Bret

AM - last day in Sydney before heading to Melbourne.  Cold, rainy and windy, but I did not want to get on the treadmill again.  Ran around the harbor and across the bridge and back - felt very fatigued from the ups and downs of the terrain and from the long travel week by the end.

PM - short flight to Melbourne and a little daylight left allowed me to get a quick 4 miles in and take in a view of the city.  A run is really a great way to see a town when travelling.

AM - in Melbourne - easy to moderate 8 miles on a cool morning in the 40's.  Really pretty run through some parks and botanical gardens in the City - amazing how much faster I run when the temperature is not in the 90's with 80% or higher humidity.  I think I averaged 7:15 pace without much effort.

PM - in Auckland, New Zealand 4 miles rather quickly at close to 7 min pace and then 4 miles at threshold (6:25) pace or better along the water (Hobson Bay) in very cool temps in the 40's.  Had a long day of travel yesterday from Melbourne with a 3 hour time difference in NZ - putting us 17 hours ahead of US Eastern time - we arrived after midnight, took a hotel near the airport and then with only a few hours sleep headed to our offices in Whangarei NZ (pronounced with an "F" sound so it is "Fon Gar Ay") and then back around 4 pm in enough time for a run.  Would have loved to go further south to Nelson to see the US match in World Cup Rugby but it would have been too tight of a schedule and besides, I would have missed a great run.

AM - 10 miles on a brisk Auckland, NZ morning - I purposely held myself to 7:30 pace - as I noticed I was really hammering a lot of my runs with the cooler weather, just because it felt so easy - but then was getting fatigued later after the run - so this was a good respite.  Heading to Singapore this afternoon - where the weather will not be as comfortable. 

AM - 7.5 miles in a pre-dawn smoky, humid Singapore morning.  Travel from NZ yesterday with a 10 hour flight and a 5 hour timezone change had my body confused about normal sleep cycles - got about 5 hours of sleep last night but was up really early and decided to go out for a run to kill time before breakfast and business meetings today.  May get a second run in later today before heading back home.

PM - 8.0 miles in and around a jungle outside of downtown Singapore - a technical trail run with twists, turns, hills, rocks, roots, monkeys, crocs (or something like a croc) and plenty of heat and humidity.  Actually got turned around and ran further than planned, but it was a good workout to wear me out before my long flight home tonight to help me sleep.  If I could figure out how to post a video or photos on this blog - there was a very unexpected moment where a monkey came up and took Richie's drink bottle and opened it for himself as we were taking photos.  Really interesting experience.

AM - yesterday was a very long travel day of over 26 hours -- so although I was back home by 3 pm - I was too tired to consider a run and instead took a nap.  Daughter #2 was in her high school's homecoming court, so I had to be rested to escort her across the field at halftime during the football game.  Sleep cycles are altered from multiple travel days in different time zones and so I was up early this morning after only 5 hours of sleep but decided to get a short run in to shake things out.  Weather was very pleasant with a cool front having blown through last night.