Training Log Archive: Lizzie

Running drills up at khandallah school, followed by a lap of the 'sand dunes'. This contains 0% sand or dunes, but is the Ingham family cbf with hills or mud run, usually resorted to on days that are just too cold/wet/dark, or to stretch out the legs.

That said, it does have this little beaut of a hill. Roughly 80m with 15m climb.
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-41.2499736,174.792...
Affectionately called the "hill with no contours" as it's completely absent on the Wellington OC map of Ngaio/Khandallah. The cartographer must have either not field-checked the street, or be the most amazing hill runner ever to consider it flat!

C • lack of fieldchecking 2

WU. home up to khandallah park and the look out behind, then through to the school. Too hidden beneath kaukau to get gps.

Got into NZ at midnight, had breakfast and the morning with Rita and Sam down in Chch, then finally home to wellington at lunchtime.

Drove down to Wilton bush so I could get a flat warm up and not straight into the hills. A couple of km along the undulating blue track in the valley, before heading up toward the skyline.



Knee feeling good so continued up to the top of Otari, too nice a day to pass up.


View north to Mt Kaukau


South over the windmills and to the South Island, just peaking out of the clouds

and East over the harbour...


Down the electricity board road, up behind the bush again, and down my favourite track in Wellington. (will set up a strava segment there i think...)

C • damn you 5

Last weekend i ran hdnc in -3 deg. Today it was 38 deg as i left the burra...
Looking forward to home, nice kiwi summer temps, hills, forest, sand dunes, beaches and rivers.

And seeing my family. I spose.

C • enjoy 4

35deg today. Had running kit packed, but... opted for swimming (i.e. splashing) in the river and strength instead. No snakes, no crocs ;)



(not the actual strength session, just posing)

Not much training happening this week. Combination of jet lag, heat difference, travel sickness and socialising. Completely wrecked at the end of each day without trying to train (yet still can't fall asleep damn it)

Survived biking around town. Yesterday I laughed at a car that drove through a light that turned red more than 3s before they got to it. Classic Canberra.
Today I saw at least 4 more cars do the same thing. No longer laughing, so many idiotic drivers!

Walked up Mt Ainslie with my parents. Love that view.

Straight down ANZAC parade to old and new parliament over the lake. The hills and reserves of south canberra, through to Mt Tennant and friends in the background.

Attempted a jog from the swinden st crew's new digs in watson. Felt horrific but made it to the base of majura and back. Just.

Post graduation, mid rain storm twilight orienteering. Jogged around but felt just as bad as this am, and well...weston park after 6 months in norway (or any time, any where)?! Called it a day at 14.