Ok, a 4x4, a bike on the footpath and my own two feet!
I finally got my arse out of bet at the time I planned to this morning and actually achieved what I set out to do!
I was in the car and on the way to Southbank by 5:00 am and was putting my shoes on by 6:00 am.
I took a pretty leisurely 10km down the foot path/velodrome (!) alongside Coronation drive to Toowong and back. Second outing in new shoes proved what I’d already discovered on the first outing – lighter, flatter shoes are better. Not racing flats, more intermediate, but what a difference a light shoe makes and the feeling of being more in contact with the ground is a revelation to me. The bonus was that I was in the right place at the right time to see a lunatic cyclist (there are many of them on route who think it’s ok to ride at training pace among the walkers/joggers/runners) get cleaned up by a ten year old kid out running with a couple of classmates.
Anyway, back to TAFE in time to shower and get to the gym for a couple of hours vocational. Unfortunately, two of the other students needed a guinea pig for a ‘beep’ test. Guess who? Not my finest hour as it were but managed to myself justice – just – before getting my revenge and putting the two culprits through some pain of their own on stationary bikes. Sadly, the one didn’t have to go too hard as her HRM wouldn’t do what we needed and the other was an 18 year old 31 minute 10km man and I couldn’t get him into any distress at all!
Decent start to the day though and will back up with another 10km this evening.
Managed to enter the Dayboro – Mt Mee run over the phone too. No mean feat as I’ve lost my credit card and couldn’t pay. No racing for me, just a good hard training run with the goal being the Glasshouse 50. All I need is a babysitter now!
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