Training Log Archive: GraceE

A late run at the Waterworks/Ridgeway after a full day on the Tasman Peninsular. Similar run to last week, but cut out Halls Saddle and Chimney Pot Hill. Nice :) (although still coughing a fair bit).

The Acropolis, 12 hour bushwalk, 4pts.
Caught the first boat across Lake St Clair at 9am. Various stops and motor problems meant we didn't get to Narcissus Hut until 10.30. Walked into Pine Valley hut (1pm). Climbed the Acropolis, reaching the top at 3pm. Truly awesome. So many speccy mountains around there. But we were really short of time so had to head back down, only stopping for 10mins to eat lunch. Back at Pine Valley hut at 5pm.
Then we had to jog back to Narcissus hut to save time (6.30pm). The walk back along the side of Lake St Clair takes 5hours so we had to run to Echo Point Hut (7.45pm). Then I could only walk so we made it out at 10.15pm with only an hour or so in darkness. Not too bad.... it was always going to be a long day. It did bring back some memories of running the overland track in 2006, ouch.
Then it was a three hour drive back to Hobart.

Lets say I jogged for 2 hours (it was probably more).

We didn't run up Dundas as I wasn't well enough, so we chose Mt Owen and Matt ran up it while I walked up (approx. 3hours return). 3pts.
The weather was absolutely fantastic with not a cloud in the sky, and I really enjoyed the views the whole way up (and down).

Woke up with a really sore throat after a cold night in the tent. Didn't do a morning run in the national park like I would have liked.
Went exploring around Zeehan/Strahan/Queenstown.

Cradle Mt - Lake St Clair National Park.
From Ronny Creek car park, up the Horse Track and as far up Cradle Mt as I could run (in the nice warm sunshine).
Matt and I then climbed to the top of Cradle Mountain and back down. This took about 90mins as some bad weather passed over at that time and it was really hard to get off the mountain on the slippery rocks. I put on 3 layers to keep my core warm but other bits of me started to really freeze!
We then aborted plans for a longer run and headed down to Dove Lake, via Lake Wilks (40min walk).

Back around the west side of Dove Lake. It was sheltered so I warmed up again!

In the morning, we went for an orienteer on Jason's Task (some tricky erosion gully terrain). I think I got to most controls sites, but it was really vague and quite a difficult area. Many of the features on the map were quite faint on the ground. Would be good to do more of this kind of training.

Climbed Ben Nevis (approx. 2hrs walking time). Got my 2pts and am now an honourable peak-bagger :)