Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Hilly half with easyhalf

It has been a while since I ran the hills of Mt Cotton.
Back when I trained for the BrizVegas Marathon I would do Mt Cotton as my long run and take it very easy and make sure I ran all the hills. Always leaving early in the morning and running most of the roads in the morning light. But in my infinite wisdom decided to head out and tackle the hills in the night. 50% of the roads on the way out and back are lit up but the middle half has no light what so ever. The roads are narrow and bush close to the sides of the road. Every time a car or as in the case of last night 4x4 loaded with spotties came along the road I was blinded and trying to find a safe spot to run. The edge of the road was uneven and not being able to see did not help. My plan was to do 25+k but it was really hot on the way out and the way I sweat it would not take long to run out of water. I really enjoyed the run and although the pace was a bit slow I was comfortable and forgot about all those hills that just keep on coming. Just when you think "oh yeah this is the last hill, nearly there" another 2 or 3 would appear. Apart from the noises in the bushes, the horse that scared the cr#p out of me, roadkill smells, spiderwebs and 4x4 spotties it was just another hilly run.
All up 22.5k at 5:35 pace.
Take care

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