mid-week medium long run - 18k in 84.55

Warm today and humidity high - typical Sydney afternoon.

Ran from St. Leonards to Newtown via River road, Gladesville Bridge, The Bay Run and home.
Silverfox game me a honk as he drove past, Fiona did also as I was going over Gladesville Bridge.
Got to Iron Cove Bridge and bumped into Andrew and David up ahead so ran about 5k with them. Then saw Daz and Tim at Le Montage waiting for Andrew to finish.

Very sweaty run tonight but felt pretty good. Glad I bumped into A & D as I had to pick up the pace to keep up. Finished strong again.

Will run Striders half on Sunday - it's a handicap race ( read time trial) so it's just me against the clock - not sure how I'll go over a fairly hilly course - but really just an excuse to catch up with a few people I haven't seen for awhile.

After Sunday I will be taking a 2 weeks recovery - just very easy running to get rid of a few niggles and re-energise myself for a full tilt at Canberra '06. Then the plan starts in earnest.