Mon 10 Jul 06, a feel good run

14km today and for the week so far, 7 runs/10 days this month

What a shocking day here in Melbourne, wind, wind & more wind!!! From my desk I overlook the Tan, I can see the Government Dve intersection and a 100 metres or so of the track from there. Every time I looked outside thinking about my evening run all I could think about was, I hate running in the wind and for the past few weeks most of my runs have been a mental struggle so I knew tonight was going to be hard, but I also knew I wanted to get at least 60 minutes in.

5pm is nearing and in my head I am thinking why....but I get changed. Weatherzone says it is still 13 degrees but everyone is telling me it is very cold outside, I decide T & shorts and I'm off to the gym at work and see if I can get on a tready.... OMG...I haven't been on one of these things for many months, but what a great decision.

The treadys at work have a 20 minute limit, but I'll chance it and hope I can remain on it. I start at 12kph (5 min pace) and decide I will increase the pace each 500m by .1 kph and every 1km I would increase the incline by .1, a great session, get slightly faster and slightly harder with some incline. I upped the pace every 500m until 5km and then every 1km until the 50 min mark where I just kicked it up to 17kph and for the final 5 min 17.5kph. At the 60 min mark I was on 13.3km and was hot & sweaty, which was great for the mind, I hadn't been so drenched in sweat for many months, strangely, enjoyable! I finished off with 1km of slow jogging and then some stretching. All up an enjoyable run, finally.