Escapee

Didn't run this morning afterall. Took advantage of the fact that the conference wasn't starting until 9am today so I had a rare weekday sleep in. This meant that I was up at 630am instead of 530am, total bliss!! Got dropped off at the station, my last ever trip in the crappy little Daewoo, thank god. I dropped my sport bag off at the office then doubled back to Degraves Street for a heart starter at Degraves Espresso. I also had some sour dough toast with the best homemade raspberry jam I have ever had, there was no sugar in it so it was nice and tart with that gorgeous berry flavour just the way I like it. On the way to Crown I stopped in at Glicks for a bagel, so I could avoid the temptations of the pastries on offer at morning tea. Conference, ughh, what ever. One of the speakers this morning saw fit to put up some family pictures as part of his presentation, "this is my daughter, these are my boys, that young woman there who looks like my daugther is my wife, she is half my age", WTF!!! I am still trying to figure out what the hell it had to do with his presentation and why I had to know that. What a wanker, I mean seriously, I was waiting for him to tell us how big his willy was next. And I am generally not one to notice male attention, but I have just spent the last 2 days being given the once over by every 2nd guy I met, not nice. Any wonder I opted out of the Dinner last night, 4 hours in a room fending off the attentions of liquored up delegates on a night away from the wife, ghastly, my poor manager had to tell a couple of guys where to go. Not a great state of affairs really, the suffragetes would be appalled. Anyway, I took off at about 3:45, I couldn't take it anymore and just wanted a run. Luckily I had a massage booked last night and with knots worked out of my hammy's and calves I was able to get out for a good 15Km today, well 15.15 to be precise, and you know I like to be precise :-), it took me 1:18:48. Instead of heading along the Yarra Trail when I got to The Tan I headed up anti-clockwise and then crossed over to Fawkner Park and did about 4Kms through there as well, then back down The Tan and to the office. And, I was picked up from the station in my brand spanking new car, lovely!