Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Back to going onto random maps, this time 49, centred on Ringwood and slightly awkward in shape because Eastlink and the bypass cut it into three. I headed for the southeast quarter and ran controls from a Ringwood Wilds street-O from last September. It's a bit hillier than it looks from 10-metre contours, with a reasonably solid climb back up from the bottom in the last 10 minutes, but mostly not too steep (apart from one back street which must be known to others because it's a Strava segment).

Thought I might struggle a bit today coming off a long day yesterday, but this was pretty good. No signs of back issues. Chilly with low cloud not yet having broken up.

In terms of landmarks, this run was notable for things which are no longer there; of the five schools on the 1990 map, only the two Catholic ones still exist, while a more recent disappearance is the Bedford Road level crossing (which I think has only gone in the last few weeks). I noted looking at the 1990 map that, in an interesting juxtaposition, another now non-existent primary school not too far to the west was next door to something labelled on the map as 'Cadbury-Schweppes Pty Ltd Confectionery Division', although I'm not sure whether the school or the chocolate factory was there first.

C • Bedford Rd level crossing 2