My brother qualified Australia for the Olympics last night!!! Woo hoo!!!! His K4 crew son both their heat and semi final of the K4 1000m at the World Champs in Szeged, Hungary. They were the fastest crew to qualify for the final so are favourites to be the world champions! The final is tonight, but it doesn't really matter where they place - making the final means they're in the top 9, and therefore have qualified! He still has to jump through some hoops and actually make the Australian team next year, but it's a big start. Good work Muzz.
With the Coastal Classic coming up in less than a month, and with Annabel in Sydney, I took the opportunity to do a long run to Mt Coot tha to play with some trails. The weather couldnt have been better and, except for the GPS not working, I felt fantastic. I had one of those runs where you feel incredibly happy with the world and lucky to be alive. I felt light on my feet, and every new song that came on the iPod brought a huge smile to my face. I was even shirts-off for the last half and felt incredibly free.
I ran for 2hrs5mins, and covered around 22-25km (I think), about 5km of which was on trails. I ran to Mt Coot tha, then up the Simpsons Falls track to the Channel Seven HQ, along Samuel Griffith Drive, then down the JC Slaughter Falls Summit Track and back home. The trails after Simpsons Falls felt like they have been used in a while and were quite overgrown. They were pretty technical and good fun. The JC Slaughter track was a lot busier and wasn't technical at all. Just lots of steps.
It felt seriously good to be back on the trails again. By the end of the run I was getting pretty tired, but was overall very happy that my legs managed the time and felt strong up the hills (despite doing 50 lunges yesterday!). I'm confident that with some consistent training I'll be in top shape for the CC.
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