racer

The early-stages of marathon training are pretty good so far. I ran 80km this week, including 29km this morning. The run was fine, at a steady easy pace and I upped the pace over the last 3km. 29km in 2 hours 15.

That’s fine. No pressure. I kinda followed my nose a bit, and ended up running down Mountain Highway for long periods of time, instead of the usual trek up and down the Dandenong Creek Trail. I’d like to be doing these sorts of runs a bit fast in a month or two, when my fitness picks up a bit.

Shoes
This afternoon I happened to be in Smith street, in Collingwood, AKA cheap running shoes-town. Nike was a heaving mass of humanity – not much fun with little kids in tow. Brooks was far more civilised. Also, they had a pair of Racers going cheap in my size.

They’re not the most recent model, but I’m quite happy to be behind the fashions in these things. With any luck I can do a fast 10km or two. I’m thinking about running a marathon in them, but not quite convinced. Here’s a picture of them.

As Steve would say, that’s all.