Wednesday, October 19, 2005

A Good Way to Unwind...

A frustrating day at work yesterday. Frequent and lengthy power cuts caused by some attempts and failures to do a switch over or something! So not a lot achieved out of a long list of things to do.

But "bugger it" I thought, I was able to leave work by 6pm (so just a 12 hour day - the 8th in a row!) and got out for a run as soon as I got home. Actually, that should be as soon as I got off the phone from my boss back in Sydney. I was trying hard to ensure that there is a role for me when I finally finish this Blackwater adventure! I think I'm succeeding in this aim.

So 6.35km in 36:58 at 5:48/km pace. I'm starting to get bored of the routes available in and around Blackwater. I'll have to start running in a clockwise direction now!

The problem of being able to see my Imaginary Friend has been solved, but there's still the problem of both of us being able to see where we're going! The roads are a bit rough, there are very few pavements, and the 'nature strip' is fairly cut-up too. So I really have to be careful not to twist an ankle!

But I really enjoyed the run, never-the-less.

I'm happy just to be getting in some Easy runs at the moment. I think this is the best way to build my base fitness. But as the route boredom increases, perhaps I'll need to vary the sessions to add variety.

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