While I was away in New Zealand I vowed to make sure that I did not give up or stop my training in any way. I was determined to make sure that Sundays run will go easily.

One of the first things I did in New Zealand once we made it to Christchurch was go for a run. It allowed me to relax, switch off and get back into a normal routine after traveling half way around the house world. Finding time for a run is never an issue, just means I sacrifice some sleep for it. Honestly though I didn’t need to most days as I was waking up around my usual time.

I ran everyday on the South Island and with Wellington being a mid point and a fairly relaxed time for us, I took the opportunity to have one final long run. I did a 9k run along the waterfront with a nice long uphill finish. The run was great and went easily and even managed to keep the timing on track, hell I smashed it.

I took one day off running in Rotorua to allow recovery from the big run in Wellington (doesn’t mean I skipped though, I still hit the gym) and kept running daily after that. My Auckland & Rotorua runs were great and fairly scenic.

Now that I am back I have to keep the training up and have been averaging 6k runs since Auckland. Tomorrow (Thursday) will be a final training run at 6k so will push hard, then Friday starts the tapering. 5k slow run on Friday, Saturday off and then Sunday is the big day. Doing this will help avoid injury and give me the best chance of making my run dead on how I want it.