Lame walk-jog to fix lame injury 30:00 [2] 4.0 km (7:30 / km)
Inspiration for the title of this session comes courtesy of Bridget. You'll be seeing it a bit in the next two or three weeks because my comeback is not going to be as rapid as I thought it might have been, which is frustrating, although I understand the merits of a conservative approach at this point in time. In its current form it's 2 minutes on, 2 minutes off, which is just like an intervals session except that you're doing your 400s at 120-second pace.
Headed out at lunchtime after a rather full-on morning even by my recent standards, up before 5, did my first interview from the waiting room of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre at 5.50, later made a visit to the ABC studio, and fitted a trip to the dentist in amongst all of that too. Part of the object of the exercise was to try to stave off early-afternoon sleepiness, a mission which was more or less accomplished as it wasn't until I left that I hit the wall. Normally this would be a recipe for a dismal run but it was good to be out there again, even if it was doing intermittent jogs up and down the pavement outside the new convention centre and Jeff's Shed. A little bit of a twinge on the (slight) climb over the bridge but otherwise stable.
Saw Bruce coming back from his run. Also saw a certain amount of street theatre associated with something called the Parliament of the World's Religions which is currently happening at Jeff's Shed. (While on the subject of religion, it didn't go unnoticed that the nine Fred Nile candidates combined were narrowly beaten in Bradfield by the Australian Sex Party - which I suspect might fulfill a future role diverting 1-2% of couldn't-give-a-stuff Senate votes to the Greens via preferences).
On my current timetable it doesn't look like I'll make the 5-days, but with a bit of luck might be starting again properly in time for the new year at Falls.
The recession must be easing because property investment spruikers are starting to appear on radio ads again.