Happy birthday Amanda 40 today.
Happy Birthday Yelena 26 today.
Last night Jenny and I joined in the celebrations of Amanda's 40th birthday at Maria & Peter's house. A day early, but we did stay until midnight. I think we did, it's all a bit hazy. A few friends and a few relatives enjoyed the occasion. A balmy night, it is good of Amanda to have been born in summer.
Yesterday I trained at Stromlo for the first time. John Kennedy pushed me along in 3 x 1k reps, and Diana was also there, also Bruce and Carol not far away, and intermittently a crowd of elites flew past: Marty, Anthony, Adam among them. I was pleased to run 4:05, 4:00, 4:00 for the three intervals. I wore my Nike Frees for the first time in not-slow running and if I recover OK the plan is eventaully to revert to bare feet. It is 42 years since I regularly ran bare-footed!
I also ran bare-topped, it was so sultry. I suppose that's a longer term option out there too.
By the way, John's times were way faster than mine.
An old favourite with a new caption
This is how it feels to be sharing the running track with a large company of elite runners in the vicinity. Who could gobble you up in an instant. The runners, like the dogs here, are well trained!
Happy Birthday Yelena 26 today.
Last night Jenny and I joined in the celebrations of Amanda's 40th birthday at Maria & Peter's house. A day early, but we did stay until midnight. I think we did, it's all a bit hazy. A few friends and a few relatives enjoyed the occasion. A balmy night, it is good of Amanda to have been born in summer.
Yesterday I trained at Stromlo for the first time. John Kennedy pushed me along in 3 x 1k reps, and Diana was also there, also Bruce and Carol not far away, and intermittently a crowd of elites flew past: Marty, Anthony, Adam among them. I was pleased to run 4:05, 4:00, 4:00 for the three intervals. I wore my Nike Frees for the first time in not-slow running and if I recover OK the plan is eventaully to revert to bare feet. It is 42 years since I regularly ran bare-footed!
I also ran bare-topped, it was so sultry. I suppose that's a longer term option out there too.
By the way, John's times were way faster than mine.
An old favourite with a new caption
This is how it feels to be sharing the running track with a large company of elite runners in the vicinity. Who could gobble you up in an instant. The runners, like the dogs here, are well trained!
