Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Fronted up to my eighth course in a week at Bendigo's 40th anniversary event at Wildflower Drive, an area typical of the less intense terrain types on the fringe of Bendigo (fast open forest, and the odd pit and erosion gully but not much mining detail as such). Was wondering why the first few legs were largely track legs but realised that the courses were designed to contain the shape of a '40' (and I guess the first part was common to all courses, including the easier ones).

Took a bit of time to get going but eventually running reasonably well, and by recent standards happy with the way I managed the two major uphill grinds at 6 and 9. Only a couple of minor wobbles, one drifting a bit too far on the way to hitting the track at 8, the other being a little slow to pinpoint the vague and flat 16. Certainly the fastest kilometre rate I've done this year, but probably about a par result relative to the field (except for Jim - who did 37 - who I think is in his best form for at least a couple of years).

The pictures of the 40th birthday cake are definitely worth looking for on Facebook (I guess they'll also appear on the Bendigo website in due course).

Earlier, for the second successive Saturday morning, my Station Street shopping trip was to the backdrop of a lot of police - this time for the aftermath of a car crash (a car going down Station Street, apparently at reasonable speed, hit a parked car hard enough to push it up onto the footpath). From the enthusiasm with which the driver reportedly scarpered I think one can reasonably presume that either he knew himself to be under the influence of something or the car was stolen (or possibly both of the above). No-one hurt as far as anyone knows.