Training Log Archive: grilla

Well... this was supposed to be a 23 km trail run in the cool and misty southern highlands. It turned out to be very hot and more like a road run up then down a mountain, then along an undulating bit, then turn back and do it backwards. Nat and I made it to the 13 km turn. My legs were busted especially my bad hip and quads too. Nat was feeling cooked from the heat (my couple of midday runs in the last month might have helped me acclimatise a bit better). So that was enough. We struggled to get back to the finish, but made it and even ran (jogged) the last downhill. Not wanting to face another hot run or hear cicadas again for a long time. Absolutely deafening. I had to work to pop my ears quite regularly due to pressure build up! There were some nice views and some nice forest, but the drive down past Neriga the day before had better ones.

Nice to cool off in the surf after!

Taking it fairly easy as was wearing a contact lens again (tried right eye this time) (no better). Also was wearing runners as left o-shoes in car and could not face going back to get them in the mind altered state I was in (contact lens induced).

It was bin night and these shoes went directly there afterwards...