Field notes.

I find it very easy to sink into a routine. Having a predicable schedule makes it easy to prepare for the week ahead and while there's a limit to the amount on uncertantity I can introduce during the week I've been trying to incorporate more chaos during the weekends.

Which is why I'm sitting in the 24 hour Pancake Parlour at 11pm writing this and eating the Bavarian Apple stack.

There are more people here than I anticipated, forgetting my headphones means I can hear the cacophony of conversations around - from the uni students cramming, to the families jeering. A reminder that chaos by its nature is unpredictabe and while you can seek it out it's never going to be exactly what you expected.

One thing I've found that helps after a long run is to do a fast (<4:00min/km) speed session the following to squeeze all the lactic acid out of your legs.

At least that's what I wanted to believe on the treadmill this morning.