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Wednesday Aug 19, 2009 #
Run 1:02:00 [3] 13.0 km (4:46 / km)
A reasonable morning run without reaching any great heights, taking in the south end of Ivanhoe and then up Darebin Creek. No sign of any further physical process on the bike path but apparently the decade-plus of legal trench warfare to build it is finally over. Achilles not particularly comfortable again.
I was a bit surprised to see a new pharmacy in a largely derelict small cluster of shops on Upper Heidelberg Road - and then recalled that you can't set up a new pharmacy within, I think, 1.5km of an existing one (anyone with more knowledge care to confirm?) and this location falls just outside that distance.
May also need to consider an alternative route choice to work - a couple of sets of lights in the city have been retimed with the effect of causing long waits in places where I used to get greens most of the time.
I was a bit surprised to see a new pharmacy in a largely derelict small cluster of shops on Upper Heidelberg Road - and then recalled that you can't set up a new pharmacy within, I think, 1.5km of an existing one (anyone with more knowledge care to confirm?) and this location falls just outside that distance.
May also need to consider an alternative route choice to work - a couple of sets of lights in the city have been retimed with the effect of causing long waits in places where I used to get greens most of the time.
Run intervals 15:00 [4] 3.8 km (3:57 / km)
3 x 1 km on the Tan, jog recovery. First outing here since returning - much as it was (although a bit less crowded than it can be on a nice day). Couldn't find any pace with the fast kms only around 3.50 speed. Calves were very tight today, and are in serious need of some needlework (which they'll get tomorrow). They're in serious need of a massage too, but I will need to find somewhere else to get that done because my long-standing masseur has had a career change while I've been away and has decided to go into the running shoe business.
Run warm up/down 29:00 [2] 6.0 km (4:50 / km)
Going to/from the Tan, a bit quicker than usual for no obvious reason. Unsurprisingly, the works on the Swan Street bridge which were supposed to be finished in June aren't.
Some readers will know that I'm a long-standing supporter of Norwich City, who after getting relegated last year started this season in League One (a.k.a. Division 3) for the first time in 50 years. They got a rude awakening - losing their first game 7-1 at home - and responded in the manner of unsuccessful football teams from Melbourne to Moscow - they sacked their coach. (I wasn't following things too closely while I was away so I don't know if he had received the board's total support two weeks earlier). Their next move, though, was original - they were obviously so impressed by the team that beat them 7-1 (Colchester) that they've hired Colchester's coach as the replacement.
Some readers will know that I'm a long-standing supporter of Norwich City, who after getting relegated last year started this season in League One (a.k.a. Division 3) for the first time in 50 years. They got a rude awakening - losing their first game 7-1 at home - and responded in the manner of unsuccessful football teams from Melbourne to Moscow - they sacked their coach. (I wasn't following things too closely while I was away so I don't know if he had received the board's total support two weeks earlier). Their next move, though, was original - they were obviously so impressed by the team that beat them 7-1 (Colchester) that they've hired Colchester's coach as the replacement.