Training Log: tinytoes

And so it begins.... NSW aka Newcastle Shorts Weekend is a goer with informal permissions (ie we need to pay for lodgement of applications) given. Plan is for Belford SF Event 1 and 2 forest short courses Saturday 29 July and Uni of Newcastle Event 3 and 4 intense campus courses Sunday 30 July.
Planners and controllers locked in. It's back!!!!!!!!

Almost every track was a struggle. I must get more sleep.

This felt much better than the result indicated. Better than last week at Raymond Terrace and ankle held up well. Not a lot of route choice available, but oreo did a great job of course planning and making it interesting.

Tough going again. Hopefully the humidity will dissipate soon.

Didn't think this would be hard but in today's temps it was. Moving 3 bookcases worth of very heavy tomes, boxes and boxes of slides and crates of... I'll find out later. Just hope the 3 book shelves magically disappear tomorrow.

Slept through alarm plus (too much information coming) completed b***l screen requirements so was very pushed for time. Hence Blackbutt was the go. Anticipated warm morning and very humid so my position was just to have a stroll. Sooo many people there with seemingly the majority being kids <12 preparing for the Cross Country races before Easter. Headed straight for the back of the pack to start but there was jostling for that position, which surprised me. I took off and eased into it. Got a bit of a rhythm up and just kept going. At about the 1km mark there was a group of 10 walkers ie just random people about the same pace. This was a suprise and so i worked/waked my way though them. Top of hill saw the last of them overtaken but of course they didn't want to have a woman of a certain age striding out so a few decided to have a run or trot downhill. That didn't last long. Set my sights on tall guy in black singlet and shorts about 200m ahead with about 1.3km to go. Mowed him down by 800m and shook the girl who'd elastic banded all the way (she ended up not being registered anyway). Time was meh but effort and consistent pace were pleasing
Had great talk with old guy from lakeview - 83 and I got the full medical history, plus running feats, but gee wizz i didn't know he was in the 80% last week at Woy Woy. As tall as me and about half the weight - he is light on his toes. Also lovely chat with John C who was "celebrating" his 2nd anniversary of his heart attack at Blackbutt parkrun. We caught up on our various children all of whom had gone to school together - Emily now in Geneva with UN - and compared notes on 7 year old grandchildren. parkrun is a lovely family.