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| Late afternoon beach walk |
It’s hot. Like really hot. Normally the temperature drops in the evening hours and while it’s nice and cool outside, inside it’s still mid twenties. Generally, I prefer the heat rather than the cold but on night’s like tonight I wouldn’t mind if the temperature dropped a couple more degrees.
The windows are wide open for the fresh air to flow through, the fan is going on high and there’s a glass of cold water by the table that I have to sip on every couple of minutes to stay cool. One week before summer officially starts though it feels like it’s been here for weeks.
Training when it’s hot is tough. Last summer I suffered a lot of headaches after training in the heat. This year I’m planning on being more careful. Yesterday, rather than running at the beach I ran on the treadmill. Sure it’s less fun but it was controlled and in air-conditioning while outside was nearing the high twenties and it wasn’t even 8am. We went for a beach walk this afternoon when the sun had already set, it was breezy and cool. Perfect for a run. Maybe next week I’ll give that a go. There are two options for training outside, either early morning like 5am or early evening around 6pm.
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| Tonight’s dinner for two at The Cardamon Pod in Broadbeach |
Training wise this week has been poor. Work was hectic. I was stressed and ready to hide in a dark spot and not come up. Fortunately, thanks to a great weekend of snoozing, watching Skyfall, dancing, drinking wine and beach walking my batteries are recharged and I’m ready for a great week ahead.
Training In Review
Mon 19/11
PM: 20min spin (12km)
Tue 20/11
AM: 30 min swim (1.5km)
Wed 21/11
PM: 20min walk
Thu 22/11
AM: 30 min swim (1.5km)
Fri 23/11
PM: 40 min walk
Sat 24/11
AM: 75 min run (14km – 10min @ 10k/h -> 5min @ 12k/h + 3min @ 10.5k/h x 8 -> 1 min c/down)
PM: a bit of dancing
Sun 25/11
PM: 45 min beach walk + 20 min walk with Kola
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| It’s almost Christmas – can you guess how I can tell? The owners were checking how the finished product will look. Absolutely amazing! |
Śliczne są światelka na tym domku 🙂 U nas tez juz zaczely sie swiateczne przygotowania – szczegolnie w sklepach 🙂 Pelno jest swiatecznych dekoracji, swiatelek i pomyslow na prezenty. Prognozy pogody zapowiadaja juz niedlugo snieg, wiec wszystko zgodnie z “tradycja” 😉 ale chyba chetnie zamienilabym to na swieta latem tak jak w Australii 🙂