6m? in Geneva: Tenke Reps, Mouette missed, stuck on a bus and a storm

Not too sure how far today but it was an adventure and a half.

Out almost too early for the 12:30 Mouette to Geneve Plage P&R where our RV with Tenke was. So we went the long way down to the lake via the Botanical Gardens and the underpass. Aurelien jumped over a 5 foot tree stump just because it was there. I thought the risk was just not worth it. In the end we just made it to the boat on time and with Aurelien leading at pace we had to sprint the last section to make sure we got the boat.

On the other side Tenke was there looking even more uber elite than ever with the cool shades and showing off her tan and belly button piercing - which I've never seen before today.

With my Garmin officially dead and Tenke having the chepo -1 version with no workout facility we came up with 1km on .5km recovery. Aurelien missed the bit about the beep every 500m and we lost him on rep 2 as he thought the first .5km beep was the end of the rep and so he stopped running.

We managed 4 reps through the clouds of bugs on the lake side and Tenke set the 4min per km pace a shade punchier on reps 3 and 4 so I made them 3:54, 3:53, 3:45 and 3:45. Unfortunately, the last one was not fast enough to get us to the ferry stop and we missed the boat back by a about one minute. Aurelien spotted a bus so we tanked it along the dual carriage way - head on to the traffic - to make it to the bus stop after the stop that the bus was at. It waited there for ages. Then we got stuck in traffic on the bridge at the city and so as the thunder started and the sky turned black and the temperature plummeted we headed cross town, via the kebab shop and red light district. A car was reversing into a parking space and so I went around the front thinking I had taken the low risk option as Aurelien went round the back. The guy saw Aurelien and decided to re-adjust his angle and throws the car into forward gear and it leaps straight into my path - I have to jump and sprint at full speed to avoid it smashing into me. As we come over the same road there is a 2 foot high crash barrier for the cars which I jump - amazingly the tree stump jumper fluffs this one and stumbles narrowly avoiding going flying. Nearly back to the office and the rain is monsoon style and I kick for home coming out of the big tunnel below the office as all the suits stand at the tunnel exit wishing they had an umbrella with them.

Phew what an adventure!