Training Log Archive: Vaala

From home over the hills to Sumner. Met up with Emily, Clare and Amber at the top of the Bridle Path and raced them to Evans Pass. Thrashed them too (although I did have to cut some serious corners on Greenword Park to keep ahead but it seemed only fair since they were riding and it was downhill)!! Kept up most of the way down Captain Thomas. Shattered by the time I got to the cafe. Was pretty happy with how I was running today though. It's been a full-on week.

From home up Mt Pleasant, over the Mt Pleasant mtb track, down Greenwood Park to Evans Pass then along the Godley Head track to the Anaconda, down that then along the road back home into a nasty headwind. Not a great ride over the rocks. Feeling quite useless so had to whiz down the Anaconda to cheer myself up. Bit shattered by the time I got home.

Was going to go for a jog and then do some stretches but I was so tired by the time I got home from work so it was a walk instead and no stretches because I was too hungry after that! Saw an albino duck...weird.

C • it's a bit rude... 1

Round Mt Somers with M. Lots and lots of walking/grovelling - M has such massive strides up hill that I slowly die trying to keep up. We had to check out all the waterfalls too. Waterfalls are awesome. Also included in the excitement was losing the track on the way down from the bus stop and ending up in a gorge where I had a panic attack. (Not so) good times. Took quite a while to find a way out after we'd managed to get quite a long way down. That sucked out an awful lot of my mental energy which meant the last stretch from Pinnacles Hut was miserable. But there was a waterfall so that kept me going.

Bit of a painful ride on my own bike with M round to the bottom of Mt Pleasant and back. Pretty much gets a bit too sore within about 5 minutes of riding.

Riding out to the time trial.

On the Jean Claude Tan Dam with M. Pretty good time for the conditions - lovely headwinds on the way out and a few tough patches on the way back too. Hard work.

Home again. It's amazing what favourable winds can do...