The early bird gets the worm
I had to get up at 4 am today to drop off my brother in law at the airport. It was rather cold! I got back home around about 5:30ish and had a bite to eat. I briefly considered going back to bed but decided a long run would be a better use of my time.
The weather played along today. It was brilliant! There were a lot of runners out and about enjoying the conditions. I suspect a lot of the people I saw out running were training for the Auckland marathon as well. 8 weeks to go.
I did a similar route to the long run I did two weeks ago but incorporated the final leg of my half marathon course as well.
It was a relatively hilly run but that’s Auckland for you.
I did 23 km in 2:12:53 which is my longest run yet. I had a nice peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich to celebrate. 
September 7th, 2008 11:41
Great run – love the elevation chart!
Also love the celebratory sandwich – one of my favorites
Keep up the good work,
–Steve
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September 7th, 2008 12:55
Good on you for not going back to bed! I don’t know how you did it but I want some of that motivation! I’ve just had a look at ‘SportsTracks’ as well after seeing the name at the bottom of the graph. It looks great, hopefully I can give it a try this week.
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September 7th, 2008 13:38
Now you are over the half marathon distance you realise you are dancing with the full marathon don’t you (evil laugh).
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AndrewE
reply on September 7th, 2008 7:08 pm:
Already got it pencilled in for 2009!
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September 7th, 2008 13:47
Awesome determination on defending yourself from the early morning enemy, Soft Pillow. I’ll face a similar battle tomorrow when I try to go out for a long run.
I’ve always liked your use of maps on your blog.
23 Km’s is great! Keep up the incredible work.
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September 7th, 2008 14:54
I don’t know what’s come over me, but the more I read about you and some of the other bloggers I follow just kicking butt, the more I want to do it, too. LOL
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September 7th, 2008 15:15
(Oh, and are you using Google Earth for your route photos? Thanks)
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AndrewE
reply on September 7th, 2008 7:07 pm:
I use Sport Tracks which plugs into Google Earth.
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September 7th, 2008 18:52
Wow that really is a long run…Good work!
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September 8th, 2008 03:56
Wow, excellent job. It would have been so easy to just crawl back into bed (even if only a short time before baby arose), but you got out and achieved a GREAT distance run. 23k is really something!
Thanks – and me too – I love the elevation chart!
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September 8th, 2008 13:10
damn
Andrew Im so impressed with you and your running.
it hasnt clicked for me—-yet.
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September 8th, 2008 14:53
Wow, only two months left? Time flies, as they say.
Good for you for going for the run!
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September 9th, 2008 01:56
Nice run — interesting that your beginning and ending elevation had a 100 ft variance. Did you start and stop at the same spot? Looks like you did.
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AndrewE
reply on September 9th, 2008 6:07 am:
Not quite. There is a very short steep downhill just outside my house. It’s great to start on but not so great to finish on.
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March 4th, 2009 23:43
Mmm, glad I switched to Linux
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