Training Log Archive: jennycas

A Grand Day Out
No O events in SA this weekend, and Neil's talk of mapping Bendigo's goldmining wastelands at 1:5 000 had piqued my curiosity, and I had enough frequent flyer points for a day trip to Melbourne, and enough time (just) for brunch with friends before getting a lift with Blair to orienteering.

This was a great little area (for some reason I was reminded of orienteering in Alice Springs, where the vegetation is likewise low and scrubby and the ground rocky underfoot with a bit of man-made detritus) and I enjoyed it a lot, on one of those clear but cold sunny winter's afternoons which make you glad to be outdoors and 600+ km away from work. Was feeling mentally very tired so didn't try to run hard, but still twice came unstuck in the flat swampy no-man's land to the NW, not properly realising that the features were mapped to ISSOM. Or maybe I was distracted by the amazing odour of baking fruit buns wafting through the western part of the map. Also I kept hearing the sound of horses cantering and whinnying nearby, and thought I would have a story to tell Zara about 'wild brumbies', so when I eventually saw them, was slightly disappointed that they had saddles and riders!

C • Missed you! 2

C • Nearly brunbies 8

B&S are back! We have a running group again! Happy Callum :)
I enjoyed hearing from Simon all about WOC on a redwoods run which included the new Danish girl Kathrine who's in Adelaide until November.

Sunset run up Hillrise, tunnel X-over MTB track, down through Linton quarries. Tired today (G got home after 1am from erecting lightpoles in the city) but pushed hard uphill and just managed this without a headlamp although my way back down through the cemetery was lit by tiny little 'candles' glowing on the headstones.

C • Lightpoles 3

Torrens weir-zoo footbridge river loop with Ben & Toby. Their casual-jog pace is a bit faster than mine, so this was more of a tempo run for me :)

Legs weren't keen to work tonight - knees fine after yesterday but butt muscles rather less so from bracing in order to save my knees - but I eventually convinced them to do so after lots of stretching stops. Surprised to see how many '50s fibro houses in St Marys and Pasadena have recently been knocked down in anticipation of building 2 dwellings on the one block.

Walked up Mt Lofty & back in the fog this morning with a friend - at fairly leisurely pace because someone (not me) was feeling the effects of a big night out, so coffee at the top was highly relevant - and afterwards the sun came out, my knees hadn't stiffened up yet, and I thought I'd go see how the waterfalls on Fourth Creek at Morialta compared to those on First Creek at Watefall Gully. Legs were pretty tired and I didn't hurry, especially not on the slippery downhills. It beat spending the afternoon doing housework though :)