Starting to tick the running boxes...

After the last nine days, i'm finally starting to feel like my run is getting under control, and feeling almost natural...

To summarise, last weekend was made up of 19.2 km around the hilly trails at Lysterfield, followed by 3 km off the bike on Sunday.

And this week, i managed 59.5 km, comprising:

• Monday - 6.2 km off the bike (in the Vibrams);
• Tuesday - 15.1 km (low/endurance HR)
• Thursday - 8 km (just got out and ran in the storms)
• Saturday - 3km with Jamesy at Kid's Run Melbourne (did the run ahead, take photo, repeat thing - which is getting harder now that he's running 5:05 min/km) followed by 22.2 km around the local, soft, flooded, local trails in the pouring rain... (low/endurance HR)
• Today (Sunday) - 5km Run Melbourne with Claire (easy run in Vibrams)

 The long slow runs are feeling good. Although i was pretty much shot after 22 km, i was feeling like that with a bit more time and a few more km's under my belt i could have kept on going for another hour or two - which is kind of lucky considering what i've got planned.

As i sit here and type this, my legs are feeling a little tired and sore - but nothing a day's rest and a few sessions with the foam roller won't fix!

Also, since i finished reading Christopher McDougall's Born To Run, i've wanted to find out all i could about barefoot / natural running.  I found, and have recently started reading Danny Abshire's Natural Running: The Simple Path to Stronger, Healthier Running and have also got Scott Douglas' The Runner's World Complete Guide to Minimalism and Barefoot Running: How to Make the Healthy Transition to Lightweight Shoes and Injury-Free Running...

No doubt, i'll talk about these two books once i've finished reading them!

It was great to do the Run Melbourne 5 km with Claire. She put in a hard fought run and ended up beating her goal time - i'm so proud of the effort she put in! And to finish off here's a Selfie of Claire and me after Run Melbourne...