Training Log Archive: StijnIn the 31 days ending Dec 31, 2017:
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Sunday Dec 31, 2017 #
7 AM
Road Running warm up/down 11:02 [2] 1.6 km (6:54 / km) +80m 5:31 / km
ahr:161 max:177 shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Walk/run warm-up to Rhodes Mem.
Trail Running 1:50:23 9.9 km (11:09 / km) +1036m 7:19 / km
ahr:175 max:193 shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Ryan Sandes' Devil's Peak FKT with Kev & Enrique. Quite rainy and windy so slippery but fun conditions :) Overall time was 1h58m, including some short breaks to regroup. Reckon I can go closer to 1h40m next time...
TE 5 http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192703316
TE 5 http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192703316
9 AM
Road Running warm up/down 8:22 [2] 1.8 km (4:39 / km) +30m 4:17 / km
ahr:160 max:190 shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Jog back to car after coffee.
Friday Dec 29, 2017 #
7 AM
Road Running 1:06:40 13.4 km (4:59 / km) +202m 4:38 / km
ahr:169 max:192 shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 19
Gorgeous burbs run through Bishopscourt and Constantia.
TE 4.5 http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192389089
TE 4.5 http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192389089
10 AM
Climbing 1:00:00 [4] +70m
At CityRock with Jo. Applied WWRD* thinking and led the steepest prow in the gym :)
17,17L,18L,20L,22,23,19,23
*What Would Rob Do
17,17L,18L,20L,22,23,19,23
*What Would Rob Do
Thursday Dec 28, 2017 #
9 AM
Hiking 2:21:52 [1] 6.0 km (2.5 kph) +589m
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Hike up Myburgh's Waterfall Ravine on Table Mountain with a big group of friends. Planned to come down Llandudno Ravine but ended up on the Llandudno Buttress scramble route instead. Lovely hike :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192287218
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192287218
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017 #
7 AM
Trail Running 1:05:41 11.8 km (5:34 / km) +332m 4:53 / km
ahr:172 max:198 shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Fun trail run on Signal Hill & Lion's Head with Kev and Neal. Some good intervals in there!
TE 4.9 http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192137530
TE 4.9 http://www.movescount.com/moves/move192137530
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017 #
8 AM
Walking 45:03 [1] 3.0 km (15:01 / km)
2 PM
Climbing 1:00:00 [4] +90m
At CityRock with Jo & Matt. Really crimpy 22 right at my limit - and some fun easier slopey routes as well.
16,17,18,20,22,20,19 + bouldering
16,17,18,20,22,20,19 + bouldering
Monday Dec 25, 2017 #
7 AM
Road Running 54:09 10.5 km (5:09 / km) +40m 5:04 / km
shoes: Asics Gel Nimbus 19
Sunday Dec 24, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 1:28:22 [1] 5.9 km (4.0 kph) +205m
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Chilled hike at Kirstenbosch with friends, dogs & babies in tow :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move191676477
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move191676477
Saturday Dec 23, 2017 #
9 AM
Climbing 1:00:00 [4] +80m
Climbing again! :) At CityRock Cape Town with Jo. Got some work to do and skin is soft & burning again, but at least still managed to climb a 21 :)
16,18,18,20,(21),19,21 + some bouldering
16,18,18,20,(21),19,21 + some bouldering
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017 #
Note
Some overall stats for my 5 weeks in New Zealand:
25 days in the mountains
502km on foot
22570m vert
Approximately 17 billion waterfalls
Such an incredible trip - full of the wild adventure I was looking for :)
https://ar.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_4372/p...
25 days in the mountains
502km on foot
22570m vert
Approximately 17 billion waterfalls
Such an incredible trip - full of the wild adventure I was looking for :)
https://ar.attackpoint.org/viewlog.jsp/user_4372/p...
2 PM
Hiking 2:51:50 [2] 14.4 km (5.0 kph) +1025m
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Up Queenstown Hill and the Tiki Track to the top of the Gondola. Nice views for my last little hike in NZ.
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move191037398
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move191037398
Monday Dec 18, 2017 #
7 AM
Trail Running 44:54 [3] 8.7 km (5:10 / km) +19m 5:06 / km
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Saturday Dec 16, 2017 #
7 AM
Hiking 1:11:40 [1] 4.9 km (4.1 kph) +129m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
Pouring with rain when I woke up so just a short hike back to where the shuttle would pick me up for Milford Sound.
