bumbling along

story of my life really!

well this morning i got up with 40 mins on the program ("easy" - possibly my favourite word :) but i couldn't for the life of me decide on a good 40 minute run near my house. i could go around the park but would have to add about another 1/3 - 1/2 which would be weird, i couldn't go all the way around the outside (unless i got real fast) and i didn't want to run up oxford st or just run around aimlessly. so i decided to come into the city and run around the botanic gardens. I dumped my stuff at the gym and took off and man it was a gorgeous morning. cool but not icy, the sun was coming up very gently - all in all it was superb conditions.

so i ran around to the opera house - and the gates were still locked! what the? eventually i got in through some funny gate near government house but i don't think i was supposed to because there was literally no one in there down by the water. v strange. i ran around to the fleet stairs and those gates were locked too. ran around the gardens a bit and back to the opera house gates again - still locked! i ended up escaping the way i got in but it was a bit weird feeling trapped like that. still i ran back around the quay and in the rocks for a bit, back up Pitt st and that was 43 minutes done. very nice indeed. especially because i felt like i was going quite fast and i didn't really find it too much of a struggle. i lifted the pace again in the last 5 mins and felt it a bit then but it was still pretty comfortable. hurray!

however i now have Not for you by Pearl Jam on high rotation in my head. but damn it was good this morning.