Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Long run shifted to Friday as described yesterday. Started from Fishermans Bend, something which would normally be the precursor to spending a fair bit of money (normally if I'm doing that it's because I'm getting something done to my car; today, it was because I was heading down to Geelong after work). First section along the river as far as Como Park, feeling fairly ordinary but maintaining a reasonable pace, then cut south/southwest towards St. Kilda (with numerous road crossings, this bit is definitely best suited to early January) before coming back along the water, past a rather chaotic Station Pier due to the near-simultaneous arrival of the Spirit of Tasmania and a cruise ship and the non-existence of trams (not running due to trackwork). Gradually built into the run as it went on and pretty good in the last half-hour, where at times I was even in danger of enjoying myself; the handful of hills were still hard work, though.

Passed something at the end signposted as a "Duck Education Centre". As this was part of the Luv-A-Duck factory I presume that this is not about educating ducks and is about educating people about how to cook ducks.

The Geelong trip was for what turned out to be a rather crazy game between Melbourne Victory and Central Coast (Victory came from 3-0 down to draw 3-3) - went down partly to see what Kardinia Park is like, given that Essendon will probably never play there again, having last done so in 1992. (Geelong play four of their home games each year in Melbourne, and those four are always against the higher-drawing Melbourne clubs). The ground seemed surprisingly limited in advertising until I realised that that was because all the Ford logos, which are here in great abundance, had been covered up because Hyundai are the A-League's major sponsor. Geelong's association with Ford (which goes back to the 1920s and was allegedly founded on the principle that Ford noticed they got better productivity in their factory on Monday if Geelong won on Saturday) is apparently the world's longest-running sporting sponsorship.