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| Margaret River weekend 11 September run |
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| Running on Sand Margaret River September 2022 |
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| Murray Street Mall at the end of run on a weekday In August |
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| John Forrest NP August Long Run |
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| John Forrest Park Falls August Run |
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| Kings Park in the evening after run |
It has been 8 months since Delirious and I have had a 4 month break from running .I started my training again at the end of July with a slow return to running. It has been good to have a break.What has continued uninterpreted has been meditation.Increasing the time spent meditating to at-least an hour a day.Partly on my commute and then at lunch and in the evening.
Starting with 7 hours of running with a 2 hour run in the hills and building slowly in August to 4 hour run and 75km in a week with an easy week after 3 weeks.
In September the training really started to mount with the plan to do a long run at the end of the month on a Long weekend from 24 September to 25 September 2022.
The long run on the 24 September was a good test .Had a heavy pack as I had all my bars and food. I started at 7am with Lindsay and Judy running with me to Helena .That was 11 km from Perth Discovery centre. I then continued to Waleigh and Beraking Shelters where I had water from the tanks and a break . From Beraking there was a diversion because of the back burns and so there was no shelters accept for a temporary open camp with a toilet and some cans of water. That was about 45km into the run and then I turned at about 55km and then worked my way back to Beraking with the Intention of having a short sleep .I got to Beraking at about midnight and it was cold I had slowed the amount of fluid I was consuming as well as food but felt OK .I had a survival body bag I was hoping would keep me warm in the shelter but it did nothing .The temperature was about 7C but felt colder. There were 2 hikers in the shelter and unfortunately my rolling in the body bag probably woke them up.By 1am I decided to just keep moving so filled up my flask and headed back on the bib to Discovery Centre. It got light by 6am and I managed to get back about 9.30am .I was exhausted and with the cold and lack of sleep hallucinating a bit. But it was a good test I know the amount of fluid I have to take even on a cold night.I think if I can keep up to 35gms of Carbohydrates per hour I will be good. Even the salt intake seem ok.
It was the longest run in 6 months.
