Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Quad felt considerably better this morning - possibly it's just a remote reaction to something happening in my back, as calf issues occasionally have been? I won't risk running on it for a couple of days at least, but thought it was worth seeing if it would function on the bike, which it more or less did; just fatigued a bit going up the (limited) hills. Not a bad ride, either, rolling along at a pace a couple of km/h faster than I usually manage, and the traffic wasn't even too bad except in the Sorrento shops. (The two main roads both have decent verges; a lot of the roads further east on the Peninsula would be good ones to ride if there was no traffic, but since there is they're probably best avoided, Australian drivers not being the world's most patient when it comes to encountering cyclists on two-lane roads with limited passing places).

Had a cross-cultural moment this afternoon when a mention of it in commentary meant I had cause to explain to my nephew what the underarm incident was.

And those who've been around for a long time may remember something almost as far back in the midst of time as the underarm incident, namely the attempt (narrowly failed, if I recall correctly) by a relay team of orienteers to outrun the lead yacht in the Sydney-Hobart (something I played a very small part in, running a 1km leg out the back of Bungendore as an 11-year-old). A repeat would be impossible now - the yachts are probably a day faster now than they were then - but some people have been trying to do it on bikes.

Probably would have preferred not to have seen Badja Forest Road as a new addition to the NSW fire list. (Leaving aside any impact on the mapped area, you don't have to go too far east of the map before you get into what we used to refer to as "tiger country", and with the forecast for the next three days, and again for next weekend, it's quite possible that a fire in that location could run much of the way down to the coast).

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