Week 15

01/9 – Rest. 02/9 – 10k Easy Cruise. 55min 50sec. 171m gain.Monday was frustrating in that I was struggling with a flippen head cold! Oh it was terrible. I had a shocking nights sleep as Tegs was sick with gastro and the kids were a bit restless too. I was going to have the day off but rallied and headed in. In hindsight the rest would have been good but I got it done. Ate really well and felt good in that regard at least.Tuesday brought a nice easy 10k up the hill and my head cold feeling a little better. Still not 100% but a vast improvement on yesterday. The run was great and had no leg pain which was even better. Work went well and was amusing when a work mate brought a flyer in that he got at the Sunshine Coast Marathon for the Blackall 100….not knowing that Dad was on the front of it! Classic boss style! Love it! A relaxing arvo and dinner saw out a ripper day! Oh, and I had an incredible smoothie this arvo too, one of the best I reckon I have ever had! Tasted like a banana paddle pop! Oh yeah! Check the recipe (this was only a small smoothie as it was just an afternoon snack. Yummy none the less!)300ml non-dairy mylk3-4 frozen bananasHandful of pitted datesSpoon of maca powderVanilla essence.03/9 – 13k Tempo/hill fun. 1hr 10min 54sec. 242m gain.This mornings effort was a goodun. I had scheduled a tempo run and wasn’t sure I was going to get into it, but I did! Especially the climb up Crosby Hill Road. It ended up being a good solid effort, not all out, but absolutely at a harder effort than usual. Work was great and my health is feeling better every day. The girls headed off today to Bundy so I am on my own for a couple of days. Ugh! I like it for about two seconds but then I am really missing the girls. I will battle on though, the time will go quick before I head up on Friday afternoon for the weekend and Fathers Day.04/9 – 10.1km Easy run. 54min 23sec. 36m gain.I head out this morning and it was FRESH! A little cold weather has come back again, ugh! I found it a little hard getting my gait right this morning but I got the job done. Work was standard and not as roudy as my mate Erin wasn’t there! I had a nice relaxing arvo packing and getting ready to go to Bundy so all good to go tomorrow.05/9 – 7km Felt so good. 37min 34sec. 39m gain.Today was one of those runs that just feels so so easy. The legs turned over so well and it just felt effortless. Ripper! Work was super buzy and I got some more of the super yummy vegan sushi that Kunara make. Oh it is so so good! After work I headed straight to Bundy and made it in pretty good time. We had a beautiful dinner and then just relaxed watching the footy and kicking back. Good day.06/9 – 20.3km Bundy Runners. 1hr 55min 35sec. 56m gain.A good hit out this morning with the Bundy running crew. Really weird to be back on the flatlands and my energy reflected it. I was just a bit flat during the whole run for some reason. All good though. We finished off with a bit of ‘trail’ and that was that. It was especially great cause Dad and Tegan were both running which was great! The rest of the day was fun with a trip to the new awesome café in Bundy called Nourish, some shopping and then the park in the arvo. Again at night we had some ripper food and watched some more footy. A nice day filled with good people and good times.07/9 – 10km Fathers Day fun. 58min 30sec. Unknown gain, watch played up.Today was FATHERS DAY! Awesome! I stated the day with an easy 10k with dad and I thought it would be nice to stop off at the cemetery to see grandpa (dads dad) grave. We had a nice fresh morning out together before an awesome pancake breakfast with the family to celebrate the day. We then had a nice morning at the park before heading to another new café in Bundy called Oodies. The owner (I take it, she seemed in charge) was incredibly accommodating of my vegan diet and made me this AMAZING salad. I reckon it was probably one of the best meals I have had out ever and super affordable. I REALLY enjoyed it! Full compliments to the place and their super friendly staff. We will SURLEY be back there when we move back. Yum! Any locals, go check it out! We then drove back to Buderim for our last week here and relaxed through the night watching a movie. A blessed Fathers Day to spend it with my dad and beautiful girls. Gratitude.With only five sleeps until the 100miler things are getting super exciting! I feel ready as I can be considering the lead up I have had health and injury wise and can not wait to line up on Saturday morning with the rest of the soldiers ready to rumble! Bring it on!Weeks Total – 70.4km. 6hr 32min. 542m gain.