Cool, grey, drizzly pre-dawn conditions boded well for the 10-12km I had scheduled myself, but the legs were cold and rebellious and complained and whined like teenagers for the first few kms. After 4 or so clicks however they got used to the idea and it ended up as a brilliant run. I completed a shade over 13 kms and was travelling really well when I finished - one of those "I could run all day" feelings. So a good way to round out the week.
LE JOG: I've broken the law for the second time already on this run by trespassing on RAF Portreath to sprint along the runways there. It's something I've always wanted to do for some obscure reason, ie run the length of a runway or two. I hadn't planned it, but my running route took me through the town of Portreath where I discovered a RAF base close by. As luck would have it, my Swedish diplomat mate Sven happened to be on one of those spy trawlers off the Icelandic coast, so a quick call to him on the mobile and he was able to set up a nice little nuclear mishap diversion that enabled me to escape the attention of base security as I scaled the fence and ran the length of both runways. Ha ha! Fantastic fun, and I was able to put several more kilometres behind me before they realised what had happened.
I'm currently virtually in the town of St. Agnes, which is quite a coincidence because this mornings literal run took me past the local St. Agnes winery and distillery, famous mostly for its green label brandy.
What an interesting run this is turning out to be!
See my
Le Jog progress here (including the illegal runway section!)
Cricket lovers will no doubt have seen the triumphant return to batting form of one
Ricky Ponting, who yesterday posted his fifth test double century, with a fine 209 against Pakistan in Hobart. Astonishingly however, he was dropped by Mohammed Aamer in the deep on zero - an absolute doddle of a catch that he inexplicably put down. The poor guy then had to watch one of the world's best batsman pour on a largely flawless and certainly very fluent double ton. Agony!
Michael Clarke also batted extremely well, with his best test score of 166, and he and Ponting put on 352 for the fourth wicket - the highest partnership for any wicket by Australia against Pakistan and the second highest partnership ever in Australia. A great day's cricket!
Jumpin' Januaries, Batman!
