Tue 7 Mar 2006 - Yarra 15 km

Date/Time of Run	Tuesday 7 March 2006, 3.24 pm
Location	Yarra Run (Fawkner Park, Hope, Domain, Anderson, Yarra, Mac. Robertson Bridge, Yarra, Princess Bridge, Yarra, Anderson, Domain, Hope, Fawkner Park)
Distance	15.61 km
Time	1:13:38
Pace	4:43 /km
Heart Rate Max/Avg	160 / 144
Weather	19.9 deg Celsius Clear. Wind N 3/6 kts. RH 56%. QNH 1015.
More data	Motionbased
Exercises	Post run 100 Sit-ups.
Equipment	Garmin Forerunner 301, mobile phone.
Weight	76.7 kg (+0.2 kg from yesterday)

Stats as of 7 Mar 2006	km’s
Today	15.6
Prev 7 Days	65.2
Prev 28 Days	219.7
Mar 2006	65.2
YTD	595.8
Month Average 2006	198.6
Weekly Average 2006	54.2
Total (2001 – to date)	8336.9

I had a rest day yesterday from running. It was a rest day simply because I couldn’t be bothered running by the time I got home. So I justified it to myself by saying “oh well, I did a really big run yesterday (Sunday 29 km) and I need the rest”.

Today I started work earlier than normal, at 7 am, which meant I was finishing at 3 pm. I worked this in my favour, meaning that I could get a semi-long run in reasonably early between 3 and 3.30 pm.

I’ve run this route a few times before and so decided to reverse the direction. This time I ran east along the Yarra to Mac Robertson Bridge (Grange Road), crossed over and headed west along the Yarra to Princess Bridge (Flinders Street). Starting and finishing in Fawkner Park.

In Melbourne at the moment there’s quite a buzz going around, a little thing called the Commonwealth Games. I’m going off topic here, hang-on, back to my run.

After crossing Mac Robertson Bridge (Grange Rd) to track west along the banks of the Yarra I spied the first of the ‘Track closure signs’. This particular sign said that access could only be got to the Burnley something or other (can’t remember) and after that the track was closed to the public due to the Games. I made an executive decision to continue on and if I had to back-track so be it.

I continued on and then came across the first of a number of barricades, those temporary red and white big water filled leggo blocks. I really didn’t want to turn around and back-track as I had this route planned all day. Approaching the barricade I felt like a mischievous kid, looked around, no one around, bugger it, I jump the barricade and continue running. I was expecting someone to stop me a little bit further on and be forced to backtrack. As it turned out that wasn’t to be and I forget how many barricades I jumped, about 3 or 4 and when I was passing Anderson St on my left I was in the clear.

Heading towards Princess Bridge (Flinders St) there’s that much activity going on because of the Games. Fish displays (heaps of them – all in a line) on the water, workers making what appear to be last minute adjustments to everything and anything around the Yarra, people just looking on and chuck in the boat clubs on the other side getting ready for the nights training. I really need a photo of all this.

Anyway, back to the run. Looks like Mr. Garmin played up a bit towards the end. One lap came in at the low 3 min /km which clearly wasn’t correct and then the next lap it was 6 mins something /km which also wasn’t correct. I’ve checked this out using SportTracks. I still can’t make head nor tail of it. It’s just one of those things.

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