the podiatric journey begins

Run Melbourne

Notable occurrences:

• backflab
• female toilet queue on course
• unsanitary Gatorade (people plunge a paper cup into a bin full of the blue stuff and stir it with a large rod)
• congestion
• starting at the back gives you a good feeling from overtaking a lot of people but that gives a false sense of performance
• why no sprinting?

For next time:

• Start in a faster group
• don't waste time with toilets
• adopt a sense of urgency after 15 minutes

On a nicer point, I compared results with my friend who didn't sprint at the end. It seems like I overtook 293 people in 83 seconds.

water bottle paradox

It seems as though the time of the day helps a lot... I've managed to get back up to 9.56km/h.

The cool air in the nature reserve was quite nice - well worth forfeiting the extra [necessary?] sleep.

With the lack of taps around on my path, I thought I'd try carrying a drink bottle around, especially since it's getting warmer and I'm trying not to walk any of the 11km.

But, it of course introduces extra mass and I find myself stopping more to take a drink (haven't perfected drinking on the run yet).

So it might actually help me in keeping hydrated but also disrupt my running to an extent where it affects my speed.

Oh and of course traffic lights are an annoyance.

I might try a causal loop diagram since they're all the rage in one of my units.

I thought about what a physics teacher/year level co-ordinator said once about time management, going to the gym and outdoing workmates etc etc.. seems like the escalation system archetype. From memory, I think he was at three divorces with five children so that might not be the best path anyway.

remission

I went for a jog for the first time in about two weeks. Last weekend it was too wet and cold and then today at 9AM it was too sunny already. Lame.

My average speed has dropped to 8.25km/h. Probably should have restricted my pace more in the first 15 minutes. Bum.

I also had to walk a bit which was included in the average but I should have better discipline than to do that.