did it

5 days straight sticking to the program exactly (or doing more than required!). I am submitting my application for an Order of Australia now. If that isn't good enough then i bloody don't know what is. hehe. ok you know i'm kidding...

anyway got up early and despite the bitter cold and the shroud of darkness over the park i picked my way through all the obstacles (including tree roots, uneven ground and my reluctant legs) and got there. once i was there it was fine and i felt like i had a really good session. we had 4.8km (12 laps) of windsprints which is where you "sprint" the straights and slow down a bit on the bends. i finished in 26.20 which i was pretty happy with as i felt pretty strong still and had a bit left in the legs. i should have gone slower though because Sean told the 2 behind me to stop after 11 laps!!!! But all in all I am really pleased i went along and felt good.

the run home felt like a massive slog though... :)

and back to work after a long weekend - and i'm glad!!! hallelujah. i was pretty good this weekend - only drank on thursday and friday nights.

Just to recap the last 5 days included:
- 30 mins (just short of 5kms i reckon)
- 1 hour (about 9kms)
- between 1hr45m and 2hr15 including walking and stuff - 15.88km
- 35 mins (5 and a bit kms)
- sweat - 3km to and from home + warm up 1km + strides + 4.8km windsprints (9.5ish)

for a grand total of just under 45kms. not bad i reckon - i'm officially "back on track" after the (scary) nosh.