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Mad dogs and Englishmen

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I had a really early meeting yesterday morning so I decided it was better to go for my run at lunchtime.  There’s an expression: Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun. Well, technically I’m an Englishman as I travel on a British passport but I was born in South Africa and now am a citizen of New Zealand so I guess that makes me more of a mad dog!

Conditions were HOT!

I didn’t carry any water either as there were water fountains along the way but they seemed few and the distance between them seemed to stretch off into infinity.

That red sail you can see in the distance is one of our former America’s cup winning boats.

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Here it is again:

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And a a contrast here are the conditions at about 7AM on Monday morning:

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I much prefer running in the early morning.  It is just such a nice way to start the day.  I found that I was sitting in my meetings thinking so many more hours till I can go run!

I enjoyed my hot run even though I drank a solid two litres of water afterwards!  Weight loss through extreme dehydration is not really part of my plan though!  So far 40 km this week and it’s only Wednesday. :)

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