Just when you need a power song...

While out on my 17km long run today the random cycle of my Sony Walkman selected the live version of AC/DC, Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap).

This power song came at just the right time. I was at the 13.5km mark and struggling at the top end of a long hill. Those fine vocal cords of Brian Johnson and lead guitar rifts of Angus Young gave me the extra lift needed to finish off my tough Sunday long run.

More Motionbased details can be found here.

Elevation chart of todays long run.

Today's run and another 12km run earlier in the week brought my yearly total to 111.2km's. According to my map on MapMyRun this has me approaching the Victorian town of Seymour.

The area of Seymour was surveyed in 1843 and named by the explorer Thomas Mitchell after the British parliamentarian Lord Seymour, the son of the 11th Duke of Somerset.

When Lord Kitchener came to Australia in 1910 to advise the government on military matters, he inspected a major encampment at the racecourse and recommended it as a permanent military training area. When World War 1 arrived, a few years later, the permanent camp was set up and, in 1920, Seymour Shire became the chief military area in the state. This ultimately led to the establishment of the Puckapunyal training camp in World War II.

With only three days left in January I am a little behind my 165km a month target. Hopefully it is something I can make up for later.