Sunday Nov 11 |
 | Running long 2:30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Drove inland on some dirt roads (ran over a snake) into the Budawang Mountains. More stunning scenery - thick bush/rainforest with massive cliffs circling each mountain. Picked a proper small bushwalking path up Mt Bushwalker and Talaterang Mt. It was a lot thicker and involved more scrambling than we expected, so actually took us 5 hours (mainly walking and fighting) rather than the expected 2 hours (so I've counted 2.5hrs as training). As a result we returned very scratched and dehydrated and hungry. But the views were worth it. |
Saturday Nov 10 |
| Running 47:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Went for a weekend away at Ulladulla on the NSW coast with Gracie. Beautiful beaches and mountains, and nice and sunny and warm to boot. Feels like I'm properly in Oz going to places like this. Ran from Tabourie Lake, across a sandbar and round some island, down the beach to Termeil Lake and back through the bush. Saw an echidna (big, cute and spikey) and a beached stingray (big and spikey). |
| Running 30:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Late arvo run from our cabin around the Ulladulla Headland on little paths. Great view of the ocean but, alas, no whales. Did see some big sea eagles though. |
Friday Nov 9 |
| Running 50:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Sheppa took me out for a cruise round Bruce ridge. I incurred his wrath when I cut a corner on a singletrack. Felt pretty crap. |
Thursday Nov 8 |
| Running 55:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Out over Gossan Hill, Bruce Ridge, edge of Blackie and back through Aranda. Slightly too warm for a thermal but too cold for a t-shirt. Went with the thermal. Good choice. Not feeling great, but ok. |
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| C • cor stress and pressure 1 |
Wednesday Nov 7 |
| Orienteering race (Mt Taylor summer series) 32:00 [4] | |
| shoes: adidas swoops |
| Bit of a head cold going on so took it as a cruise and hit everything fine. Got a reasonable pace going although not as good as Rob who was a good 1.5mins ahead of me. The terrain's so fast over here, which is good cos hopefully I'll sharpen up over the winter (summer). Time includes about 25 seconds warm-up/down. |
Tuesday Nov 6 |
| Running 1:10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Around Ainslie with Gracie mainly on big tracks which were a bit dull, but we did a bit of bush bashing too cos I thought I knew where we were but my memory wasn't as good as I thought it was. Felt dead stiff. Not particularly liking the weather in Canberra at the mo. Other than that, it's great to be back! |
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| C • bashing 2 |
Monday Nov 5 |
| Running 39:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Woke up dead early so went for a morning cruise round Aranda and Mt Painter. Didn't see any kangeroos but nice to be visiting these old haunts. Felt wide awake for the first 5mins, then regretted being out of bed for the rest of the run. |
| Running 57:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Cascadia somethings |
| Evening cruise with Gracie up the Pinnacle and Mt Painter. Saw shed loads of kangeroos this time. |