Christmas

Christmas Day: spent most of it inside watching the rain. Went out for my usual loop along Victoria Rd to Killara in the early evening. Victoria Road is geeting badly corrugated near the edges (but only on the uphill bits) which makes for uncomfortable running. Today, though, I used them as steps, and ran across the top of every second one - some parts I was striding out, and others I was running very short steps. Quite fun, and they made short work of the hills.

8.3 km

Street-O @ Royal Park

Boxing Day: this is a Western Series event, which I don't usually go to. And I nearly didn't go to this one, but at 5pm I decided that I could either stay home in front of the heater and watch telly all night, or go into the city for a run. I went into the city.

The course felt like hard work! It was cold at the start, and I'd worn my long tights, but after not very long, I was hot and sweating. I had no energy (too much Whisky Cake perhaps?) and took a couple of long walking breaks.

7.9 km in 6:26/km