Flat track specialist

7.00 am, 90 minutes easy, Centennial & Moore Park

I was stiff in the legs after yesterday's race, and getting used to the shorter recovery of a morning run after an afternoon race. It was a very easy run through the golf course at Moore Park to Centennial Park where I had to pick up the pace to even keep up with the back of Sean's squad, and Mohammed who had already run 90 minutes. He's a freak.

I was feeling very slow and marvelling at all those fast runners in the distance surging effortlessly around the park. I fell off the back of the squad going up the York St hill: of course I expected this being more of a 5-10 km flat track specialist rather than some long-distance mountain nut.

I had an entertaining chat to Vespa (and had to pick up the pace to do it), before heading home gingerly. The time passed quickly despite the extra effort required this morning to keep going.