Fever

8.00am, 50 minutes easy, Moore Park

I woke slightly earlier than usual at 5.30 am, never seriously considered going for a run at that hour on a public holiday, and consequently tuned into the World Cup football to monitor my condition. I thought I had world cup fever but went back to bed before the end of the Portugal v Angola game - so it is only a mild dose so far. I slept in for another hour, and delayed the run even further.

The weather was very fresh out there this morning even in the sunshine, and it took me a while to warm up too. The body was tired from yesterday. The glutes seem to be recovering and behaving themselves nevertheless.

I still have a civic duty to watch the socceroos tonight, and expect the condition to worsen. Training tomorrow morning could be tough.