12-hour days at work and insomnia (overnight, not at work
) made today a compulsory rest day from all things athletic.
However, there was one bright spot - Fox Sports, which I refuse to pay for but can access at work (I work in the electronic media) had two fabulous programmes on late this afternoon which I was able to watch slabs of - they showed the tremendous semi-final of the UK Snooker Championship where the sublime Ronnie O'Sullivan (how talented is that guy?!) scored a perfect 147 in the final frame to snatch victory and a place in the final - rarified sport to be sure.
Then followed a pleasant surprise with a repeat of the coverage of the Great Edinburgh 10k* on the 4th of May, which one of Australia's favourite daughters, Benita Johnston won in sensational fashion. Nice looking course too, with that long brutal hill around 4 - 5 km which is where our Benita ran away with it - clearly as a hill lover Benita should be gracing our site here.
But right now I'm beyond knackered and need to catch up on some zeds. I'm up again at 4 a.m. for a 13 hour day (no breaks
- we have Dickensian working conditions here thanks to years and years of conservative government, so be warned). And I have to slot in a 6km somehow tomorrow evening if this week isn't to end up shot to hell.
Track
du jour: REM's
Bad Day 
*
The lead-up event to stillwaddler's fantastic Great Manchester 10k a couple of weeks later.
Adelaide Marathon Campaign - Week 3 of 16
