Training Log Archive: BB

Pooch walk as I thought it was too cold for Parkrun - did not seem to deter others tho. Wander to Rivett coffee shop and then home. Dog wore a coat part of the way to keep warm.

Well that was a cold night - winds of around 35 km/h and temp about 7C (not in the wind tho). Real blessing was that after the warm up climb to the village centre we did intervals on the flat. But one section of a triangle was into the head wind - so strong you could virtually lean forward and not fall over. After 7 intervals then threw in 5 by 100 metre faster ones - 2 of these were into the wind. Jog back to the cars was pleasant and I was first back by using my O technique to cut thru some grassy area while the others waited for cars at a road crossing.

Cold start to the ride and it got colder as the ride progressed. 2nd on hill sprint despite having been over a mountain yesterday. Pleasant coffee stop as usual which included a discussion about both the demise and the 'rose coloured' merits of being a blue-collar worker.

Tough ride home into a cold and strong headwind - felt like snow was on the way.

Ran with Grant from the War Memorial past the quarry on the side of Mt Ainslie, then over the top of Mt Ainslie and back via a mix of single track and fire trails. Climb very steep after the quarry to the top so had to walk that bit. Nice sunny (but coolish) morning and nice to run on some rough single tracks for a change. Lots of O events to talk about during the run.