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morning 17km Coast trail run

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This morning a drive south to run with my training partner along the coast to Dalmeny and return, a solid pace without trying too hard. Weather cool, some cloud, surprisingly not humid.. while I was running Munchkin and Milli the Border Collies had a play date

local 8km warm up Run : Glasshouse Rocks Beach Intervals 2 x 1km ; 3.5km Race Pace Effort

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Local 8km morning run from home before heading to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 2 x1km beach Intervals on a rising tide. Back at home a 3.5km race pace effort and a short warm down. Weather cool to warm, full sun.

tuross head whale spotting: afternoon report 6th November

Once again the wind picked up at around2pm and the whales became very active putting on a show for over 30 minutes.     More whales active late afternoon once the wind picked up, still no sign of whale Spotting near its end,with a number of whales still passing through. So happy I made the short walk to the whale lookout before calling it dinner time.

Morning 12km run,; whale and Dolphin spotting

All runs from home today, 12km first run, second run a race pace effort of 4km followed by a warm down where we spotted two humpback whales out to sea and a pod or dolphins close to shore and another pair of humpback whales not far behind. Weather full Sun, no wind.

local Morning 11km run : Warm Down

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Tide against us this morning, no Beach running until the next tide cycle. This morning a10km run from home followed by a recovery run. In the afternoon a second run. Weather warm, no  wind.overnight rain left a few puddles this morning with the sun drying things out by early morning.

early morning 6km run ; Glasshouse Rocks Beach; Golf course,: long warm down

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Early morning 6km run from home before heading to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 3 x 2km efforts racing Munchkin the Border Collie. back at home a long warm down, in the afternoon a second run.

Early morning 6km Run pea soup fog

Today an early morning 6km run from home before heading to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 2 x 2km Intervals racing Munchkin the Border Collie on a rising tide. Weather a pea soup fog early before burning off mid-morning..  

Early morning 6km run ; Glasshouse Rocks Beaches

Early morning run from home before heading to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 3 x 2km Intervals on a rising tide racing Munchkin the Border Collie. Weather pea soup fog early before burning off mid-motnong.

all terrain run 17km ; Whale Spotting

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Yesterday morning a road trip to meet up with my training partner for a 17km run on all types of terrain along the coast including golf course, single track and lots of hills. Weather full sun, warm... After the run a play date for Munchkin and Milli the Border Collies and to finish off some must do chores, seeing to the fitting of a set of new tyres for my vehicle to help keep me safe on the roads. New Day:Heavy thunderstorms yesterday evening and overnight into this morning, storms still active out to sea. After a warm up run from home a drive to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 2 x 2km Intervals at low tide racing Munchkin the Border Collie. Back at home a long warm down included spotting a whale or two active on the horizon. In the afternoon a second run.

Local Morning 5km Run ; Glasshouse Rocks Beach Intervals 2 x 3km ; Long Warm Down ; Maximum Threshold Hill Loop ; Whale Spotting

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5km run from home before heading to Glasshouse Rocks with Munchkin the Border Collie for a set of 2 x 3km Intervals at dead low tide Racing Munchkin the Border Collie at Maximum Threshold.Weather mostly sunny, warm, light winds. In the afternoon I did a second threshold run on my Hill Loop and spied a couple of humpback whales off Shore.I had given up on the whales this week but the odd stragler is still coming past. It has been a great whale spotting season. Soon enough the Whales will start moving north again.

Local morning 5km Run ; GlasshouseRocks Beach Intervals ; Warm Down ; Power Outage

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Local 5km morning run from home before heading to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 2 x 3m Intervals racing Munchkin the Border Collie. Weather cool, cloudy off the coast, mostly sunny elsewhere.Back at home a power outage for this small community which was resolved at around 9am.

Local 3km Run ; Glasshouse Rocks Beach Intervals 2 x 3km

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Morning 3km warm up run from home before heading to GlasshouseRocks Beaches for a set of 2 x 3km Intervals at low tide racing Munchkin the Border Collie. Weather cool, cloudy, some wind with drizzle and rainbows in the sky. Back at home a short recovery run.