Fun run

39:44

Time it takes to run 2 laps of the tan (8k) without training. Also includes a 1-2minute pit stop to "water the flowers". A mate signed me up a couple of months ago to run for his team in a YMCA team event. The lack of work-life balance has restricted my training to almost nothing. Was actually quite surprised I managed to do a sub-40 race.

Despite pulling up sore today, I had a really good night last night. Got to catch up with a few people last night, and I even ran into some old high school mates. Ran along side one during the latter half of the race (which helped when you've almost run 8k), and then we sat ourselves down near the finish line post race, trading war stories as trials of steam radiated from our body heat in the stop start rain.

$10 steak night at the George on Cecil st was a great cap to the night. Don't know if it was because of the long hours I've been pulling over the past few months, but it was great to just chill out over a steak and have a good laugh with mates, just like in the carefree uni days.

I found it interesting when the topic of "what your power song is". Runners are a funny bunch. One girl has a colleague who is deaf and sometimes to disconnect from the world, he puts on a hoodie, turns off his hearing aids, and just runs. Thats cool.

Now that I have a 8k training base, the Melbourne marathon looks plausible..... to be continued