It occured to me on the weekend, that if I want to run the city to surf this year I am going to have to start upping the training....I regularly run (jog) a couple of kilometres a week, plus take in at least one dance class, plus lots of floor work - but I need distance on the road.

Last night I decided that I would see how far and how fast I could run before running out of steam - chose a 4 km circuit and hit the road. Good and bad - ran 2 k's - walked for about 20 metres to get breath back, then on for another kilometre....walking the last km home to cool down - before hitting the floor and stretching it all out.....all in all out for 25 minutes....which probably means i am running at around 6.5 mins a km....hm if I want to break the hour barrier I am going to need to get that down to 4-5 mins per km.... interesting.

Anyway, have a better handle on the stretching aspect - as I have been going to a flex (stretching) class at the dance studio where I wrap myself around a vertical cylindrical structure, and the actual class is very aerobic and lasts for 90 minutes / session.... as you know I managed to pull one of the quads badly in the lead up to last years race, so we'll see how we go.