Training Log Archive: jennycas

Leisurely day in Hobart with George. Suspicions of a cold coming on. Gave a couple of German backpackers a lift back from the top of Mt Wellington. They walked up - we didn't!

I deciede to treat this like a rogaine and just focus on getting to the controls one at a time. And boy was I tentative! Any patch of bracken, ti-tree, or buttongrass, that I couldn't see where I was putting my feet, i slowed right down and walked one step at a time so as not to bash my shin on anything hidden. Any time I wanted to read the map, I had to stop to do so because I dared not take my eyes off the ground while running - I needed to see where I was putting my feet.

Consequently it was a very slow process, but a fairly clean run (jog). The only control I had trouble with was the last control, though I lost about 5 min when I stopped to readjust the bandage on my leg then forgot I had left my compass on the ground and had to go back for it. I still hate swamps with a passion, and may find an excuse to be somewhere else next March if that's where the NOL races are (could be a good opportunity to run 6-foot track?)

Pancakes at Mt Elephant Pancake barn were just what I needed afterwards :)

Event: SILVA National Orienteering League
 

I was happy with this - ran fairly fast though was tentative around corners and anywhere I could potentially stack it. Route choice generally good and I read the buildings okay; the only leg I'm not happy with was when I blindly followed Hanny instead of doing my own navigating (2-loop format and it was the beginning of her first loop, whereas I'd already had one loop to read the buildings.)

George and I drove the back way to St Helens via Ben Lomond NP. The road into the ski village at 1500m is impressive, especially the zigzag up the cliff face on Jacob's Ladder. Walked to Legges Tor, the second highest point in Tas at 1573m.

Around Coles Bay and up into the forest a bit. Perfectly happy not to have gone orienteering in this bush with the others yesterday. Muscle around hole has stopped aching so should be okay for the sprint, still not sure about the tea-tree swamps at St Helens.

Fun day driving back to Launceston with George and Lauren via the blowhole at Bicheno, Pyengana cheese factory, St Columba falls, and best of all, Ralph's falls; in the middle of nowhere up the Mt Victoria range, you walk through myrtle forest with moss and mushrooms to the edge of a dropoff where a ribbon waterfall curves down the cliff. Stunning and freezing!

Very short and stiff jog around Coles Bay trying to get my knee to bend. No more blood so I think it will be okay. The hole is starting to heal from the edges like it should.

Walked over to Wineglass Bay in the afternoon with George and dipped my toes in the ocean.

Very short walks around Coles Bay and found a couple of caches. Geoge and I missed out on the freezing cold run but we did get wet chopping and carting firewood.

Driving to Coles Bay after grocery shopping. Leg very uncomfortable in the car.