Raiders of the lost blog!

The camera pans in on a jungle clearing with a heavily bearded and bedragled looking explorer who seems to look a little like Harrison Ford. Dodging poisonous blow darts our intrepid adventurer who gasps
"finally after searching since the start of May, I have managed to locate the secret key (password) to enable the blog to be updated!"

Yes, a long time between posts but not a reflection on actual activity. Now is not the time to rehash the various activities but the executive summary is
- missed NF100 due to work committments
- reasonably steady training but not too over the top
- posted a 3 year 10km PB

But now down to tin tacks and the real reason for the re-activation. For the non bloglines readers you'll notice some references to the GNW100 have sprouted up on the blog page.

Yes, time for some big audacious hairy goals and GNW is the end game, with retribution the plan after the diastriously hot and failed attempt in 2006. So the campaign officially started last Thursday with 93 days to go until fronting the start line and what better way to keep me on the straight and narrow than a daily blog update of my activity.

So today is day 5 of 93, 5 days of running for a total of 70km.

An intermediate step, decided at the same time is to do both Sydney and Fitzroy Falls Marathons. Up until Sydney I'll focus on mostly road running and speed/endurance but then will switch to a much more trail based (and longer time on the legs) program, knowing the different muscles that get a workout on the trail vs normal road work.

The first big decision is what time to aim for at Sydney and so I fronted up at what is probably the flatest Striders STaR, the Western Wanderer to try and get a benchmark since most of my long runs have been on "hilly" routes. the end result was 2:37 for just under 32km for a 4:57 average pace. This was not racing and did include stops but there was probably not a lot left in the tank. By my estimates, with another 5 weeks to go for some more endurance, along with race day atmosphere along with racing shoes it seems that 3:30 might be a realistic ambition???

Anyway enough blathering for the first post back, more I promise!!