Training Log Archive: Zed

Crafters west to home with Callum through park.

After 30 min doing various exercises on lunge had short ride in arena working on rhythm and 'long and low'. Best alfie's done with latter - very relaxed.

Up to kaloola track , down and back along valley

Started on own met crew as they came back down valley. Callum put on a turn of speed with me in tow on way back, which I suppose is good for me!! Warm evening.

Home to olave hill to upper sturt rd then down kaloola track to long gully. Back along valley to home. Legs still a bit tired from rogaine, so pace was sedate . Callum felt heat a bit today too. Very sore 2nd toe on left since saturday - looks red and swollen. Ow!

Schooling after 15 min lunge. Very calm today.

Prework jog with Callum .

Hawthorndene to sturt then sea cliff , Marion then home.

Quick run with Callum. Legs ok but rest of me all over weary! Hard to get up and a bit tired all day at work. To be expected I guess!

Gentle walk with family. Happy to be sedentary today - landscape painting at Brighton beach and home jobs.

Twilight rogaine with jennycas , which she has written up in detail. Very handy in planning that Jenc was able to give accurate running times to various hills/ plains loops. Decided there was no option but 2 go up 2 times and also to leave brown hill . I felt puffed first 90 min or so - my shoes with best tread aren't a good fit and soles were sore and my torch kept thumping around my bum bag. However felt like we had good control flow and we made steady progress. After 90. Mins or so aided by lovely misty rain and psych benefit of smooth steady progress, plus an eye on intake, I started to feel good, and remained so for rest of time. Had a really nice time - fortunate we both knew area well, Jenny especially on hills Face tracks. lucky to have options on flat during last half hour. Pulled up well except for arm chaffing , not helped by not getting out of sweaty close until 11.30 pm as too busy listening to agm and chatting. Very Pleased to catch up with John w. Bonus to win out of big turnout!! Much aided by memory and quick map reading of Jenny.

C • thanks for the company :) 2

School, olave hill, into park down kaloola track to long fully back home.

Schooling working on lateral suppleness and trot rhythm.

Park run with crew plus running to and from home.

Home Olave Hill Rd, east at Upper sturt rd, past melville house, up and over to redwoods, back down gully. Park lovely and fresh after rain, smelt beautiful.

To/ from shops.

Before work dash up to Nookoo track and down along valley with Callum.

Mini run too short of time to do more. Legs actually tired from o- so must've been trying a bit! Very sedentary day driving and meetings. Not my preferred type of day.

Long course at flinders uni sprint and bush o combined. Had trouble working out access between buildings so tried to simplify by going around a bit. Over simplified however as completely missed 14 and then due to clues folded over , and inattention to map, numbers 25 and 26!!

Rode from o to home with Lauren (on her way to somertown) with a bit extra in park. Again nice to be on bike.

Schooling after lunges and stretches and tarn's ride. He's getting bored, time for a ride out again.

Rest day at mt pleasant show all day with leith and coolings. Really tired now!

C • Did you win anything? 6

Loop around Pine Forest from home. Started as run but found myself walking a few times as legs sore, or to send texts etc. Lovely misty rain.

C • texts 2

Belair run plus run from home to start. Legs tired from trying to run harder in yesterdays sprint! Very humid. Up to tap via echo tunnel. Lovely evening with lots of roos out.

Left car at Mitcham to bike to Frome rd for yet another meeting. Bike a welcome change from car. Forgot bike shoes so had to ride in work shoes!

Up Olave Hill, over Upper Sturt rd into park, down long decent to volunteer centre, and back home via lake. Meant to do some tempo up hills but kept finding myself thinking about work etc! Bit shorter than usual for a Wednesday am, to have legs left for evening o. Was hot, so jumped into pool when home which was divine!

Last sprint series ( and only I got to) just over the road in Belair. The wild thunderstorm had eased when I started, just steady drizzle and big big puddles. It was so much fun! I had trouble reading the wet map at times. The short legs just required one look, I probably overlooked (given I know the area so well)on longer legs particularly from 21 to 22 - should've just worked back from the control, noted the location and not worry so much about detail on the way. Pleased with run but still beaten by Robin by over 2 minutes. Hard to read detail when under big trees as light was dim.

Quick loop before work with Callum from home up to top of Nookoo track then down to the valley ( with a marked temperature drop as I ran down) and back home. Lovely still morning.

With weights, which definitely increased the intensity. Back a bit sore-ish after which shows I haven't done any yoga for a while.

Flatwork. Alfie is getting more responsive and back is much better.

From home, park main entrance, up to nursery. John joined here on bike to help me keep up pace. Then did 5 min tempo spurt, then slowed to catch breath until I got to 4 way track intersection (Tilti track/QJD), then time self to top of hill (just past concrete tank - 4.53 - last time I did this it was 5.20 or 5.30, ran out of lungs before legs.) Then slowed for a bit then pushed for last 2 - 3 mins. 18 min 30 from nursery to tap, so have a bench mark now. Then ran across to redwoods, and up next ridge to Melville track, then back down valley to home. Callum was pretty tired for last section.

C • Belair 4

With Callum along park fence east to long downhill track to volunteers centre , back along valley rd.

Walking while tarn and friend rode. One big hill on way home of at least 100 m climb.

Belair run. Lovely autumny evening. As usual felt tired for first 20 min or so then woke up. Redwoods then Jen , Callum and I took single track to saddle hill rd.

Longish run up olave hill to upper sturt fence of park, east, past Melville and redwoods home via valley. Later ran back from coffee at she oak cafe.

C • Sheoak cafe 2

Quick pre work dash.

Quick with Callum before work .

From home to top of park for OHOC training, with Callum.

Robin set me a course after we returned from walking Leith and 3 others around their course. Was fun, good practice of direction and distance across slopes, which is what I usually struggle with. Will go back during week to see if I can wobble less when looking for the feature ( did a few meanderings within the circles).

Walking around Robin's course for juniors with Leith and crew.

Alfie's longest ride since we've had him and he did very well. Quite a big loop from Cherry Gardens down into Scott Creek then back up to top of Ackland Hill Rd via Tom Roberts horse trail /Mundoo Lane. Led him down steep bits.

Short jog in park. Quite an active day besides this.

No speed as lungs not totally back to normal but at least my legs remember how to run up hills. Up park fence to track above vol centre , back along valley to home. Callum's 3 rd birthday today!

Belair run. Callum and I often bringing up rear tonight! Ground lovely and soft after rain yesterday.