Training Log Archive: GraceE

This is my favourite half-hour run in the world. I know, big call. It starts at the Camel Rock carpark at Wallaga Lake and heads up onto the headland where you traverse the clifftop admiring Horse Head Rock below, the great expanse of sea and the blue/pink/peach of the horizon as the sun sets. The path comes out at a headland covered in lush green grass and then heads west with views over Wallaga Lake inlet. There used to be some boardwalk here but it got washed away last weekend. The path then sticks to the shoreline in front of the shacks, finishing with a bush path that comes out on Wallaga Lake Rd. This last section had been damaged too and was pretty water-logged so I stopped in sight of the road. Then I turned around and got back just on dark.
The rest of the day involved a morning beach trip (Narooma), cafe, family walk at Wallaga Lake inlet, lunch in Bermagui, afternoon at Mimosa Rocks where Matt went for a disastrous run and Florence and I meandered out to the point, beach-time at Camel Rock (when I did my run), then dinner at Narooma Club.

Today we headed to the coast, but only got there in the afternoon after a leisurely pack in the morning, then a coffee stop in Phillip (didn't get very far!) then lunch and a play at Braidwood.
We headed south at Bate-o and decided to try for a run and some beach-time at Brou Lake, 10km north of Narooma, but unfortunately the road to the campground was closed due to damage from last week's storm, so all there was to do was visit a small cove for a short while before we got driven off the beach by the wind.
We were staying at Narooma and in the early evening I went for a run around the bike path that encircles the town, including an out-and-back along the boardwalk north of the bridge. 10 x 90/30s. I felt like I was moving well but it must have been that optical illusion that you get when running in darkness as my times weren't amazing.

DFAT hills. Struggled on the final one big-time!

Mt Ainslie Run-Up.
Michael offered me a lift again so I accepted. 20 secs faster than last month so that was nice and it certainly felt a lot easier (although last time was straight after a rogaine I think!).

Back down the mountain chatting to Tom Brazier (who is preparing for his 106km race in Spain!) and Michael. When I got back down my thermal had gone. I have never had an item of clothing disappear from where I've chucked it before so this is a first. I wonder what happened to it!