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early morning 3km warm up Run : 16km afternoon a maximum threshold run on my hill loop.

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This morning a 2.5km run as a warm up. In the afternoon a second run ton my hill loop at maximum threshold making the daily volume to 20m for the day and the run much quicker than the same run as yesterday.Weather some cloud, light winds. We spotted a large pod of dolphins not far from shore heading north.tomorrow a trip south to meet up with my training partner for another all terrain run on a variety of surfaces.
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morning 6km run : Christmas whales and dolphins

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This morning a 6km run from home before heading south for a long run on the local golf course and snapping shots of assorted Christmas whales scattered throughout the town. In the afternoon a second run.
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morning 7km run ; 6km maximum threshold run

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This morning a 7km run from home, in the afternoon a maximum threshold run on my hill loop which was up there with my best time on this loop. Weather cool to warm ,and windy
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morning 6km Run ; play date Munchkin and Milli the Border Collies

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Morning 6km run from home at first light before heading south to meet up with Milli the Border Collie so Munchkin could have a play date together. Weather windy and on the chilly side .in the afternoon another run.
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recovery day

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All runs done from home again today, up very early and getting plenty of low intensity running done. Yesterday I made my  entries in the Australian Masters athletics Championships to be held in Canberra in March. Next hard session will be on Friday morning very early with my training partner to escape the worst of the heat in this hot weather.
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Road trip South ;long run day

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This morning I took a road trip south to meet up with my training partner for a long run. Weather cloudy, some wind, warming up with rising of the sun.we ran a 14km loop over all terrain types including some great scenery while running just below our threshold s  and talking for much of the journey. Next Friday we agreed to start an hour earlier to avoid as much of the heat as we could.
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sunny morning great weather for being outdoors

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long morning run ; bright sunny day, no wind

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More rain overnight cleaning by This morning I ran a long run from home followed by a road trip south. Weather full sun, no wind.
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early morning Local 5km run : mid afternoon thunder storms ; 2km warm down.

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All runs done from home today with the threat of rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. Good weather for staying indoors. next hard session on Friday with my running partner. 
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Road trip ; all terrain run 17km

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This morning a road trip south to meet up with my training partner on another all terrain run. Weather cool to very warm. We ran our regular loop on all types of terrain including trails, golf course ant bike paths. Early in the run we encountered a recently burnt hous where the fire brigade and police were dousing the remaining hot spots. There wasn't much of the house left.
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strong winds overnight and yesterday afternoon cut power along coast

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Yesterday afternoon and gale force winds overnight cut power to many regions along the coast. This morning things much improved with full sun and no signs of the damaging winds of yesterday. I ran 20km in the morning in cool conditions, a joy to be out there running.
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rain event ends,; long intervals 2x 2.5km Intervals

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No overnight rain, some clouds out to sea with a promising blue sky appearing for the first time in more than 4 days allowing us to run a set of long intervals out and back from home.
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overnight rain cloudy skies : morning 8km run constant drizzle and rain and finally looks to be clearing later in the day. fingers crossed.

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Yesterday afternoon and overnight rain, heavy at times, today clearing to just grey skies. We ran a few solid efforts as Intervals including a few hills south of here on the golf course overlooking the island.
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local 13km run from home

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This morning a 23km run from home with rain and thunderstorms setting in early afternoon Nnon.Tomorrow a run with my training partner down south.
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Morning 13km local run ; warm down ; whale spotting

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Early morning 13kmun from home a long the Coast trail and return followed by an easy warm down where I spotted mother and baby humpback whales , very late in the season now, so lucky to see them for possibly the last time this year heading south to Antarctica before heading north again for breeding. Weather sunny, no wind.
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