Well Autumn has well and truly arrived. I took advantage of the clocks going forward to get up early, setting my alarm for 6am on the grounds that my body still reckons it’s 7am so it will be easier to get up (and it was). Rode in to work and had to wear the winter bike gear (tights & arm-warmers) for the first time. Felt pretty sluggish going up the hill on Old South Head Road which was probably a combination of a legacy of all the MTBing from last week, the couple of beers I had yesterday and the fact that I was lugging my laptop, attendant cabling and a change of clothes around. Did a couple of laps around Centennial Park as well, though cut it short as the weight of my backpack was starting to annoy my lower back.

Entries to the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon opened this morning, so when I got in to work, I bit the bullet and actually entered. There’s no going back now!

B: 21.3km