Bring it on :)

Well it has been a rocky week. I have had a virus which has left me feeling exhausted! Which means the last long run i did was last Sunday about 9-10km around kings park with a run up Jacobs ladder. I was exhausted though and had to walk a little because of the virus. I just hope i have enough energy for tomorrow... that's right the city to surf is tomorrow!! I managed one short run throughout the week for the inter-college cross country in kings park. It was only 3.8km and i did it in 16minutes and was actually a little sore afterwards. But it was good to have one short run at least. I just have y fingers crossed i haven't lost too much fitness over the past week! But i am very excited for tomorrow. I'm going to try and beat last years time of 54 minutes given the circumstances, and if i get close to breaking 50 minutes like my goal, well that would be a big bonus :)

So the plan for tomorrow, first get a good sleep, breakfast before 7am, leave 7.30am and catch the train with a few others into the city, warm up and prepare and go!! The start i find is usually cruisey and a slower pace which is ok to save energy for the latter hills but i will try go a little faster at the start than previous years (even stopping to take a few photos) but no doubt i will pause at the top of kings park hill to see the sea of thousands of heads down the road! i love it :) To break 50 minutes i need to run around 4 minutes per kilometer at 14.4km/hr. But because of the hills i will pace myself so i know i am exerting myself but conserving my energy for the hills and taking advantage of the faster pace and gravity down the hills. I will balance it. If i get tired i will sing songs which inspire me in my head to keep going, but above all i will enjoy the atmosphere and the people and the day itself :) best head off to bed wish me luck!!