Bike hills (road) 48:09 12.9 km (16.1 kph) +180m ahr:125 max:143 rhr:57 slept:4.37 weight:66kg shoes: Giant Roam XR1 (white)
Parramatta-North Rocks loop (CW). Not feeling great today. Slowest ride on the Northmead-Carlingford segment by about 2 minutes. Got my flu vax and one for shingles yesterday. Vomited last night and had a restless sleep. 26°C. TE 2.7. Load 048. Relive: https://www.relive.cc/web/view/vPOpDe8xMEO (pic - Parramatta) Headlines: Indian students hit with uni ban / Knight terror: Kalyn Ponga injury a hit for Maroons (league)
Got up Possible Hill #1 but legs feeling tired after yesterday. Didn't push too hard. 20°C. TE 3.1. Load 082. Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vLqexLdoMd6 (pic - Berowra Creek at super low tide) Headlines: GST shakedown - NSW to lose AAA credit rating - $12 billion cost to state / Sea Eagles and Josh Schuster to part ways after $600k termination pay-out (league)
Bike (very long path) 2:39:28 55.1 km (20.7 kph) +403m ahr:133 max:155 rhr:51 slept:6.95 weight:67kg shoes: Giant TCR Adv 1 Disc (black)
Toongabbie<>Windsor (A2 - Windsor Road). 19°C. TE 3.5. Load 103. First ride since coming back from Adelaide. I thought Windsor might be further than the 25km but I was happy to finish on 55km for the round trip. Relatively flat but with several long waits at major road crossings to stuff up my momentum. Had to take care on the minor road crossings with a bit of a gutter to ride over and the odd turning car. Relive: https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvx5eBo2BO (pic - new bridge at Windsor over the Hawkesbury River) Headlines: Number of girls enrolled tumbles (opportunity classes) / D-day for Dolphins on cannabis sponsorship (league)
Official (AA track umpire) 1:21:23 [1] 4.78 km (17:01 / km) max:109 rhr:55 slept:6.52 weight:67kg shoes: New Balance M520LK7 (black)
Australian Athletics Championships, SA Athletics Stadium, Adelaide. Day 9 of 9. 8.30am-3.30pm. 19°C. Short day, mostly finals. Today's events judged: 80-90m hurdles (4), 200m (4), 800m (4), 1500m (5), 4x200m relay (3), 4x400m relay (2). No reports. Headlines: Lock up parents over knives: Police / Call on Will Pucovski delayed by concussion symptoms (cricket)
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Adelaide > Sydney: Jetstar 769, Airbus A320 (twin-jet), 1226km, 1h43m. Plane delayed by 30' from Adelaide. Upon arrival in Sydney I found out that all trains to Berowra had been cancelled until 2.30am. At Central I was told there would be a railway bus from Hornsby, but when I got there around midnight I was then told I would have to wait up to another 45 minutes. I paid $40 for a taxi for the last 10km to get home at a more reasonable time.
Official (AA track umpire) 2:04:39 [1] 8.14 km (15:19 / km) +22m15:07 / km rhr:54 slept:7.32 weight:67kg shoes: New Balance M520LK7 (black)
Australian Athletics Championships, SA Athletics Stadium, Adelaide. Day 8 of 9. 8am-5pm. 18°C. Misty rain for the steeplechases. Today's events judged: 80-90m hurdles (6), 200m hurdles (4), 800m (13), 2000m steeplechase (4), 3000m run (4), 3000m walk (1). No reports.
Alton Freeman (BFN) came 8th/20 in the U16 steeplechase (6:26.06) - only the second time has has run the event.
Headlines: Defence's $100b China strategy / Star-studded Roosters are the most perplexing team in the NRL (league)