The Hammer and I ran a long slow distance run around the west end of Lake Burley Griffith while in Canberra this weekend for the Degas exhibition at the Australian National Gallery. I often think it would be great to live in Canberra – it has such a perfect natural setting for outdoor activities. And today was no exception, we ran from our hotel on a brilliant, cool but sunny morning and within a kilometre we had left the built environment behind and were by the lake and surrounded by trees.
Met lots of other runners and cyclists out and about and even crossed paths with Nathan Deekes, who was out for a bit a walk. The hot air balloons taking off from the barren, yellow grass fields made it look like an advertisement for a weekend visit to Canberra. Finished 20km in time of 1:54 with the last 2 km at 5 min/km. Despite the great setting and the great temperature for running my run felt hard and laboured. My glutes felt like cramp bears had got hold of them again – not sure what is going on.
I am hoping that all of these days when running does not come easy will be put in some perspective come race day. The cloud display on the drive to Canberra on Friday afternoon made me think of the saying that "Every cloud has a silver lining". Time will tell.
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