Glasshouse Rocks Long Beach Intervals 2 x 1500m ; 10km Hill Loop ; Warm Down ; Tour de France Watching

Another pre-Dawn trip to Glasshouse Rocks Beaches for a set of 2 x 1500m Intervals racing Munchkin the Border Collie at low tide on hard, fast sand. Weather Cool, no wind. Back at home a fast paced 10km effort on my hill loop. I missed some hill run days in the last fortnight, important I ran the hills today while the weather is still good
. More broken sleep watching Tour De France. With the Hot weather not even ice socks and lots of water on the head could keep the riders Core temperature cool. During the coverage it was revealed some teams used ice slushies mixed with energy gels for the riders to keep energy levels up. Some of the riders clearly struggled out there in the heat and altitude, not the winner of the day Pogacar. Next big test is tomorrow with an 11km uphill Time trial on the Peyragudes.

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