Run 43:00 [3] 8.0 km (5:23 / km)
Got my packing done in time to get out for an early-morning run, up to Macleod and back down the valley. It won't go down as one of my greatest runs - pretty tight through the first couple of kilometres, though eventually got going a bit in the second half. Not super-sharp for tomorrow (where, given the ordering of the races, I'm starting to regret entering M21 for the WA long - probably won't do me any favours for the two following days).
Ended up crossing all the important things off my to-do list at work with half an hour still to go before I had to get on the bus for the airport - plenty of time. The bag's heavier than it usually is (even if I've gone mostly electronic for books this time) thanks to the very diverse range of temperatures I need to be prepared for - could be anything from near 40 to snow.
And the concentration of fluoro tops at Perth Airport is as high as ever. Two nice bonuses of the flight were having an empty seat next to me and having the first bag off, though the advantage of the latter was lessened by the fact that my fellow travellers are on a later flight. (The number of empty seats was well short of that the last time I did this trip on Grand Final Friday - that was in 2006, with the Eagles playing and 15 747s crossing the Nullarbor on the Friday - which meant 15 747s going back. Mine had about 30 people on it).