Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

First attempt at getting out didn't work, unusual for a Sunday - I suspect my back didn't like extracting weeds from the front courtyard (I'm actually having to do some of this gardening thing now that Mum isn't paying regular visits to do it for me).

Second attempt was in the afternoon, in a somewhat different direction, heading to Reservoir and spending quite a bit of time in Reservoir (it's one of Melbourne's largest suburbs - and calling it "wah" rather than "war" is a sure sign of not being from Around Here), partly to see the latest defunct level crossing, which gets rid of a nightmare intersection into the bargain (I'd have stayed well clear of here on a bike up until a few months ago).

The ride, though, almost ended as abruptly as the run did when a runner stepped out from behind a building at the point where the bike path goes into the street. She was apologetic but I don't think she had much to be apologetic for, it being classifiable as what would be called in F1 parlance a "racing incident". Both of us were surprisingly unscathed - just a few grazes for me - and the bike was making slightly odd noises but seemed to be functioning normally. Once settling down about 20 minutes in, the rider was functioning reasonably normally too.