Training Log Archive: SimonB

out to redcliffes job and back via bank, im rich biyatch!!

up to takahe

uo from takahe to flyin nun up that to marley hill where i lost dennis and tane so went over to worseleys ridge but they werent there so went back up marley hill and i could see them running down below so went back down flying nun to summit road and along to the kiwi where we met up. then we cruised up summit road to thomsons track, then down through vic park to harry el walkway and takahe, ANKLE SORE!

me and tane after run went up to kiwi then home via tane's and cycleway

i weighed 85kg when i got home... thats pretty sick... so im eating a loaf of bread right now. it seems i have tendonitis in my left achilles now cos it hurts like my right achilles did last year... how gay is that! so perhaps will have to stop running and just stick to cycling on flat surfaces that surround christchurch.... hooray

C • haha 2

front runner 5k - well was going pretty cruisey for first two laps then put in the pace on last lap, caught the chick who i was aiming to catch right on the finish line, i think i ran within myself quite a bit because i wasnt hurting that much when i crossed the line, perhaps will go harder next week.

C • Shot cuz 2

gained the ridge again and then tried to find my cairn but vis was even less than yesterday, so just went off the ridge, was incredibly steep and slippery but i cautiously cautiously bashed made my way down. eventually figured out that i'd walked to far and missed my cairn by a spur as i came down the creek it met up with the river i wanted to come down! walked down Rocky ck to the biv had some breakfast and continued on. eventually found the track to the road and began to take that when i figured i should just bush bash down to the Taipo and get to the car faster, so did that. came to a huge bluff above the taipo, must be a gorge! anyway boosted down the bluff by hanging from tree to tree and hit the valley floor in no time. crossed the river and jogged to the car.

didnt see anyone the whole time nor any footprints, i did however see a million deer footprints running all over the show.

ran along the Taipo to Seven Mile ck hut had a huge dump then crossed the river and headed up to the Tara Tama range ridge, once i got to the tops the weather packed in an i could only see about thirty metres, managed to freak out and loose the ridge at some point but got back on it as i relocated once i descended to a basin bit, got back on the ridge and motored along, built a cairn for where i thought i should descend on return trip. descended ridge to Scottys biv and followed a deer the whole way down, it kept turning around and growling at me! made it to the hut and went to beddys!

C • who'd you go with? Yourself? 3