I chose to be nice today

Very excited, I am picking my sister up from the airport tomorrow

Not much to report today, it’s Friday and I am tired.

I went for a run this afternoon, it was supposed to be 10Km tempo but I was feeling a bit flat and switched to Fartlek. Finished up with an average of 5:14, some early slower kms and then some faster 5 minute(ish) kms.

Lately I have been thinking how much I would love to be riding to work every day again. Years ago when I lived in Kew I rode every day, I wasn’t far from the bike trail so I didn’t have to spend much time on the road. Now I live about 16km from the CBD, I have run this in less than 90 minutes and reckon I could probably ride it in 45, all I would need to do is trade in the mountain bike for a road bike. But, there is always a but, I am TERRIFIED of getting out on the roads on a bike again, to put it bluntly there are just too many morons out there and all I need is to get knocked off the bike, get injured and not be able to run.

It’s a shame really because I would save a bundle on petrol and the cross training would be great, something really needs to be done about linking up suburban bikes paths to give us a safe and direct route into the city. Maybe I’ll get the Melways out on the weekend and see how far I am from the Gardiner’s Creek trail.