Recovery Part 2

9am, 1 hour, Centennial Park

I decided a midday run was not ideal in the heat. A slothful late start to the day then. I discovered that yesterday's recovery run was more of a work-out than a recovery after Quarry Road the day before.

The quads were a bit tired, and the buns of carbon-fibre were more carbon than fibre. I tried a new route through Paddington to Centennial Park but only ended up running a minor diversion.

In the Park, I cruised around at a steady pace but rarely got out of 2nd gear. I fell behind a couple of guys running just over 4min/km pace and held that for a km. Then slowed and shuffled back home as the temperature climbed. Got intervals tomorrow.

At Rushcutters Bay Park there was a helicopter hovering ahead, tracking my run or the Sydney-Hobart yachts getting ready for the race. Hard to tell. There were quite a few foreign tourists from Mosman and the North Shore at Rushcutters Bay admiring the ocean yachts, and New South Head Road was congested with 4 wheel drives. In today's Sydney Morning Herald I discovered that I live in an ethnically tolerant neighbourhood unlike the said Mosman.