A 10 miler before work

My wife and I had to head into work quite early today so I decided I would park the car and go for a run before starting work. That was the plan at least but I woke up to a tremendous rainstorm and was a little concerned for a moment or two.  I decided that I would go out anyway and as luck would have it the rain stopped as I parked the car.

Conditions were actually really great to tell the truth.  Here’s a photo from about 3.5 km into my run:

You can still see the puddles!  I actually scraped my knee on that metal barrier as I jumped up onto that little ledge at speed to avoid the puddles.  Such is life I guess.

I headed out towards Kohimarama Beach and then turned around to head back to the city and work.  As you can see the weather was picking up nicely.  I’m truly blessed to live in a city that has such beautiful running routes I reckon.

Overall I did 16.12 km in 1:38:10 for an average pace of 6:10/km.  I’m quite happy with that – a nice easy run.

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July 6, 2009 | Filed Under Marathon Training 

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12 Responses to “A 10 miler before work”

  1. Greg at Live FitNo Gravatar on July 6th, 2009 10:33 pm

    You certainly do have some gorgeous running routes. I’m also amazed at the empty stretches. Not a car in sight.
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  2. camiNo Gravatar on July 7th, 2009 5:01 am

    Absolutely gorgeous running routes!

  3. KateNo Gravatar on July 7th, 2009 12:26 pm

    Good work!
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  4. Cammy@TheTippyToeDietNo Gravatar on July 7th, 2009 12:50 pm

    You absolutely do have some of the most beautiful running routes! It’s wonderful that you know that and appreciate it!
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  5. AaronNo Gravatar on July 7th, 2009 1:03 pm

    You picked a good version of this route – missing the boring red fence section. Watch out for those pohetekawa branches!
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  6. Andrew(AJH)No Gravatar on July 7th, 2009 9:13 pm

    You’re not wrong .. your routes put my mundane suburban streets to shame.
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  7. shaunaNo Gravatar on July 7th, 2009 9:58 pm

    Such a lovely part of the world… and I hope you felt nice and smug all day long having been out and about while everyone else was still snoring :)
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  8. TedNo Gravatar on July 8th, 2009 10:18 am

    If I ever need to take a deep breath, this is the picture that I want to look at. It simply took my breath away. Beautiful pictures! This looks like a perfect spot for me to do the zen-like run. So peaceful !
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  9. ChrisNo Gravatar on July 8th, 2009 11:46 am

    Good run there and thanks for the encouragement.

    So do you actually stop running to take the pics?
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  10. TeresaNo Gravatar on July 10th, 2009 7:17 am

    What a beautiful view! Too bad I’d have to travel half way around the world to run there. Great job on the 10 miles.
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  11. StuartNo Gravatar on July 11th, 2009 1:42 am

    Awesome running routes. I am training for the Best of the Boardrooms Virtual 5K(linked above). I live in St. Augustine FL so I feel that i get a far better train on the beach running in the thick sand. Talk about a leg workout!!

    Enough of my blabbering, good luck on your runs

  12. Home exchangeNo Gravatar on July 11th, 2009 3:43 am

    Ten miles to start the day! Whoa. Enviable motivation! amazing photos.

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