Started off today as usual with a trip into the Victoria Market, didn’t buy as much stuff as usual, probably because we didn’t use as much last week due to me being away I guess.
I mowed the back and front lawns, then we took the dog for a walk around Queens Park in Moonee Ponds.
Just before tea I went for a bike ride, just over 30.5km in about 1 hour and 10 minutes. It was really pleasant conditions for a ride, not too cold, bright but not too sunny and almost no wind. My knee is still a little niggly, I get a bit of a burning sensation sometimes – I’m not really sure what it is – there is a little bit of swelling too.
I entered the Run Melbourne Half Marathon today. I’d really like to better my 1:43 PB, but I’m not confident this will happen. To do so, I’d need to run the 21.1km at about the pace I did the 14.2km at R4TK, and I was really struggling at the end of that run, and had the benefit of Em & Jo to push me on. I haven’t done any runs longer than R4TK all year, and the right knee niggles are a concern. Oh well, I just needed the impetus of actually being registered for a longer race to get me doing some decent training I guess – we’ll see what happens.
Monthly totals – May
Running: 103 km @ average 5:01 min/km (436 km YTD)
Cycling: 121 km @ average 27.6 km/hr (1348 km YTD)
Swim: Only 1
Workout: None at the gym, 5 at home
Another light month, but at least I managed to get into three figures for the running.
