Run 1:13:00 [3] 15.0 km (4:52 / km)
An early session, as much as I could realistically get in before heading to the airport (at least without getting up at a totally ridiculous time, although I did once go for a run at 3.45am before leaving for a school ski trip at 5). Didn't feel brilliant on the flats but reasonably strong uphill again. A bit of a sniffle which hopefully won't turn into anything more substantial, although with a long-haul flight ahead I'm not terribly optimistic on that score.
Headed through the old town initially, then out on the other side of the lake as far as the UN building - a regualr run when I was staying on the other side of the lake but not this time. Saw the beginnings of the setting up for a big fun run in Geneva today (or rather a series of them - the streets of the old town can't cope with 20000+ people so they're breaking it up by age group into about 15 different races which run all day), with the police doing an efficient job of towing away cars parked on the course and the Tardis farms starting to sprout in various places. (Had the run been a bit longer I may have needed to make use of one of them). Somewhat incongruously, the tents around the finish are interspersed with the tents of Occupy Geneva who are in the same park.
The overnight rain (and a bit of wind - there's even a dusting of snow on the higher peaks) brought down plenty of leaves which were a month past their use-by date, but it was dry by the time I headed out. Not too upset about this - I didn't really want to be packing wet gear (or wet shoes).
Now at the airport. All smooth so far but there's a long way to go. Thought about getting the souvenir stuffed cow which makes a cow noise whenever you tip it to throw into the $10-maximum pot at the work Christmas lunch but thought the sound would drive me nuts for the length of time it took to transport it back.
Apart from the work aspects of the trip (and making good use of the weekends), it's been a pretty solid four weeks of training; hopefully I can settle back in quickly after getting home and continue in a similar vein. A lack of heatwaves or extreme humidity would be nice (or, if they must happen, if they could stay clear of Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays).