Monday 9th May - no training.  In my defence, I am now working mondays, so my yoga class doesn't happen .

Tuesday - cruise intervals sessions - 3 x 5 mins near race pace.  It was the gymnastics run, so after doing the 3x 5 mins, I walked it out.  It was cold, drizzly and then I had to wait another 30 mins at the YMCA for the girls to finish.  But at least my legs worked nicely.

Wednesday - 90 min yoga class.  Still acing those hand stands, still have a mental thing about the bent arm stands.  Lots of back bend work today - deep lunges, and finished off with back bends like we do in school!!

Thursday - sprint session.  Quite a big one today - 6x 600 m @ 8.5/10 effort.  I was intending to do an early run before work and school, but Luca was poorly overnight so I was helping him, then it was very cold and wet and dark.  Bed was too nice, so it meant I did an arvo session whilst Milla was at trampolining, and Luca kept hibernating at home.  I was building up last weeks failure in my mind, so I was nervous about how I would go given it is a painful session, and I was doing a pm session, which I continue to find very unsatisfying (uncomfortable, slow, tired).  I continue to also not be especially fast, but I have learnt from last week that I will always wear the HR monitor as a reassurance that I am working at the right level.  So I was.  6 x 600m@ HR 170+  (2.30 - 3 mins each) with 2 mins rest between each one.  A sharp and shiny 40 minutes, 7 km session (with a sick boy at home).  Long run on saturday followed by an all day conference, long hike on sunday.

Friday - I decided to break cardinal rule #1 - to not run 2 days in a row, in an effort to get a run done without an early, dark start that could well be wet.  It was dry this evening, so I did my 1 hour trot around the neighbourhood tonight rather than before my long day tomorrow.  60 mins, 11 km.  No records set.

Saturday - at a course all day.  Then a surprise proposal up the top of Mt Lofty and a surprise dinner party for 11 to celebrate.  A very long day (24 hrs for me as I slept very little on friday night, for whatever reason), with a poor sleep (too much wine and champagne, cos I got engaged!).  All good :)

Sunday - crazily enough, an early start to get down to Deep Creek for another of the End to End Heysen trail walks.  14 km, very hilly, lots of waiting for the group.  We are not sure how much we will do with the group, but we like the idea of the support to do the whole length of the trail.  We'll see what we do from here.