Not feeling the best today after going to a wedding yesterday. I don't drink alcohol, nor do I eat any processed sugar - so imagine how I felt waking up this morning after three helpings of wedding cake (fine dining is lovely, pity about the serving sizes) and two or three (potentially more, they keep refilling my glass) glasses of champagne. Warm up around the white fence felt average, as did a few strides. Sean has just tweaked the program in recent weeks, with the traditional 6km TT being upgraded to 8km. Wasn't in the head space for that many laps today! A slightly modified course due to construction work saw the traditional 1km Moore Park loop blowing out by nearly 50m, which definitely adds up lap after lap. Nonetheless, went out and was pleasantly surprised with the first two laps holding 3:12 min/km pace. Even more surprising was 3:10 min/km laps for 3 and 4. At this point, my mind is debating whether or not to stick with 6 or pursue 8. A sneaky high 3:08 for the 5th km led me to decide that 6km was going to be a PB, so went with this school of thought, punching out one last 3:08 to finish with a net average of 3:10 min/km pace. Watched on as most others went on for another 2 laps. Always question whether I should have done that, but given my history of not knowing when to stop, it is probably for the better. A lap of the white fence with Dean, Mitch and Moira - about 14km all up. Another 8km easy this afternoon is on the cards - as is a serious sugar and alcohol detox! A quick dip in the ocean now though - got to make the most of the forecast 27 degrees today before a week of wet weather predicted ahead!
Chaos out there this afternoon, with everyone coming out of the woodworks to enjoy this unusually warm weather. Ran straight into a lady with a dog who couldn't obviously read the 'keep to the left' signs every 2m, and a very aggressive dog owner who's dog decided to do a random sharp ninety degree turn to the right the moment I was running past. As to be expected, my leg swinging leg went straight into the poor dog's head - to which the owner went ballistic! Nevertheless, 8km very comfortable (effort-wise, not stress-wise), averaging a heart rate of 123 beat per minute, 4:35 min/km pace.
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