Another easy half hour

Another gentle half hour in the lead up to the SMH Half. Headed down to Bedlam Bay oval, but some people were inconsiderately playing cricket there, and being a former cricket myself I know how distracting a jogger droning around the outside of the field would have been to the batsmen.

So, I cruised over to Gladesville Reserve (the soccer field next to the road that leads to the Gladesville ferry stop) and cruised around there instead. The centre of the pitch is very sand, with virtually no grass - looks like the ground's actually closed while they try to restore it. I'd hate to play there after a solid week's rain.


Felt a touch stiff in the legs at the start, but as the blood worked its way through them they felt pretty good, and I had a little push on the way home to see how they were. They seem to be good - another 18 hours and they should be fine. I'll do some gentle stretches tonight.

Last night was the Sydney Striders' presentation night. Great to catch up with the usual crew. Guest speaker was Australian Commonwealth Games' marathoner Scott Westcott, who proved to be a charming, entertaining and self-effacing speaker. I was fortunate enough to have a quick chat with him later in the evening - he's based in Newcastle now, so we found some common ground chatting about SW's running camp in Stockton. Nice guy.