Grinding it out.

The last post had video, how fancy, but it also shows how wet it can be in Sydney. Unusually for the running it was also in daylight. Normally I'm running after work and by the time I hit the road it's 6pm and pitch black.

So the video shows daylight, that must be Saturday, making this week Week 4! Wednesday today, a day of rest and I feel like I need it. Although I'm still ahead of schedule I don't feel like it. The last two days of running have been hard - people are turning around to watch me run and I don' t think it's in admiration for a lone athlete, I think it's in shock at a wheezing red faced fool zigzagging across the pavements.

Both nights have featured the Darling Harbour to Harbour Bridge route, 15 minutes there and the same back (unsurprisingly for you physisists out there). It's a four mile round trip, and it is kicking the crap out of me. The first 15 minutes are harder than the second, which leads me to believe that I should investigate "warming up". I'm relieved when the second period is over, but I do feel like I *could* keep going if I *had* to. I don't right now so I don't.

What I do instead is swim for 1o minutes in the pool and kick back in the jacussi and sauna when I get home, playa style. My flatmates think I'm a exercise junkie, at least they are half right.

Total distance so far - 36 miles. From Glasgow to Law Castle in West Kilbride.

No Snickering.