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Training Log Archive: jools

In the 30 days ending Apr 30, 2013:

activity	#	time	miles		km		+m
Walking	15	11:10:00	41.01	(16:20)	66.0	(10:09)
Bushwalk	2	10:00:00	11.18	(53:39)	18.0	(33:20)	800
Step into Life group	8	7:20:00	2.8		4.5
run	7	4:11:12	25.76	(9:45)	41.46	(6:04)
MTB ride	2	1:45:00	21.75	(4:50)	35.0	(3:00)
orienteering	2	1:41:31	6.74	(15:03)	10.85	(9:21)
long slow run	1	1:07:00	5.03	(13:19)	8.1	(8:16)
Total	26	37:14:43	114.28		183.91		800

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Tuesday Apr 30, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Monday Apr 29, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

run 39:34 [3] 6.88 km (5:45 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Up & down the creek with Neil. Pushed it a bit, but felt like pushing it.

Saturday Apr 27, 2013 #

Bushwalk 3:00:00 [3] 10.0 km (18:00 / km)

Today was a doddle compared to yesterday. We walked along the Alpine Walking Trail to the top of the Nobs, then along the traverse of the Nobs (very beautiful ridge with great views), and down a really steep 4WD track back to the Jamison river. Neil continued to walk the 3km to the car while I waited with the packs. The river valley seemed full of hunters with their hounds and guns. It seems that the hound hunters frequently get the dogs to sniff out the wild deer and push them down to the river valley where the hunters wait and shoot them when they run along the road (the only clear route for them. Its also rare to see a 2WD vehicle in that part of the country. Everyone (except us ) drives big 4WDs and does BIG camping with all the BIG gear (plus hunting dogs or horses, etc, etc).

C • And everyone has a rifle slung over their shoulders. 1

Friday Apr 26, 2013 #

Bushwalk 7:00:00 [3] ***** 8.0 km (52:30 / km) +800m 35:00 / km

Day one of a 2 day walk. My pack was over 16 kg, more than I should be carrying for my size, fitness and age, I think, as my hips were sore for the whole walk. We had prepared for 3 nights out. The plan was to climb to the top of Mt McDonald from the Jamison River, and continue on a circuit around to Mt Clear over 3 days. The route up the mountain was over a couple of small spurs onto a very steep main spur to the summit. Trouble was that the way was hard to find because of extensive regrowth after the 2007/08 fires. Thick wattle with very little visibility. Once we were in snow gum territory the terrain was rocky and we had to clamber up a number of rock faces. The summit was amazing, and although windy and foggy we did get glimpses of some surrounding peaks. Had a further 3 km along a beautiful spur to get to the campsite, and I was very slow and very tired. Towards the end Neil took some of my weight and I was able to speed up a bit. We camped in a lovely grassy alpine saddle and had a campfire.

Wednesday Apr 24, 2013 #

Step into Life group 50:00 [3]
shoes: Blue Brookes

Tone up session. Lots of pushups, and shoulder work with weights, skipping ropes tonight. A good workout, and a lovely night - should be a full moon tommorrow night.

Monday Apr 22, 2013 #

Step into Life group 1:00:00 [3]
shoes: Blue Brookes

Attended a cardio session tonight. It was good fun; pushing Louise up a hill and trying to stop her from pushing me up the hill. Ran a circuit that included steps and turns etc (a bit like sprint O event terrain). A few different running activities. A lovely night.

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Sunday Apr 21, 2013 #

orienteering 54:05 [3] ** 4.97 km (10:53 / km)
shoes: Innov8a-

State League event at Macedon (well, closer to Woodend really); the course was short and not very technically difficult, although some of the 'shallow gullys' needed some imagination...
The best part of the event was having lunch with Louise and Prue in Woodend afterwards. I think this might become a regular add-on to such events.

Saturday Apr 20, 2013 #

run 47:44 [3] 8.14 km (5:52 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Ran up to Browning Street and back along the creek. Stopped to chat with a woman who was a work colleague at Mount Alexander Shire, who is being treated for breast cancer - it's a long treatment regime and she's very brave and patient.

