Training Log Archive: peterk

Took day off work - because I can. Final checking of control sites for Lovers Lane Long Distance champs. What a fantastic day - clear sky and no wind. The area is toning up to a brilliant shade of green and some of the bush is now out in brilliant flower. Changed a couple of legs on the easy course to avoid a thick patch of bush. Also walked one of the legs through an area containing brown features. The mapping is good but is a necessary simplification. Slow and steady should be derigour as it is not straight forward as it looks on the map.

Wrap up the afternoon with a ride to the coast Burns Beach road then back home by the Freeway.

All this would have been better done in the morning as there was a howling southerly wind which had its initial benefits along west coast road were I was keeping up with the cars. At one stage I even had a truck drafting me. Average 30+ on the way out even without a warmup. But I payed for it on the way back with some tough sections whre teh bike path was exposed to the freeway. Who needs a fancy windtrainer when all you had to do for resistance training was to cycle south.

Highlights seeing the white caps out on the water and decent waves crashing on the rocks