Tuesday January 27 (Hills-10km)
I always dread doing hill repeats and today it was doubly hard as it was raining in the morning. The rain eased to a light drizzle and it stayed drizzly throughout the run.
I ran to Mona Vale headland and on the way out met the wife of an ex-work colleague. Stopped to chat and almost 20 minutes later got going again. On return did 6 x 300m hill repeats at Cooks Terrace. Bloody hard work and each one was going to be my last. I kept saying this just to trick myself into finishing just one more and before you know it, the job is done. With warm up and cool down ran a total of 10km. This morning the Bahai temple was completely shrouded in fog and a low mist was hugging the valley at the foothills of the mountain. It looked very serene and quite beautiful. I am very glad I got out the door.
Monday, January 26 (Swim)
Australia Day celebrations started with an overcast sky which was a bit of relief to the hot weather we have had up to now. Today, despite the clouds the ocean pool at Narrabeen was surprisingly busy.
I stopped swimming there over the school holidays as it tends to get a bit crowded. So I was surprised to see so many people at 6.30am. I swam 1km with fins and 500m without fins. The fin swimming tends to work wonders on the lower leg muscles and for me it is almost as good as a message.
I always dread doing hill repeats and today it was doubly hard as it was raining in the morning. The rain eased to a light drizzle and it stayed drizzly throughout the run.
I ran to Mona Vale headland and on the way out met the wife of an ex-work colleague. Stopped to chat and almost 20 minutes later got going again. On return did 6 x 300m hill repeats at Cooks Terrace. Bloody hard work and each one was going to be my last. I kept saying this just to trick myself into finishing just one more and before you know it, the job is done. With warm up and cool down ran a total of 10km. This morning the Bahai temple was completely shrouded in fog and a low mist was hugging the valley at the foothills of the mountain. It looked very serene and quite beautiful. I am very glad I got out the door.Monday, January 26 (Swim)
Australia Day celebrations started with an overcast sky which was a bit of relief to the hot weather we have had up to now. Today, despite the clouds the ocean pool at Narrabeen was surprisingly busy.
I stopped swimming there over the school holidays as it tends to get a bit crowded. So I was surprised to see so many people at 6.30am. I swam 1km with fins and 500m without fins. The fin swimming tends to work wonders on the lower leg muscles and for me it is almost as good as a message. 
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