Adam Carney

Adam was a bit of a lightweight runner who would crumble in the presence of his oldest mate, Tom Highnam. Only when Tom became permanently injured could Adam emerge from that long shadow and prove himself as a bit of a talent. It looks as though he now has a running blog, which will be added to the list as an honorary HuRT Squad member. You got to convert those mile splits to km's though Adam.

Today was a first outing with the HuRT Squad since March. Session was the progressive tempo, stepping up 10 seconds per km after every 10 minutes and running for 45 mins in total. We turned at 23:30 so tried to get back to the start (up the hills) in 21:30. HuRT Squad was down from when I last ran, and none of the slower runners that I was hoping to cruise around with. Serg, Charlie, Ray, Andy and Timmy C set off in the lead with me leading Gerry, Binfield Motors, Dicky H, Clement and a couple of others in the next group. No idea what the pace was as I had my Adidas watch on instead of the Garmin. Basically reached the far side of the road just before the bridge on Hickson Rd at 23.5mins with the first group about 150m ahead. Dicky H turned slightly early so we were chasing him on the way back. Caught Richard at Circular Quay and ran with him until Serg and Andy came past after the Eastern gates on Farm Cove. Dicky went with them up the hill where I struggled. Tried to keep the pace honest though and was catching Dicky while struggling towards the Stone Gates where we started. Reached them in 45:02, just failing to get back in the allotted time.

Forgotten what it's like running more intense sessions, but pleased to finish relatively strongly. Long way to go until I'm running with the front bunch again though. Tried running quietly (calfs are still agony but no probs with the achilles) until about half way when all I could concentrate on was the pace. I think I naturally run more on my toes when running quicker anyway. Having said that Dicky said he could hear me coming for about 2kms...

Hats off to Tadesse in the 10,000m last night. He's got incredible strength to run from the front and drop quality runners, but Bekele is just unbeatable. Looking forward to the women's 400m tonight to see whether Ohurooooggooooo can time her peak form to perfection once again.