Out and back

A nice early start 3:30 am. The night before set out a plan to do 25k+ out to Cleveland point and back. It seemed an nice run with a few challenging hills to keep me honest, but after a night of not much sleep it was harder to face then most long runs. A nice slow start with no stretching ( I don't stretch before long runs as I have found the slow starts warm the legs up) and at 3k felt like this was all a big mistake. But as the run progressed I felt more confident and got into the groove (this is what I said to myself at the Brizzy Marathon at about 32k) Just get in the groove. Basically it means get the stride right and feel comfortable. At 12.5 k I turned to head home and made my way down to Rabybay, across a grass section and boy did the soft grass feel good. On my way home I felt better and better as the k"s ticked over.
All together 25.8k at 5:40 pace.
Home and hosed by 6am and had the rest of the day to get heaps done.
Tomorrow hopefully only 8k just to get the legs busy doing their thing !
Take care