddenly got a stich either from too much water or something else. close to 20km dropped off the pace pack. at that time shane had already dropped off his pace pack in front and we had almost caught hım. i had to stop wıth my stıch and could hardly run. through half way in about 67.50 and then slowly got to 30km and figured it was wıser to stop as it was goıng to be in the 2.3x bracket. temps got to 29.8 deg when the prevıous record for april was 22.7. this would have stopped me runnıng fast but not necessarıly my maın excuse. ıronıcally now ın istanbul freezıng my arse off. but at least i can stıll run now. feels like i have only done a hard sunday run. dısappoınted that all that effort came to nothing as i was probably ın the best marathon shape of my life. now to keep fıt and target some other races, what else can ı do. back home ın a couple of weeks no more blogs untıl then.

Race number #40

Well all things going well, arrived in Rotterdam Thursday morning, stayed with a friend on Thursday night with a great spot in West part of Rotterdam overlooking a canal. Moved to the race hotel Friday afternoon, great organisation so far. Weather has been really warm, in the mid 20s and forecast the same on race day about 25, when the last 10 years has barely been above 10 degrees.

So far allocated race # number 40.

Wed pm - 20 min around KL.
Thurs am - 40 min easy
Thurs pm - Some surges on the run, about 40 min
Fri am - 15 min, stretch, about 20 minutes back.
Sat am - 32 min from the Race Hotel to a local park.

Taper continues and a small stuff up

Was due to fly out to Malaysia for a couple of days on Easter Sunday at 2pm, but didn't take my bloody ticket to the airport, with me thinking I had an e-Ticket. So a train ride back home, and a few phone calls I made it on a 9pm flight via Brisbane to KL. Good work, the only benefit I snuck in another run around home rather than in KL.

Thurs pm - 35 min easy 8km
Fri am - 60 min around Centennial in the rain with Jan-Willem, 14km
Fri pm - 36 min = 8km.
Sat am - At Rotary track, 40 minutes warm up, then stretch and 15 by 200m in a good pace. Then for a race haircut and massage.
Sun am - 90 minutes, with Colin pulling up with a hammy. About 22km
Sun pm - A solid 40 minutes through the bush in anger, about 10km.

Travel to KL. Lots of stretching at Brisbane airport and on the plane.

Mon pm - 55 min after a downpourm 15km, felt good.
Tues am - Half Mona Fartlek, 2 by 90sec/90sec float, 2 by 60/60, 2by 30, 2 by 15 at Lake Gardens. it was a absolute stinker of a day. 15 warmup and warmdown.
Tues pm - 21 min = 5km
Wed am - At Lake Gardens with Jan-Willem, progressively got faster, for 57 minutes = 14km.

Fly out tonight from KL to Amsterdam, feeling good and a last massage today. Hoping for some good weather, but a humid 22-23 degrees is forecast in Rotterdam.

A session to be reckoned with...

Wed pm - 1 hour 40 about an hour with CT around the bay at a reasonable clip, b/w 3:40 to 3:50 pace.
Thurs am - 15 by 1 minute on/off around a retirement village in Pennant Hills, with some unnamed runners, Robyn Whitely, Colin Johnston, Ritchie Roberts. Amazing support out on the course. I might have to line up some Zimmer frame sponsors, before I tackle my next marathon. A Robyn Whitely could only talk about cooking!!

Have pulled up a little sore from the race, in the left piroformis. Hoping to get this sorted out soon.

Tired legs..

Have taken a little easier this week, which is good for the legs. Pulled up a little sore from R4TK.

Mon pm - 51 minutes from Work to Browns Waterhole. Walked the rest. Some weird guys with trumpets running through the bush at night!!
Tues am - 35 minutes around home, followed by a massage
Tues pm - missed
Wed am - 45 minutes for 11km with Cam and Chris Hall around the Bay.

Good picture from R4TK

2 to go and run for the kids

26000 people lined for the Run for the Kids in Melbourne over 15.2km. Very happy with a second placing about a minute behind Lee Troop. Event was good except for a few minor things, narrow start line, km markers and possibly short. Went through in 44.21, 5km 15:22, 10km 30:08, 15km 44.21. I think Crown Casino forced late minute road changes which is also why the start was delayed.

Wed pm -
Thurs am - 42 min with Jan-Willem around the Domain in the city
Thurs pm - 12 by 1min on with 1min off on the grass in Centennial.
Fri am - 57 min around work.
Sat am - 57m = 16km around Princes Park 5 laps.
Sat pm - 33 min around Bundoora
Sun am - Race described above
Sun pm - 33 min around Bundoora Park

185km for the week.

Mon am - longer run to work in 70 minutes, av hr 152km. Legs a little sore but to be expected.