The Perth City to Surf gets closer still and while it is important to ensure that you keep running, it is also important to remember  that now is not the time to start trying to build your mileage up. For the marathon runners the taper should have begun, your last long run was more than likely last week and from now on everything drops in length and may, depending on your individual programs, increase a little in the speed stakes just to sharpen up. The half marathoners may have one more long run but again this is likely to be the last for  a while and the 12km runners may also have reduced in volume , although this is a very different beast to the marathon.

Start to smell the roses and enjoy the flow and feeling of the runs rather than concentrating on the grind. This is a time to really begin to appreciate the work that you have done in getting yourself into shape to cover the distance and be in the best shape you can to tackle what the course and the conditions may through up to you in a few more weeks. Remember ...Be in the now , not the tomorrow or the yesterday.

Barrel on wombats...