Training Log Archive: Tynomite

2:02 PM. Paradise. Temperature: 31.1 °C
Burned 910 calories.
3hr Minigaine

Fern, Patrick and I took part in the 3hr Minigaine as the greates team that there ever were. Our plan was loose, our enthusiasm was good, but not amazing, our preparation was non-existent. That made us an awesome family team. The first issue came on our way to te first checkpoint where a crossing point wasn't exactly pram friendly..... The crossing point was a hole in the fence; big enough to crawl through but required the pram to be unloaded, folded up, passed through and keep going. only problem there was the 30 other teams doing the same leg, having to wait for us to get through the hole. We were swift but the queue grew longer as we were getting through. It was pretty smooth sailing for while after that, until i made a wrong turn briefly after miscounting intersections.... Poor form. At the half way point (control 41) we had a compulsory playground stop (mostly for me, but Patrick had fun too) which ate up about 15min of our time. Following this, we had a little man that didn't really want to be in the pram, so once we punched the Haarsma control, we let the little gu walk with us for a bit, dropping our pace a fair bit. By this time, we wrote of the rest of the plan and opted for icecreams and 3 more controls, then pizza. We ended up with 700 points (including our bonuses) but were pipped by those people who wrangled more bonus points with fancy dress and having novices in their team (a total of 150 pts). It was amazing to think that this was Patrick's third rogaine, he's a champ. Patrick destroyed about 50kg out of the 100kg of watermelon available, while we just watched in awe of how red a yellow t-shirt can change with a fruit that is 99% water. Amy, Emma and Jenny did a good job putting on the event.

5:05 PM. Hawthorndene. Temperature: 2.4 °C
Burned 396 calories.
Frank Smith and Blackwood Forest

A nice run after work. I haven't done any runs around the 'dene lately.

Covered in crap from the road again after the rain last night.
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Nice.
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7:46 AM. Myrtle Bank.
Burned 421 calories.
Myrtle Bank to Work

Tough run in. Yeesh

4:10 PM. Kent Town.
Burned 455 calories.
Work to Myrtle Bank

Slightly less tough run out. Got caught for ages at Greenhill/Fullarton Roads while the lights were out. The cop was being more generous with waving traffic through than the lights are.

Nice ride in.
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Getting steamy. Fingers crossed for some thunder later...
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