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754362
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754362
Friday Dec 15, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 4:56:43 [1] 19.5 km (3.9 kph) +477m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
The predicted cold front arrived but I only had one easy km to get back to the Routeburn and all the way back along it to camp at Lake Howden. Head down and slog kinda day.
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754427
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754427
Thursday Dec 14, 2017 #
6 AM
Mountaineering 6:48:20 [2] 12.3 km (1.8 kph) +1194m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
Such an incredible day!!
I was pretty nervous about doing the traverse solo, but had an ice axe with me for the snowy bits and kept reminding myself to be cautious and turn around if things got hairy. I was attempting the route pretty early in the season, but the recent dry spell should have melted more snow than usual.
Got an early start to give myself as much time as possible too. The full traverse from North Col to Lake Wilson is only 12km, but we're talking no path, no cairns, complex micro-nav to avoid getting cliffed-out, frequent scrambling and many snowfields to traverse/avoid.
And it all went off without a hitch :) Insane views all day, with snow-capped mountains and lakes all around. Really enjoyed the challenge too and only had to backtrack a few times when faced with an exposed scramble I wasn't comfortable with.
Set up camp in the Valley of the Trolls just past Lake Wilson at 3pm :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754348
I was pretty nervous about doing the traverse solo, but had an ice axe with me for the snowy bits and kept reminding myself to be cautious and turn around if things got hairy. I was attempting the route pretty early in the season, but the recent dry spell should have melted more snow than usual.
Got an early start to give myself as much time as possible too. The full traverse from North Col to Lake Wilson is only 12km, but we're talking no path, no cairns, complex micro-nav to avoid getting cliffed-out, frequent scrambling and many snowfields to traverse/avoid.
And it all went off without a hitch :) Insane views all day, with snow-capped mountains and lakes all around. Really enjoyed the challenge too and only had to backtrack a few times when faced with an exposed scramble I wasn't comfortable with.
Set up camp in the Valley of the Trolls just past Lake Wilson at 3pm :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754348
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017 #
11 AM
Hiking 3:42:40 [2] 8.2 km (2.2 kph) +576m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
Woke to rain, was hoping for better weather in the afternoon, so got a late start when it cleared a bit. Socked in again after an hour so had an extended 4-hour lunch break in a little bivvy cave :) Skies cleared properly at 3pm so I pushed on to reach the 1-man bivvy cave high up the North Col pass, which was about as close as I could get to the traverse for the next day.
Surprisingly rough going up the pass with plenty of proper bush-fighting, slippery boulders and river-wading. Such a cool spot to spend the night though!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754401
Surprisingly rough going up the pass with plenty of proper bush-fighting, slippery boulders and river-wading. Such a cool spot to spend the night though!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754401
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 6:45:33 [2] 26.6 km (3.9 kph) +1272m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
There was one alpine traverse that I had my eye on for the entire trip and the weather forecast predicted one perfect day in the middle of a rainy week. The plan: use the rainy days to set myself up for the Serpentines traverse on the perfect day and then hike out in the rain again :)
Day 1 was a long slog along the first 2 days of the Routeburn Track with a heavy 5-day camping load. Pretty good weather and got some amazing views! It is a Great Walk after all ;)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754384
Day 1 was a long slog along the first 2 days of the Routeburn Track with a heavy 5-day camping load. Pretty good weather and got some amazing views! It is a Great Walk after all ;)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move190754384
Sunday Dec 10, 2017 #
10 AM
Trail Running 1:55:36 [3] 21.4 km (5:24 / km) +109m 5:16 / km
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Along the Te Anau lakeshore path to Brod Bay and back. Really fun section through the forest with soft conditions underfoot after all the recent rain :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189838535
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189838535
Friday Dec 8, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 2:00:00 [1] 9.5 km (4.7 kph) +50m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
I was catching the ferry back at 11:45, so had a leisurely start. Other than the swarms of sandflies which made packing up the tent immensely frustrating... After crossing the river yet again it was an easy amble back past all the hikers ("you're going the wrong way!" :-/) to Glade Wharf.
Watch died, so data is estimated.
Watch died, so data is estimated.
