The big softie

6.15 am, 2 hours 45 minutes, Moore & Centennial Park

I had to trade off a few things in deciding where to run this week's long run. This last week I ran two more road sessions than usual which the knees and ankles were telling me about. So I went back to the parks because I'm a big softie and for convenience. Legs were feeling pretty good and initially I passed a few people coming home from the Kings Cross nightclubs. I probably looked pretty weird out there.

Ran through Darlinghurst to Moore Park and spent about an hour running around the golf course, park and doing a few small hills. I was running better than last week but I was no gazelle. Enjoyed the soft feel of fairway underfoot, and only had to avoid 3 golfers and the groundsman, who failed to tell me to buzz off. Ran holes 2 to 10, 15 to 17 and did a couple of long fairways twice, avoiding the clubhouse. Then made it over to Centennial Park and followed a few of Sean's junior squad around the park. I again struggled around the 2 hour mark, but was marginally better than last week. Big improvement around 2.5 hours when I failed to fall in a heap and ran longer than intended. Pace started dropping off again and shuffled home.

I should be pretty good tomorrow for having been on the grass most of today. I don't take many recreational drugs either.