Singing in the mud

Hey look! It has stopped raining. For now. But the Christchurch metservice tell us that things are looking pretty good up until about Monday next week, wahoo!

As I've mentioned earlier, The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest will be going ahead come rain or shine, so you may as well get out and do some training in the mud. Come on, mud's fun! Remember as a kid making mud pies? Granted it probably wasn't winter, but that's what thermals are for. 

Being in a forest, the tracks at Bottle Lake are quite protected from wind and sun, but this also means they take quite some time to dry out. So if you head there for a blat in the next couple of days, expect some serious puddles and lots of mud spraying up your back. Then you come out looking like a hard ass and everyone will think you're tough.

If you're not keen on a bit of training in the elements then take advantage of these next few days of predicted reasonably fine weather. Even if you're getting exercise in spurts, at least your'e 

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