Sunday Feb 3 |
 | Run (Cradle-Penguin Track) 18:00 [2]2 km (9:00 / km) | |
| slept:11.0 shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| Attempted a run on the new Penguin to Cradle walking track but it was not very enjoyable. Will came back in a few years when the bushwalkers have actually made a track, rather than following the poles through the long spiky grass as it is at the moment. Gaitors would have been useful.
So back in the van and drove to Cradle Mountain village. |
| Run long (Cradle Mountain Village) 1:32:00 [3]15 km (6:08 / km) | |
| shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| From the transport depot, into town, along the enchanted walk, then the longer and rougher trail in Pencil Pine Valley. Some beautiful old school forest and some open heathland. Really enjoyed this run, but was just about to bonk when I got back to the car. Fruit cake, banana and custard fixed me up! |
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| C • cradle mt 2 |
| Run (Devonport) 31:00 [3]4.5 km (6:53 / km) | |
| shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| Evening run from Leith, west of Devonport before hopping on the ferry back to Melbourne. Nice coastline, but so ROCKY. The whole run was on 1/2 foot to foot sized stones. Took a while to get going and it was hard to take your eyes off the ground, like orienteering in very tough terrain. Good Coast to Coast training though. |
Saturday Feb 2 |
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| Event: Waitangi Summer Carnival
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| Run long (Fenchman's Cap) 5:18:00 [2]31 km (10:15 / km) | |
| slept:8.0 shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| Happy with my decision not to do run Cradle Mountain Run (its a long story), Kathryn and I headed out to Frenchman's Cap. But it was a better further than we thought, and we didn't really want to run all day. We made it to Vera Lake after 2hrs40 and that was far enough. Had lunch and came back. We were running for the first and last 1.5hrs when the track was better and walked the middle bit. The Lodden Plains weren't that sodden and managed to keep the feet realitively dry. |
Friday Feb 1 |
| Run (Pittwater sanddunes) 1:11:03 [3]8.4 km (8:28 / km) | |
| slept:9.5 shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| Orienteering training with Kathryn.
What an awesome map. We ran a course on 1:7500 map on the pine forested area. Heaps of fun and ran quite well. |
| Run (Lake St Clair) 35:00 [3]5.3 km (6:36 / km) | |
| shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| Afternoon run from Lake St Clair. Out on overland track to Watersmeet, then Platypus track, another track, then along the waters edge. Body felt a lot better than previous days.
Then drove west and found a nice camping spot near a lake, but there was hardly any water in the lake. But still nice in the Maui campervan. |
Thursday Jan 31 |
| Run (The Domain Hobart) 27:00 [3]5 km (5:24 / km) | |
| shoes: new NORTH FACE Anurva |
| Afternoon loop on the Domain in Hobart for Fiddlers Handicap. I just jogged but still felt pretty crap.
One of my bags was lost by Tiger Airways and my motivation to run Cradle Mountain is disappearing quickly. |
Wednesday Jan 30 |
| Note | |
| (rest day) |
| Too tired |
Tuesday Jan 29 |
| Run (Traralgon) 39:00 [2]7 km (5:34 / km) | |
| shoes: Nike Bowerman |
| Another easy jog around the parks of Traralgon. Legs not too bad, but lungs/chest still a bit restricted. |
Monday Jan 28 |
| Run 36:00 [2]6 km (6:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Nike Bowerman |
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