Long run in the darkness, rain and cold

With the need to be home by 9am, I had to get going early today. I was on the Koonung Trail by 6.15am. Given it was dark and wet, and I had not been on this trail for some time. I decided to stick to semi-familiar territory. That was until I noticed the trail has been extended east along the new construction area. I followed it as far as I could and got to Park Rd. Here I turned around and headed towards the city again.

Obviously people are generally more sensible than me, as I only saw the same cyclist twice in the first hour. This is the trail I used to run when we lived in Box Hill. There is a massive difference in my running back then, so nothing seemed too familiar. I got to my turnaround about a km from Bulleen Rd at a water tap there.

Daylight had arrived for the return leg, but also the chill in the air. Clearly I had been running with the wind on the out leg. I was feeling a little fatigued at a few points, so I was determined to run the small hills strongly. I got back to Springvale Rd earlier than planned so I did a little exploring on the opposite side of the Freeway, discovering that it is gravel, so I think I 'll use this side in future.

Overall 2hr04m running, covering somewhere between 26.5-27.7km depending on how accurate my SDM is. Possibly a bit long and a bit fast, but once going I was feeling pretty comfortable.

If I can run tomorrow then it will be another 50km week.