A gratuitous shot of the world famous (in certain circles) Conrod Straight at Bathurst, NSW.

I am now running 3 miles every morning prior to 7am with longer distances every few days. I did suffer from some knee twinges, but have had treatment on them as it transpired to be related to tension in my quad muscles, and is now much better.

In a bid to pick the pace up (and finish the race in front of the guy competing in the diving boots) I have started interval training. This amounts to maintaining my "gentle jog" but interspersing it with sprints between landmarks. I am told this will slowly increase my basic speed, but I shall keep you posted.

In other developments I now do not take sugar in tea, take far less dairy than I used to, and have cut out alcohol altogether (aside the odd glass of red wine no more than once a week) and have cut out ice cream altogether (and believe me, this took some doing..). I know, I know, I should have done this long ago but better late than never.

S.

Keeping up the faith

While there's been no attempt to go for bigger distance I did need a change of scenery.

With the Grand Prix just a couple of months away it seemed a good time to try the Albert Park Grand Prix circuit. It's a couple of miles around the lake, and as the pitlane is used 12 months of the year, I get to buy a lucozade and a Crunchie (sorry) from what I estimate will be the Williams pit garage when it undergoes it's annual transformation.

No injuries, will get to the gym this week to turn the heat up. Curiously weight loss is minimal. According to a doctor I spoke to this is expected as I'm putting on muscle. Hopefully the tide will turn soon though!

S.