Monday, 14 July 2008

Long slow boring run today. I had to go to a meeting tonight, so had to get to work very early to accommodate the 1:50 run and shower I was going to have to do. Mission accomplished, in work at 8:00 am

Had a meeting at 11:30 am so it was almost 1:00 pm before I could get out for my run. Went along the Yarra for 56 minutes, following it all the way through the City. Richmond, West Hawthorn, Kew and Collingwood (where I would normally hop off the bridge onto the Merri Creek bike path). Then it was all the way back to work

My shin and ankle was a bit sore for the first thirty minutes but seemed to come good. The trip back to work was okay, except that I started to feel the pinch with about thirty minutes to go. I worked through that and the last ten minutes wasn't that bad

Not sure if it was the uphill Market Street finish but the heart rate was up around 160 when I finally staggered to a stop. Thank good ness only four of these left before the Half Marathon and an easy week coming up. But all that means is a shorter long run

In order that I could spend SOME time with my children, we had dinner in Moonee Ponds before I got dropped off at Aberfeldie for the meeting. An interesting meeting where a vote to include the Meadowglen track in Epping as a North West Region venue got defeated despite my besr efforts. Flirted with the idea of withdrawing Coburg as a venue, except we need the good points a home meet produces

A fifteen minute power walk to Essendon station to find I had just missed the train so managed to fit in four pots at the Royal (?) next to the station before catching the train into the city where I treated myself to a long neck for the long tram journey home. All in all an excellent day

TOTAL DISTANCE : about 22 kilometres (and my second half marathon of the season)