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The usual (new) route via Barangaroo. Big crowd today with the inter-squad rivalries to the fore: LF Charlie and Nick F; MC and anyone who ...

Before I got flu in early April I was struggling with all my long runs. I'd reach 20km and fall apart and struggle to average under 4:3...

Dicky H, Mona, Richard P, Timmy L and yours truly. Timmy and I look like extras from the Twilight movies. Just the Manly route again today ...

Got a boozy lunch on and Striders dinner tonight (tomorrow may be a struggle) so headed out early on the Manly route. Toiled to get the leg...

Missed lunchtime due to work commitments so ran home instead. Felt strong after yesterday's rest but it wasn't as quick as I though...

8 of them off 90s rest. Cold and wet so a lower than usual crowd of MC, Fast Charlie, Dicky H, Jonathan, Timmy C (about to head off to Comra...

Headed out for a solo 10km at lunch mainly around the Botanical Gardens in 43:00 (4:20's) then joined the rest of the squad (MC, Enda, R...

Showed up not expecting much but the organisation was pretty good. We had timing chips and somewhere to drop your stuff. Well marshalled and...

Decided to run the 10km Manly Fun Run tomorrow morning so ran to Queenscliff then along to South Steyne to see whether they'd set up the...

Run home. Felt great after getting rid of an aching stitch which I felt was due to my liver being pickled. Probably around 57:30 ish. Hav...

Easy run home last night (untimed but I guess about 57:30). Became an Australian citizen this morning. Nice lunch at South Curlie then a ...

Arrived a bit late with LF Charlie coming soon after so we headed off together for the usual Monday route. Charlie seemed keen on keeping t...

Yesterday was an easy 7.5km untimed around the Manly route. Today was 20.52km (Burnt Bridge deviation, Queenscliff, Shelly, North Head (inc....

Wednesday was a rest as I got too busy. Thursday I had a day of work as I was playing in the Manly West Golf Comp so did my Manly 7.5km rou...

Very easy 8km run at 4:30 pace. Beautiful day. Ran into Hamburglar 3 times and crossed paths with the HuRT Squad. Chest still tight but f...

Caught up with Serg, CT, Knoxy and others to farewell the Portuguese fella. Had continued on since a client lunch so was worse for wear. Tol...

Saw a doc. Have chest infection. On Aunty Botics for a week and no running.

Still very sore in the legs (although achilles still great after increasing the weight recently for the eccentric loading) but slightly bett...

Had a great night's sleep last night and felt much better today but the legs were still very stiff, particularly the thighs, calves and ...

Caught up with Timmy at 6.15am then Durante and Kanser at 7am, with Damo Tancred joining us a little later. I was really sore and tired afte...