Run 1:06:00 [3] 11.3 km (5:50 / km)
Another small step forward in the distance/degree of difficult stakes, heading out into some moderately hilly areas in East Ivanhoe. At the moment I'm at the stage where going uphill feels better than going downhill which is a slightly odd space to be in (the glute, which is improving gradually, is at its most painful on and after downhills). Felt reasonably strong for a lot of the way but started to struggle in the last 15 minutes as the quads fatigued, and slowed down noticeably; still happy to put three reasonably sizeable days (by modern standards) together and get back into mid-40s territory for a weekly distance.
Headed out to another new piece of ground (Currawong Bush Park, just on the other side of Mullum Mullum Creek) this afternoon in the name of exploring such bits of forest as exist within 15km of home (hopefully only a couple of weeks before there are more options). Nice enough area walking above the creek; I do wonder how many of the several restaurants I saw on the way there (in this part of the world, restaurants are often in standalone buildings rather than in shopping strips) with long grass growing up in their grounds are going to resurface come November.
As was the case yesterday, not too many masks were to be seen amongst people walking in the bush, which is in breach of the law as it currently stands but not exactly likely to harm anyone. Then again, some of the more paranoid callers to ABC radio yesterday left me wondering if we'd moved on terribly far since the days when people thought you could catch AIDS from a toilet seat that a gay person had recently been on (for that matter, the events of the last week in Mount Gambier left me wondering if we'd moved on terribly far since the days that alleged witches were burned at the stake).