MTB ride 45:00 [2] 13.0 km (3:28 / km)

Rode the MTB to Koolamurt to attend a couple of music workshops. Enjoyed a drumming workshop and a merimba workshop.

Friday Apr 19, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Thursday Apr 18, 2013 #

Step into Life group 45:00 [4]

Another after work tone up session. We did endless push-ups and used hand weights for lots of shoulder work. Jelly shoulders tonight!

Walking 1:30:00 [1] 8.0 km (11:15 / km)

Walked to work, then to Weeroona oval for Step into Life after work, then home afterwards.

Wednesday Apr 17, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Step into Life group 1:00:00 [4]

Lots of pushups, situps, biceps curls, planks, arm raisers with weights, etc. Hard going for the shoulders.

Tuesday Apr 16, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Monday Apr 15, 2013 #

Step into Life group 1:00:00 [4] 4.5 km (13:20 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Lots of short runs back and forth with partnered squats in between, then a jog along the creek - back and forth. Got the heart rate up when a couple of us finished up with a hard sprint across the oval. Beautiful early morning session.

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Sunday Apr 14, 2013 #

run 30:00 [3] 4.6 km (6:31 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Morning run in Melbourne - down to the MCG, across the railway line to the tennis centre and then back to our accom. Lots of parkland in the East Melbourne area.

Saturday Apr 13, 2013 #

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Walked a lot around Melbourne between our accommodation in East Melbourne, the museum, Lygon St, Southern Cross railway station, and the Richmond football club. Probably walked about 12 km today.

Friday Apr 12, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Thursday Apr 11, 2013 #

run 40:03 [3] 6.53 km (6:08 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Went for a run with Neil instead of attending a tone up session. Needed to offload about a crappy meeting at work.

C • offloading 2

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Wednesday Apr 10, 2013 #

Step into Life group 1:00:00 [4]

Hard tone up session. Push ups, planks, weights with shoulder work, weights with lunges, weights with arm raisers, biceps curls, running with resistance, Louise trying to count to 20 in French while doing shoulder presses with weights in each hand....fun but...phew!

Tuesday Apr 9, 2013 #

Walking 50:00 [1] 5.0 km (10:00 / km)

Monday Apr 8, 2013 #

run 39:24 [4] 6.51 km (6:03 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Went for a run after work with Neil. this started out to be the usual 5 km creek track, but we went further because Neil got angry talking about his work situation ands sped up so we were sprinting at the end!

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Sunday Apr 7, 2013 #

long slow run 1:07:00 [3] 8.1 km (8:16 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Ran on the ridge above Crusoe & No 7res. Beautiful day, I was very slow & walked up most of the hills. Ran to the trig point and visited a hut on the way back.

Saturday Apr 6, 2013 #

Step into Life group 45:00 [4]

Friday Apr 5, 2013 #

run 32:44 [3] 5.1 km (6:25 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Morning run - and it was still dark when I returned home at 6:50! Looking forward to daylight savings ceasing this weekend.

Walking 50:00 [1] 5.0 km (10:00 / km)

Thursday Apr 4, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Wednesday Apr 3, 2013 #

Step into Life group 1:00:00 [3]

run 21:43 [4] 3.7 km (5:52 / km)
shoes: Blue Brookes

Ran to the Step into Life group - but left a bit late and had to push and run faster to get there. Neil came too, but continued for a longer run. At least I had warmed up by the time I got there.

Tuesday Apr 2, 2013 #

Walking 40:00 [1] 4.0 km (10:00 / km)

Monday Apr 1, 2013 #

orienteering 47:26 [3] ** 5.88 km (8:04 / km)

The final of the 4 orienteering events this Easter. Thsi was at Crusoe Reservoir. The terrain was very fast. My navigation was a bit messy because I wsn't concentrting as well as I should. Enjoyable.

MTB ride 1:00:00 [2] 22.0 km (2:44 / km)

Rode the bikes to and from orienteering

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