Tom's Blog

Bec's first day at school. She seemed to handle it much better than her parents - leading the charge and telling us where to go. Will pu...

Rocked up to Pain still feeling the effects of the last 2 days running so wasn't expecting too much. Also pretty hot and I only had my ...

Monday 14km run home from work. Felt great stretching the legs after yesterday's slower run. Was dreaming about breaking PB's, spr...

Perfect day for running - clear, sunny and cool. Ran 30kms (furthest ever) with the Striders Star starting and finishing at Roseville Chase...

Saturday Rest. Friday Very easy jog to Long Reef in 34:42.

Usual reps of 5 x 1.2km with 2 minute rest. Richard P, Peter W and Darren Q turned up but were only doing 3 and taking them easy with races...

...to make things uncomfortable. 14km run into work. Very easy pace. Cool conditions, no wind and slight drizzle would have made for a ve...

Big crowd today to help push things along in hot conditions. Keith Bateman turned up, along with Durante and Dave from MBL. Led out far to...

Head out at lunchtime for the Balls Head loop as the weather looked so nice out of the window this morning. Felt quite light on my feet whi...

Sunday Long North Head route. Quite warm but lovely conditions really. Took it very easy to start with (although I didn't necessarily ...

Easy 8km to Darling Point and back with Pete to see if we could see the flipped Maserati on Bilyard Ave. No such luck, not even any pools o...

5x1.2km reps along Hickson Road with strict 2 min rests. Not much good to say about this session other than: (a) I did it. (b) I'm not i...

14km run into work. No watch so no time but took it very easy and felt comfortable all the way as a result. About 25C with little wind.

Pain in the Domain plus warmdown. About 7km. 26:04 all up but no individual split on the Farm Cove rep. Led out far too quickly such that...

Sunday Short North Head route (16km) ran in the mid-afternoon heat. Too hot, too jet-lagged and too-unfit to be comfortable. Really struggle...

Wednesday 5 miles on the treadmill in Miami. 29:27. Can't run on a treadmill without pushing it. Friday Arrived home at around noon and ...

Have spent our time equally between Geoff´s hotel in Cartagena old town and his beach house 40km up the road. On the running front, I´ve ma...

Friday 8km route to Darling Point and back with detour due to bridge works. 15:39 at Darling Point, 33:04 all up. Felt great - full of ru...

Pain in the Domain. 27:00. Couldn't get a split for the long rep as I was calling the intervals. It wasn't quick though, windy and I...

14km run into work. Tired backing up from last night but still with a little bit of bounce and not as bad as the last time I did over 60kms...