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Wednesday Jun 17, 2015 #
7 AM
Run 1:51:00 [3] 21.0 km (5:17 / km)
This was a run in my best traditions of logistical optimisation. My flight to Canberra was at 10.30. On the one hand, traffic across the northern suburbs gets pretty bad from 7 onwards, on the other hand, traffic going to the airport is at its worst around 7. The solution to this was to go part way to the airport and then go for a run.
My chosen starting point was Airport West (the 'airport' the suburb name refers to is Essendon), and the target the Maribyrnong in Brimbank Park and points south. I think the last time I did the Maribyrnong path as a run was a Christmas morning run with Jim in 2004 starting from my grandmother's then place in Essendon.
The first 3km wasn't greatly attractive (and getting across the Calder and the Ring Road somewhat complicated), but once in Brimbank it was well worth it. The river path feels remarkably rural for Melbourne with the Whitten Bridge (which I've always thought to be slightly ironically named, given that its principal function is to make it easier to avoid going to Footscray) the only real sign of civilisation in about 7km. Was running very well in this section, perhaps a bit less well once I climbed out of the valley - ran out of time to do the whole river path down to the Avondale Tea Gardens - but still a pretty decent session.
I'm still feeling somewhat sniffly but it's having no impact on my running. A good morale boost before tomorrow's festivities.
My chosen starting point was Airport West (the 'airport' the suburb name refers to is Essendon), and the target the Maribyrnong in Brimbank Park and points south. I think the last time I did the Maribyrnong path as a run was a Christmas morning run with Jim in 2004 starting from my grandmother's then place in Essendon.
The first 3km wasn't greatly attractive (and getting across the Calder and the Ring Road somewhat complicated), but once in Brimbank it was well worth it. The river path feels remarkably rural for Melbourne with the Whitten Bridge (which I've always thought to be slightly ironically named, given that its principal function is to make it easier to avoid going to Footscray) the only real sign of civilisation in about 7km. Was running very well in this section, perhaps a bit less well once I climbed out of the valley - ran out of time to do the whole river path down to the Avondale Tea Gardens - but still a pretty decent session.
I'm still feeling somewhat sniffly but it's having no impact on my running. A good morale boost before tomorrow's festivities.