Thursday Dec 7, 2017 #
6 AM
Trail Running 9:03:30 [3] 55.9 km (9:43 / km) +2167m 8:09 / km
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Such an incredible run! The mountain steepness here is on another level and I was surrounded by waterfalls pretty much all day :)
Early start with just my running vest and after crossing the river again had great running conditions with the track being so good. My aim was to get to Sutherland Falls (NZ's highest waterfall - 580m) and back, which did involve a double-crossing of McKinnon Pass which kept me honest! Lucky I got to cross it a second time as the views were blocked by mist on my first crossing.
Saw lots of people and had to explain myself to several rangers, showing photos of my campsite location to prove I was camping legally.
Pretty worked by the end of the day but oh so worth it!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189585629
Early start with just my running vest and after crossing the river again had great running conditions with the track being so good. My aim was to get to Sutherland Falls (NZ's highest waterfall - 580m) and back, which did involve a double-crossing of McKinnon Pass which kept me honest! Lucky I got to cross it a second time as the views were blocked by mist on my first crossing.
Saw lots of people and had to explain myself to several rangers, showing photos of my campsite location to prove I was camping legally.
Pretty worked by the end of the day but oh so worth it!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189585629
Wednesday Dec 6, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 7:20:28 [2] 20.0 km (2.7 kph) +1246m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
The Milford Track was fully booked out 6 months in advance and I thought I'd save R3000 anyway by exploiting DOC's rule that you are allowed to camp for free at least 500m off the track. This is very difficult to do on the Milford since it is almost entirely contained by glacially-carved valleys where you hit a cliff before the required 500m. But I did my research and found a perfect spot about 10km into the hike.
In order to skip the ferry to the start (and to get some more adventure), I slogged up and over Dore Pass, which was quite a challenge with a heavy backpack. The route doesn't really have a path but is occasionally marked with orange tags. It reminded me so much of a Berg pass with the initial bundubashing and boulder-hopping up the river :)
Spectacular views over the Clinton Valley at the top and then quite a frustrating 900m descent through thick forest with plenty of tree-fall. Once I was on the Milford (huge manicured path), it was just a matter of finding the right spot to wade across the river and bundubash up to my scouted spot. Perfect!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189585635
In order to skip the ferry to the start (and to get some more adventure), I slogged up and over Dore Pass, which was quite a challenge with a heavy backpack. The route doesn't really have a path but is occasionally marked with orange tags. It reminded me so much of a Berg pass with the initial bundubashing and boulder-hopping up the river :)
Spectacular views over the Clinton Valley at the top and then quite a frustrating 900m descent through thick forest with plenty of tree-fall. Once I was on the Milford (huge manicured path), it was just a matter of finding the right spot to wade across the river and bundubash up to my scouted spot. Perfect!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189585635
Monday Dec 4, 2017 #
8 AM
Hiking 6:53:51 [2] 34.8 km (5.0 kph) +915m
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Return hike back to The Divide where I caught a shuttle back to Te Anau. 4km extra value added going back to the hut thinking I had left my Kindle behind. It was in my pack all along :-/
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189092893
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189092893
Sunday Dec 3, 2017 #
9 AM
Hiking 7:53:01 [2] 42.8 km (5.4 kph) +1220m
shoes: Asics Gel Fuji Trabuco 6
Was in the mood for something lighter and faster. And with the weather on the tops looking suboptimal, I linked 2 long valley walks into a fast-packing overnighter. Caples-Greenstone: easy hiking, wide valley views and a great night at the Greenstone Hut!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189092992
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move189092992
Friday Dec 1, 2017 #
7 AM
Hiking 8:14:52 [2] 21.5 km (2.6 kph) +1045m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
Dusky Day 5. Clear skies when I started but the clouds rolled in and the drizzle started. Super-technical slippery climb up Centre Pass and unfortunately no wandering about the tops would happen in this weather :-/ Decided to rather push hard past the next hut and try catch the 5pm ferry, hence combining the last 2 days.
Pushing it meant plenty if frustration and slipping, but made good time and caught the 4:15 ferry instead.
All in all a really wild experience! And I seem to have caught it in pretty much the best conditions :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move188646568
Pushing it meant plenty if frustration and slipping, but made good time and caught the 4:15 ferry instead.
All in all a really wild experience! And I seem to have caught it in pretty much the best conditions :)
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move188646568