running (Shepherds Hill) 59:40 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 10
The shortest loop in the park - it started out seeming as difficult as when this was my "long" run when I first got back into running 4 years ago, but by the end I felt human again. Ran through a few spider webs along the creek, but didn't see the spiders, they must have gone to the beach already! I think I acclimatised to Tasmanian weather too well, because 28 degrees at 6 am wasn't fun. Also, what's with it being pitch dark at that time these days?
Actually, it was strange on Saturday how many people kept saying "wasn't it warm out there?" followed by "but I guess you wouldn't notice, you're from Adelaide". They're talking about a day which maxed out at 20 degrees, I'd think - I did notice being slower in the sun, but I usually am. (Apparently one guy took something like 25 salt tablets throughout the run!)
I am surprised at just how hammered my legs have been since Cradle. It can't be that I didn't do enough training (if anyone suggests that I will go sit in a corner and cry), so it has to be that I didn't eat enough, before, during or after the run. Part of the problem was not being really that hungry, because I didn't run during the week, so I don't think I scoffed enough pasta when I had the opportunity, but also I just couldn't think of a decent protein source apart from cheese. I never can, because I don't like nuts or tuna. And we didn't have any meat while camping (how do vegetarians manage?), plus afterwards I was just too tired to eat.