Training Log Archive: Vaala

Yeah, the relay at McLeans Island was really not going to happen. Getting out of bed was hard enough.

Came down with the stomach bug that's been floating around Jenni and Carsten's on Friday night but somehow thought I'd be okay to survive a 12 hour rogaine. Felt pretty awful right from the start but it got really bad about 5 hours in so we plotted a route to get me back to the hash house but still get controls. Pretty much couldn't eat anything for the entire race. Also got a wicked electric shock across my back at one point which just was just delightful. Emily and Amber continued on in the dark once they'd dropped me off. Sucked because this was my kind of course (fast-moving terrain, fairly easy navigation). But I did get a nice 3 hours toasting myself around the bonfire with the organisers and St John guys whilst waiting for everyone to finish.

Wednesday night run up Bowenvale (Greig led us up a cool little track I didn't know about but then proceeded to lead straight up through the tussock which wasn't quite so cool) to Huntsbury then round and down through Vic Park. Good fun. I am so relieved people are turning up! Feeling a bit better running than Saturday but my legs are a little exhausted from yesterday's efforts up the hills!

From Jenni and Carsten's up Rapaki and the usual now the top tracks are all open again. Passed a fairly fast runner at the bottom of the last climb up Rapaki and we commented that he'd probably be passing me shortly but I bet him to the top (we both fought pretty hard for the win) and he gave me a round of applause. At the bottom of Dyers I just tootled up to the library to meet Michael before riding home because I'm too scared of Jenni to go back by myself (not counted in time obviously since I was practicing my 'ridiculously slow, almost stationary without falling off' riding skills).

Dropped my road bike off for some serious work (at R&R where the mechanic actually treats me like I know stuff about bikes) then lots of walking around and trying to find the right buses.