Walking 24:51 [4]
weight:59.9kg shoes: old blue trailrocs
PB!! ***11:36*** from Bot Gardens firetrail Gate to top of Blackie (via South of Quarry path).
It's an all time PB for this segment. I rarely do it hard, usually a walk day to recover or a chatty walk with the Fred. My records say that previous best was 11:53 in June 2017. Since I seem to be more of a walker than runner these days am going to mark these sorts of achievements more often.
Cycled to blackie after 2 mugs of tea, warm but not too hot. The weather not the tea. First lap to top in 13:15, straight down via Run-up, right at concrete path, down Pump house path to the Gate. 2nd lap was the PB. It was spontaneous, just decided to go harder. Noticed that I was pretty fast to Circumcision path so pushed up the next bit then ran the concrete path and the stairs with very jelly legs, and got a good time. Had to wait til home to check numbers.
Riding home I really struggled on the first tiny hill on Frith rd. Felt great at home so only had my potato-electrolyte-magic-drink and a few cherry toms. A few hours later I had "breakfast" at 12.30 - good metabolic adaptation :)
Running 19:37 [3]
shoes: old blue trailrocs
the 2 run downs - they felt good.
Fastest descent was 9:12
Fastest loop (including rest at top) was 21:55