Training Log Archive: Mounty

Up at Norah Head for the annual rellie bash. Evening run on the back of backyard lunch with 31(!) peeps, and great surf at Soldiers Beach.

The Xmas surf is always an interesting checkpoint in the kid's development. Not long ago that Katrin and I would juggle minding the kids in the shallows with having a body-surf ourselves. This year found myself out the back with Annika discussing the finer points of wave selection while Tom was happily zipping in and out standing on his surfboard.

Ran south along the beach at dusk feeling good. Turned after half an hour to realise I had only felt good due to a strong tailwind. Plodded home in to the Nor' Easter.

Love it when the logistical juggles come off. The Belgies wanted to go to Warringah Mall to get some Aussie stuff - a bold plan on the 24th December. Instead of trying to park I dropped them off, then parked over at the softball field. Ran up the beaches - Curly, coast track, dee why to the top of the golf course then back on the bitumen. Jumped in the car, picked up the happy belgians and home for coffee. Nice.

Left hammie tight from squeezing on to annikas boat yesterday meant paddle today instead of a run. Slow and easy down to castle cove, aiming to loosen the hammie with the easy cycling action of legs in the boat.

Awful lot of fish about. Suprised not to see Ezy.

Used the day's activity window to go sailing with Annika down at Manly rather than running (yes - this did mean stretching said window). Spectacular day with 15kts of breeze. My cunning plan to develop little sailors who can sail with me when the running knees give out is going well.

Went to super-physio Gav in the evening. Not suprised to see right spiral line tightness had left right leg rather short, having not been there for a while. Copped a bashing, left taller. So good. Interesting to note that kick-boxing has added a new tightness to the usual asymmetry (right adductors).

Slow easy trot around Killarney, with an extension on the end out the middle spur. Discovered a track off the end of the firetrail down to the water which would make a ripper Bantry Bay loop shortcut at low tide. Stopped next to the water for 10 minutes purely because it was a very pleasant place to sit at a very pleasant time of day.

Bit of a pant soiling moment on the Killarney single track when I met a brown snake. It was just as suprised as me and tried to get away, but I had to jump over it. urgh.

Last session of the year. My kick has improved a lot since the Thailand trip. Reckon I could confidently face up to a 9 year old now.

Leg loosener in to North Sydney. With 5 Belgians arrived for Xmas, working from home ain't gonna work this week.

Glutes tired. Not sure if from running up hills, or squeezing myself on to a Manly Junior yesterday morning. Probably a bit of both.