Saturday - Manly to Spit & return

I finally got caught out today with the high tide. I’ve some how managed to avoid this over the last few months of my weekly Manly to Spit run. Not only was it high tide, but it was a massive high tide (1.82m). So I had to wade through a bit of water on the way out at Forty Baskets, then had to contend with others on the way back, and this was after detouring on the poorly kept and rarely used high tide detour trail. So there was a good 45-60 seconds down the drain, not to mention soaked shoes and socks (which is never fun). Massive first world problem though! Stuck to my guns once again today, pushing the pace to a comfortably hard level, but never beyond. There were quite a few people out today, and as usual, the runners were always courteous (not so much the walkers though, but, to be fair, it wasn’t intentional on their behalf. They were just not really paying attention). A little bit of rain for the final 5km, but other than that (and the strong wind), it wasn’t as bad as predicted. Got home in 86:23 (4:18’s), so not too bad at all considering the high tide detour and backing off the intensity somewhat compared to the past few weeks. All is good!