Run 2:17:00 [3] 27.0 km (5:04 / km)
Ran out of legs in the end and pulled up a little short of the 2.25-2.30 that I was hoping for, but I shouldn't be too upset after a tough three days. Perhaps I might have found enough to go round the long side of the last block had I known I was a minute short of my longest week for three years. Can't be too upset to put together a week as big as that in my first week back, and with Wednesday night's dramas thrown in.
It was an early start before the OA Conference but as it turned out I was awake from 4.30 anyway like I have most other mornings for the last week. (I still slept better than would have been the case at home, thanks to the person or persons unknown who set the cubbyhouse in the front yard on fire in the early hours of Saturday morning - fortunately the neighbours got on top of it before it spread any further).
Started out down through Belconnen, inspecting the now non-existence of the old bus interchange (scene of one of the more unfortunate design stuff-ups of living memory - it was designed by an American who didn't realise we drove on the left in Australia), then past the east side of Lake Ginninderra with a pitstop on the way - at least that part of my body clock is getting back closer to normal - before going to the AIS to link up with Bruce, Jenny and Craig. By this stage it was looking extremely black out to the west (although the early-morning sun exaggerated that), and we were in steady rain for most of the rest of the run, although only one clap of thunder. Spent most of this sector of the run on Black Mountain, around the secondary park and then down to Rani Road before coming back around the bottom of Aranda Hill and back towards the AIS. Broke off from the others after crossing Belconnen Way and headed back home.
Things I should have thought of earlier: my shoes were soaked and I didn't have another pair for the rest of the day (other than my O-shoes, which might have made for some interesting moments with airport security this afternoon). Fortunately my father is a similar shoe size.
I'm also continuing to get occasional spasms in my lower left leg - I'd initially attributed this to cramp after Wednesday but it's persisted too long for that to be a plausible cause. Isn't interfering with running (at least not yet). A massage this week will be long overdue.