Slowly getting back to normal, changing my template (very slowly), catching up on news, and so on.

I lobbed up to the Mt Ainslie Run-up and jogged very easily, chatting to Rad for the first part, and then keeping my heart rate at a very pedestrian average of 108 bpm. I ran up (and down) with an empty juice bottle that I had put water in to test for drinking from at the Canberra Marathon, and taped a Gu on the side. It was OK, but I decided to 'upgrade' to a six-pack of mini pump water bottles (400ml) on the way home. Went for a short 3k jog with this and found it much easier to handle.

Surprisingly, my time up Mt Ainslie was much quicker than last month, revealing how fatigued my legs were from the mountainous 34km run the previous Sunday. Today was a very conversational jog, mindful of the Marathon. I felt good.