Foul weather so had to abandon plans to run over Kaukau and around Ohariu Valley – will keep that run for next weekend, fingers crossed. Could barely see the tops of the hills for low cloud and rain but it was the gusty wind that really put me off heading up to the summit.

Settled instead for suburb-to-city-to-sea run, 16.5km round-trip through Kelburn, the university, down to the waterfront, back to Kaiwharawhara and home via Old Porirua Rd. Hadn’t quite counted on how hard Old Porirua would be after more than an hour’s running but took it slow and got to the top just fine. Will aim for an abbreviated Kaukau run tomorrow.

Today’s run: 16.5km, 98 mins