Run 1:01:00 [3] 12.3 km (4:58 / km)
Around the Yarra from Hawthorn pre-massage. Not for the first time this week, took a long time to get into any sort of running rhythm but improved as it went on, with a pretty good last 15 minutes. A nice morning for it (if not particularly useful for Queensland heat acclimatisation), and a reasonable final hit-out before things get under way in Queensland.
The only thing that surprises me about today's events in Swanston Street is that it's taken this long for a cyclist to get killed there. It was my usual route when I was living in Albert Park and I crashed twice there (once being my (in)famous 1998 altercation with a horse and cart). For those who are unfamiliar with it, cyclists have to take their chances alongside tour buses that use it (mostly legally) as a car park, trams, couriers and delivery vehicles (mostly illegal), out-of-town drivers who don't realise they're not supposed to be there, wandering pedestrians, and the occasional horse. The council has been talking about moving the main hazard, the tour buses, out for years but has continually buckled in the face of pressure from business interests - perhaps something will finally happen now. One would hope that if they had a conscience said business interests won't sleep well tonight, but as not having a conscience is generally part of their job description I suspect they will.