Training Log Archive: Zed

After work came home feeling unwell so apart from this unusually spent evening on sofa watching movies.

Nookoo loop with both dogs before work.

Quiet day exercise wise.

Also had nice horse ride on way home from work. Alfie is going well.

Loop around pine forest , Olave hill rd, east at upper Sturt rd to Melville gully road, back along valley. Pretty warm by the time we finished. Again with both dogs. Time a bit of a guess.

Boundary track east, back along valley. With both dogs.

Tired this morning so started with a walk. Said hello to Anton who was heading past. Ran down to main entrance to Belair, then up to Pines oval ( saw Adrian on way) around to old govt house, then saw an old work colleague so stopped for a chat. She was part of a large group of bush walkers about to head off for a hike. Continued on through adventure playground, up past railway dam, cutting across to the picnic ground with the redwoods. Just past that saw parent emu with 3 chicks heading down the track. I stopped, parent kept marching forward looking angry so I turned around and headed back to the road. I'm very impressed with how Ma/Pa emu looks after those chicks!

Christmas morning run with the group. Lovely early morning in the Park.

With both dogs before work , Bear ensuring I get an arm work-out as well!
adventure playground QJD, fire track to railway, steps, valley, home.

Kaloola loop going up road, big climb to boundary up Kaloola track, back along boundary track.
Incorporated pyramid intervals into this which made the run go more quickly. Felt good this morning. Bush smelt nice after the bit of rain yesterday, and ground felt softer. When we were running down the single track Callum suddenly stopped and lo there was a koala trotting purposefully up the single track towards us. It stopped too and then headed for a tree. Funny to see it keeping to the track, I wonder where it was headed.

First swim in a few weeks and I felt it. Never really felt like I was flowing. At Marion at lunch time.

Didn't join o training as felt I should run dogs and get on with home things. Pretty warm even at 8 am. Route across adventure playground, over to train crossing near Sheoak rd. up past lower waterfall, QJD to ballast pit track, back along valley. Legs a bit tired today.
Pool welcome after.

Up boundary track, past cottages, back along valley doing intervals . Actually felt pretty good, as did Callum, judging by his enthusiasm for the intervals.

With both dogs. Up park boundary track along Olave hill road, loop of the Pine forest, then to GD shop. Walked from there as carrying too much to run.

Bear was quite good, which surprised me, stopped pulling and just trotted along. Gave him a wash after but already he's smelling like a toilet again!

Took Leith and a friend to pick cherries at Verdun after, nice spot.

Just a small group for this run. Up the valley, steps, left of railway to QJD back along road.

Long run with Lauren. Up to the top of QJD but mostly going cross country for terrain practice. That was fun, although quite hard. Then down to redwoods, up and over to Melville house and back along boundary track. Thought about doing some intervals but didn't quite eventuate . I was feeling tired and sedate this morning. Nice morning, bonus being overcast.

Loop of pine forest with Callum and Bear.

Short loop in Belair.

Warm up and 'cool down' ( well get hotter), with Jenny book ending orienteering exercises set by Biddy.

Time approx. fun but some time standing hesitating. Complex area for me at Shepherds hill. Exercises were 2 short courses and then some map memory exercises.

Visited gym on way home. Had covered brain and legs at Shepherds hill so this was for some upper body and strength. Well a little bit if it anyway.

Somewhat boring afternoon working on work tasks for a big day tomorrow and bills/ paperwork. Until it was time to attend a work do which was actually more pleasant than I expected.

Up valley then UP Kaloola track qand back via boundary track. Pretty hot.

Very stop start as had Bear and getting him on and off lead , while improving, can take a little while.
Loop round Pine Forest then frank smith, Olave hill rd, boundary track of park. Hot.

To Marion and back.

Too late home for Belair run so decided to take the boys for a lap of Archibald reserve and the pine forest. Bear is getting much better at coming back and getting his lead back on. He loves the off lead time of course but checks in regularly.
Felt pretty heavy legged so walk most of the way there. Beautiful evening.

With Lauren up valley to Redwoods, up to top of Saddle hill rd, back down QJD going cross country from just below the fire tank. We had planned more terrain but I was so slow going up we were short of time coming down. Really nice to be out on a pleasantly overcast morning. Enjoyed the rain for the rest of the day although watching it from work.

Lunch time yoga session, last for the year. Learned a new pose which really stretched my hamstrings, they were screaming. Decided I must have the tightest hamstrings muscles in the whole class.

Did first half hour loop in Belair with a friend who is building fitness - some walking, then did half an hour up the valley with Callum including pyramid intervals.

From home, lap around the pine forest then back up the gully to Turners and then home again. Took both dogs and they loved being off lead in the forest. Still cautious running near Bear who is unpredictable.

Run in Belair with Lauren. Some drizzle which was lovely. Did a mix of tracks, roads and terrain, which was really fun. Route was adventure playground, echo tunnel, up the gully then cross country SE from track bend to fire track, along single track heading east then cross country again ( direction by memory as no map or compass ) to the interesting man made feature NE and downhill of the single track, then cross country SE to QJD . On roads then up to Ising rd then back along railway line to tunnel, over this then cross country again to QJD. Contoured to the south of the ridge ( I went on the road for a bit of a rest for part of this.) Then more cross country through 'kangaroo valley', west to last bit of QJD , home. Really enjoyable and fun to do some terrain running. L did some loops to wait for me. Terrain running so much harder than tracks, particularly uphill.

C • MMO 2

With Fern and both dogs which made the run a bit stop start ( Fern was very patient). Up Suffolk track back via Olave hill. Lovely up there cool and breezy and a light rain.

Can't believe how many bits of me need stretching.

Cycle through Belair up to Stirling, back via Sturt Valley rd and park again with friend Carolyn. Very pleasant. Then to shops and back. Worked out sore tail when cycling corresponds to size of load I'm carrying.

Belair run with a little group tonight - Lauren, Simon and Angus. Still not feeling 100% and was very slow, hot and legs like lead. Sooooooo tired after. Walked back across golf course. After initial wild enthusiasm Callum was also tired.

Had planned a bike ride to Mt Lofty in the morning, that's feeling like a long way now!

C • Maybe 2

Feeling on the mend although not 100% so ran conservatively today. Wednesday morning run with Lauren up QJD down Bessa blocks and down valley. Timed L to do 1 min intervals down valley so she could get more training benefit from the run. Pretty warm and I was getting hotter than usual so swim after was welcome.

Pretty sleepy after.

Stomach bug continued to make its presence felt so off work again and no action. Well, only action was domestic chores .

Overslept - so tired for some reason - so only had time for a short loop up to the top of Nookoo and down the valley. Didn't feel great.

Came home and felt bad stomach cramps as did L so we both ended up home. Felt worse as day went on.