I blame the weather!

The weather here has been all over the place this last week! Days of a blistering 41 degrees with just a few % humidity to night's where the minimum didn't get under 27 degrees and with humidity in the 80-90%.

Thank goodness the firefighters have had some relief the last few days. I see 100 or so American firefighters arrived yesterday to help on the firefronts. Thanks guys, thanks to all of you unsung volunteers (like you Spark Driver)- your blood is worth bottling!

In the last week I have managed only 2 runs but I don't feel guilty. My main aim, while to get consistent with running three times a week, is to stay injury free so I achieved that! My shins had a welcome 5 day break too.

Yesterday was a 14km run and I took my Garmin along for company. I banged out 6:00/kms most of the way and despite needing a couple of short walk breaks averaged exactly 6min/km for the trip. Of great satisfaction was finishing with a 5:15km for the last km. Mr Garmin go away again for a week or so - I just wanted to see how I was going really.

Water - how was it I could guzzle down 2 litres a day with a problem?

I now take a 800ml bottle in the car with me and force myself to drink it all on the 40 minute drive home each work day. I guess I am averaging about 1.5 litres a day now - better than the last few weeks which is good.