A white dinner plate with braised chicken and onions, in a wine gravy and mashed potato.
A simple, comforting dinner. With an excellent local wine and Mediterranean salad. Perfect end to a fairly full day. Some documentary TV and then it's bed. #Run4Kids
A floatation pod, filled with water and lit up with green lighting.
A bit of gentle activity attending to some garden chores (more mulch distribution, raking leaves, sweeping). And keeping up the rehydration.
The main post #Run4Kids recovery task, was an hour of alone time in a floatation pod. Which was brilliant. Gravity, in #Thornbury, comes through as always.
Runner in black kit giving a thumbs up during Run for the Kids, with Melbourne skyline in the background and other runners following along the riverside course.
Nice morning at #Run4Kids. Official time 1:20:10 (14.4km).
Out of frame: bloons. Had the perfect view from the Bolte. Hands were twitchy for my phone, but it stayed firmly in my pocket the whole run. 😬 #bloonwatch
Shout-out to the #VicPol members on the Swan St bridge, who are reading names of people's race number and calling out personalised encouragement. #Run4Kids
Looking down a flight of stairs, onto the platforms of a large metropolitan railway station.
All done! Completed #R4K in 1:11:19 - at a metronomic 5:00/km. Maybe a shade quicker on the official time, but pretty good work for an old bloke. Back to Southern Cross station for a train home... #Run4Kids #running
A dock and marina area, with a large bridge in the background.
The view up to the mouth of the Yarra River and the Bolte bridge; which I will be #running across in about a half hour's time. Better get my gear check in and find the starting location for the blue wave. #Run4Kids
People walking along a concourse, towards tall buildings.
Due to a SNAFU on the trains, we all needed to walk to Docklands.😑 Which is a useful active warm up, I guess. But it's dawned a cool, grey morning; which is perfect for #running. And lots of people clearly doing #Run4Kids.
A railway station platform, in the pre-dawn darkness.
Waiting on the railway station platform for a train to Southern Cross, for the start of #Run4Kids. I'm not the only one here - even at this early hour. #running
A restaurant plating of green peas, nasturtium leaves and a coil of thin zucchini slices.
Black charcoal gnocchi, in a dark corn tea broth, with a few marigold petals.
A dessert of panna cotta topped with sunflower seeds and preserved orange. Surrounded with bands of thinly sliced mango, so the whole arrangement presents like a sunflower.
Stunning #MFWF event, at the collaboration lunch between Monique Fiso (Hiakai) and Alejandro Saravia (Farmer's Daughters). Showcasing the best of Gippsland and Aotearoa. At least I'm properly carb loaded ahead of #Run4Kids tomorrow. 😂
Have been easing down the exercise load this week, ahead of #Run4Kids on Sunday. So not on the bike tomorrow, but #swimming instead. Before a bakery and #coffee run.
Going to be taking it easy on the #running front this week, to be rested ahead of the #Run4Kids. Doesn't quite balance with attending a couple of #MFWF events too; but that's just carb loading, right.
Up early to log 10km #running and it was humid with a warm northerly at 06:00. Managing the tendonitis, figuring I'll get through #Run4Kids OK then take the load off and let it settle down during the #football season.
Now to back it up for the #Run4Kids 15km at the end of the month. A great fund-raiser for the Royal Children's Hospital.
www.runforthekids.com.au
A large group of people in running gear, gathered up in a broad city street at the start line of a fun run.
View of the Melbourne CBD and Yarra river, as seen from the Bolte Bridge.
Perfect cool and morning to join 28,000 other people in #Run4Kids. Spectacular views of #Melbourne and a great fund-raiser for the Royal Children's Hospital. Have to say I'm pretty happy with managing a 4:53/km pace (given my advanced years 😂 and general decrepitude).
View looking along railway tracks from the station platform. There are overhead power cables above and the dawn sky has tinted the clouds pink and orange.
Red sky this morning, sailor take warning. Definitely a pink tint to the clouds as I'm waiting for a train to the starting line for #Run4Kids. Also a couple of other people on the platform kitted out in #running gear, so I'm not the only fool out in the chill of an autumn morning.
OK. Early start tomorrow to be at the #Run4Kids start line at 08:00. Guess it's bedtime for me. Though I will enjoy an extra hour in the cot thanks to the end of daylight saving.
Plenty of carbs in the freekeh and lentils, so it probably counts as carb loading for #Run4Kids. Will also have steamed beans, which are from the garden.
Checking the weather forecast for the weekend and there's likely to be rain. Not fussed if it's on Sunday during the #Run4Kids, but was planning on gardening and cleaning the outside windows on Saturday. Will have to see how it plays out, though I'll be glad to get the rainwater tank topped up.
Signed up to do #Run4Kids again next April. One of the more scenic fun runs in #Melbourne: across the Bolte Bridge and through the Domain tunnel. Also a good fund-raiser for the Royal Children's Hospital.
www.runforthekids.com.au/long-course/
Ticking off the to-do tasks. Exercise, some client tasks, #Run4Kids race pack collection done already. Training back to attend to further administrivia and planning. #FreelanceLife
Happy my #running plan looks to be back on track. Today hit the target distance for the #SunsetSeries runs that start next month - and reckon I'll make #Run4Kids too. Could even be on for a half marathon or two later this year.
