Ohhh my legs…..

The Running Dog (TRD) and I went around a local park this morning for 40 mins - at an average of 7.17k/hr (in case you were just blown away by how slow that is, please just also notice that it means I am getting quicker!)  TRD was well behaved and ran so nicely beside me the whole way.

Then I took my life into my own hands and rode out to the Academy in Glen Waverley for a swim- I have spent a lot of time driving out there, and I never noticed that it was uphill THE WHOLE WAY THERE.  This is not a problem in the car, but when you are starting off with your new shoes that have to clip in, it creates BIG problems, I need to have enough momentum to push me along while I frantically try to clip in and this is almost impossible uphill.  I felt like EVERY set of traffic lights was at the bottom of a hill.  I nearly went ar$e over once, and I am sure everyone in their cars around me was disappointed when I didn’t but I got that little adrenaline rush before I managed to clip in in time.

I made it to the Academy in just over an hour!  It was 17.1 km and I averaged 16.5k/hr- terrible I know, but I swear it is uphill and so steep- sometimes I thought I should just turn around and go home.  But I kept grinding away and eventually I got to the last hill - from High Street up to Waverley Road- and my legs were like blocks of wood so I got to within 50 metres of the roundabout and I had to get off and walk….in my socks.

I swam 1km in the pool- it is fantastic- so clean and I usually have my own personal lifeguard and a whole 50 metre indoor heated pool to myself, but this morning there were three other people there too.

I rode home again and confirmed my theory about the uphills- I managed to drag my average from 16.5 to 19.7 and I found that it was quite a fun ride home.

I just need someone to move the traffic lights to the tops of hills so that I can always start off downhill.  I am sure it is just a matter of filling in a report somewhere.

Anyhoo, arvo shift today and there is every possibility that I will be asleep at my desk by 7pm.