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Monday Aug 10, 2009 #
Swimming 35:00 [2] 1.0 km (35:00 / km)
This was definitely a swim with a difference. I stayed with some friends at Moss Vale (one of Cassie's bridesmaids and her partner) on the family property, which is a fairly impressive bit of property to put it mildly. There was the large rambling old house, the slightly newer house next door - and the indoor 25m lap pool alongside.
I've not swum in one of these before. The turbulence took a bit of getting used to - collected quite a few mouthfuls. A nice session though, and loosened me up nicely after yesterday's efforts (which took the expected toll on my quads).
Next move after this was in reverse to some extent, to get down to the coast at Stanwell Tops and along the Illawarra escarpment. (My original plan was to do this yesterday on the way out of Sydney, but I left the city too late for this to be an option in daylight, and I didn't want to miss it altogether). I wasn't tempted to go for a run at Jerusalem Rocks, one of the numerous thick Sydney sandstone areas we got to run on in mid-1980s NSW Championships, although in M14 we didn't see the thick stuff (at Jerusalem Rocks two of us did 7-7.5 min/km when Maurice Ongania won the open race in 11s). After that it was Kangaroo Valley and then Nowra, in preparation for the next chapter...
I've not swum in one of these before. The turbulence took a bit of getting used to - collected quite a few mouthfuls. A nice session though, and loosened me up nicely after yesterday's efforts (which took the expected toll on my quads).
Next move after this was in reverse to some extent, to get down to the coast at Stanwell Tops and along the Illawarra escarpment. (My original plan was to do this yesterday on the way out of Sydney, but I left the city too late for this to be an option in daylight, and I didn't want to miss it altogether). I wasn't tempted to go for a run at Jerusalem Rocks, one of the numerous thick Sydney sandstone areas we got to run on in mid-1980s NSW Championships, although in M14 we didn't see the thick stuff (at Jerusalem Rocks two of us did 7-7.5 min/km when Maurice Ongania won the open race in 11s). After that it was Kangaroo Valley and then Nowra, in preparation for the next chapter...
Run 41:00 [3] 8.3 km (4:56 / km)
This was a run born of frustration. I'd hoped to get to Point Perpendicular (number 82 on my list of 103), but it is on Navy land and I arrived at the entrance to discover that the Navy were dropping bombs on it for the next week. Will have to try my luck some other time, perhaps during the 5-days.
With that mission not accomplished I decided to drop into one of the beach settlements on the north side of Jervis Bay, Callala Beach, and see what it was like. The answer was that it has a stunning white beach stretching into the distance. I thought this would be a good place to run and it was. Loosened up very nicely and no sign of the early Achilles soreness of the last week; had to work a bit harder into the wind coming home but still pretty good. This was a pretty good consolation prize.
One oddity of this run was that at its far end I was about 50 metres in a straight line from the major local settlement of Huskisson - but there was an estuary between me and it. It's about 40km around by road.
With that mission not accomplished I decided to drop into one of the beach settlements on the north side of Jervis Bay, Callala Beach, and see what it was like. The answer was that it has a stunning white beach stretching into the distance. I thought this would be a good place to run and it was. Loosened up very nicely and no sign of the early Achilles soreness of the last week; had to work a bit harder into the wind coming home but still pretty good. This was a pretty good consolation prize.
One oddity of this run was that at its far end I was about 50 metres in a straight line from the major local settlement of Huskisson - but there was an estuary between me and it. It's about 40km around by road.