It’s been a good week for running so far!

As you can see from the picture above conditions have been just about perfect for running here in Auckland.  I went for a run yesterday morning at about 10:30 AM and it was a cracker of a day.  The sun was shining but the temperature was only about 12 degrees C and there was no wind so it was just beautiful.  I did 9.5 km in about 56 minutes.

This morning I went for a predawn run with my wife through Cornwall Park.  Once again conditions were perfect.  There was a light mist that made everything rather ethereal.  Unfortunately I forgot my camera so no photos!  It was quite funny running past sleeping cows!  We did a nice 5K in about 34 minutes if I recall correctly.

It’s my daughters birthday tomorrow so I’ve got a cake baking in the oven – I’m a man of many talents!

I also need to do a 8K (5 mile) run tomorrow morning at marathon pace according to my training program and then on Sunday I need to do a 13K (8 mile) long run.  It feels funny to think of 8 miles as being a long run!  Although having said that it wasn’t that long ago that 8 miles seemed like an incredibly long distance to me.  Just goes to show that it’s all relative.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

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