Wednesday, March 4 2009 (Easy 7km)
Woke at 4.30am to go for a scheduled 18km marathon pace run. While having coffee I talked myself out of it and went back to bed. Felt guilty, got up again and was out the door before 6.00am. The first footstep out the door is always the hardest.I had planned to run to Newport but it was not to be this morning. Northeasterly wind and pleasant temperature should have added up to a good run. My heart rate was elevated, left hamstring was painful and I struggled to pick up any speed after the warm-up. Feeling sluggish I knew I was not achieving anything by running this morning so I turned around early. In order to salvage something from the morning effort, I focused on enjoying the scenery on my way home. I marveled at the early morning ocean swimmers at Mona Vale Basin. The anecdotal reports of increasing shark numbers off Sydney were not enough to deter them from their morning ritual - very impressive. Now I just need to get the zing back into my running.
Woke at 4.30am to go for a scheduled 18km marathon pace run. While having coffee I talked myself out of it and went back to bed. Felt guilty, got up again and was out the door before 6.00am. The first footstep out the door is always the hardest.I had planned to run to Newport but it was not to be this morning. Northeasterly wind and pleasant temperature should have added up to a good run. My heart rate was elevated, left hamstring was painful and I struggled to pick up any speed after the warm-up. Feeling sluggish I knew I was not achieving anything by running this morning so I turned around early. In order to salvage something from the morning effort, I focused on enjoying the scenery on my way home. I marveled at the early morning ocean swimmers at Mona Vale Basin. The anecdotal reports of increasing shark numbers off Sydney were not enough to deter them from their morning ritual - very impressive. Now I just need to get the zing back into my running.
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