Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Ran the Eaglemont Flats course first thing in the morning (I had to leave too early to run in the actual event) - no controls out but blue tapes at some of the locations (probably all of them but it was a few controls before I started looking). Not terribly fast after yesterday but felt OK. The usual mixture here of track/path runs and tricky controls in lowish-vis bush near the river, on a very convoluted course (which did mean it didn't go into the suburbs like it sometimes can here). Overshot 19 a bit, not realising just how small mapped knolls can be here, and a bit hesitant early on because the light wasn't really good enough for detailed map reading for the first 5-10 minutes. Should be a fun event for the punters (of which there will hopefully be plenty).

Now at the airport waiting to go to Guangzhou - a bit of a flying visit for a meeting (back on Thursday night). Don't think it will be the most pleasant of running environments, although at least it's said to be the least polluted big city in China (I suspect this is not saying very much), and I'm staying not too far from a couple of promisingly-sized parks. It can also be very humid at this time of year, and despite the warm autumn we've had, dewpoints in the 20s (perhaps well into the 20s) will still be a shock to the system.