Big Bertha

6.30am, 4.5km hill circuit, Centennial Park

A good crowd at Sean's this morning. I felt a bit tired in the legs after yesterday's hills, but no real stiffness or soreness. Yesterday's new lower back symptoms were gone.

I enjoyed following Ewan and Liz around the circuit, although I fell off the pace pretty quickly. We started half way up the hill of a 10 lap circuit, which was doing my head-in with mental calculations of how many hills and half-hills to go to the finish.

My lap times were consistently even. I finished in 17.23, 2 seconds off the pb. Finished pacing Kit on her last lap, and the scenery was transformed remarkably similar to that of the Canberra marathon course as we surged to the finish.