A long run (with hills!)
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It is a beautiful day here in Auckland and I’ve just got back from a great run.
I headed out just before 7AM and at first it looked like I might get rained on but in reality the clouds were clearing and the sun came out. I headed uphill to Remuera Road and then down to Newmarket. I ran up Khyber Pass Road, which is rather aptly named as it’s a reasonably long uphill. I kept going up through Newton until I get hit Great North Road and headed down towards Western Springs.
The highlight of this section was blasting down the hill that caused me a bit of grief during one on my 5K races. In the race I had to go up it in the pouring rain. I then ran past one of our larger shopping malls and headed out towards One Tree Hill. My original plan was to run past it but I was feeling good so I went and ran around it instead. It was quite funny as I ran through Twin Oaks Drive it appeared to be raining but the sun was shining brightly and there were no clouds in the sky. We’ve had heavy rain during the night and the water on the leaves was dripping off. It was rather nice.
After One Tree Hill I had one last steep uphill at Ascot Ave and then a quick downhill home.
Overall a very pleasant run. 23.46 km in 2:15:50. I went up and down 1500 feet as well. I made a point of picking out some steep/long hills for this run as the run up the harbour bridge during the half marathon is about a kilometre uphill and steep! 2 more weeks today!
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Looks like a good run. Nice hill work too some of the ones on that route are tough! You should be in good shape to tackle the bridge.
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Great idea to factor in the hills for training! You’ll conquer the harbor bridge with no problem.
(Belated congrats on the great time with the 11k!)
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I rarely shy away from hills, and I always enjoy reading posts from people who tackle them as well. They’re not nearly as bad as people think they are.
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Way to attack the hills! Your training and prep now will pay off in the race as your going up the bridge. My hill run on Thursday helped me tackle most of the hills I faced today during my 10K+ cross country race.
Fantastic training and Happy Running!
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Phew, a whole bunch of the AdiRun guys were in Mission Bay - had a big yellow rubber duck set up and everything. I was all like “GOOD GOD it would be just my bloody luck if Andrew were to run on by with his huge grin while I feel like a bloated astronaut in my wetsuit O_O”
Sounds like your run went much smoother than my swim!
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Wow- look at you go!!
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wow ! 23.46 km in 2:15:50
WOW
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Great going on the hills. When I was 12 I dislocated my left hip and I had to have it pinned back together, when I run it can get quite sore. I am hoping that when I have lost a bit more weight then this wont be so. I get jealous reading about your running adventures!
Keep running,
Andrew
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Wow, what a terrific run! You’re going to kick ass on that HM, that’s for sure!
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