No City2Surf

yesterday's ride home was warm enough not to need gloves...

footy training was good although we only had 11...did a couple of new drills again...

today

physio at 8:30am...my range of movement has increased through the exercises I am doing but it is still reasonably sore during and immediately after activity...I'm to use ice to control the pain otherwise it's heat to be used...

I've made the decision to not run the City2Surf this year...I'm sure I'd be able to complete the distance but I wouldn't be able to "race" it...the pain I'm still getting isn't encouraging and I'd rather focus on finishing the football season than push my ankle to its painful limits...

so I've cancelled my accommodation and flights (no loss of money thankfully, just vouchers I can use within a year)...

I went for an easy run at lunch (I did check with Tim the physio if that was OK)...conditions were really nice - the first time in awhile I have run in short sleeves...it was a comfortable pace but I could feel the restriction in my ankle which reinforced to me that I'd made the right decision...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 15.5/45%
start time: 12:53pm
total distance: 9.08
total time: 50:00
avg pace: 5:31
total calories: 411
avg HR*: 147

*Time spent in HR Zones:
00:53 [Z1: 93-111]
00:41 [Z2: 112-130]
25:21 [Z3: 131-148]
18:15 [Z4: 149-167]
02:03 [Z5: 168-185]

footy training has been moved from tomorrow night to Thursday to train with the fellas so I'll only be doing the early speedygeese run as has become the norm lately...will be a good double anyway...

we've got a pretty hard game this Saturday up against Ainslie at Ainslie...they are sitting in 3rd position and are coming off a loss against Eastlake so I'm sure they will be looking to take their frustrations out on us!