Run intervals 20:00 [4] 3.2 km (6:15 / km)
First fast session since the nationals, a 10x1 minute set in a St. Gallen park near the museum. Not too bad, gradually picking up pace as it went on, though the (uphill) finishes of the odd-numbered reps were a little challenging.
I expected this to be a good workshop and so far it is - almost every talk was engaging, although, as is often the way, I'll probably emerge with about 10 times the number of ideas that I'll actually have time to implement.
Run warm up/down 19:00 [3] 3.5 km (5:26 / km)
Warm-up and down, taking in St. Gallen's small corner of sleaze (one "Sex-Kino" and a couple of nightclubs) en route.
I suspect your average European hasn't paid a great deal of attention to the political demise of Tony Abbott, but the crowd you get at climate science conferences certainly knew about it...