Training Log Archive: VaalaIn the 30 days ending Sep 30, 2014:
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Tuesday Sep 30, 2014 #
Note
(sick)
Monday Sep 29, 2014 #
Note
(sick)
I was feeling so smug that I'd avoided the wedding illness but no, it has landed. And on the day my ice cream maker arrived too :-(
Sunday Sep 28, 2014 #
6 PM
Run 1:06:06 [3]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
Tootled over to Bowenvale for some evening excitement. Up the old DH track (felt awful) then back down and up the valley (feeling better), along the traverse then a zig zag of various 4wd and mtb tracks to get down the hill. Got a bit confused/lost in the maze (feeling confused). Found a guy who'd lost his dog. Didn't find the dog.
Saturday Sep 27, 2014 #
11 AM
Road Bike 2:02:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Up Mt Pleasant on the tandem with M via a rather adventurous route (M clearly wanted to practice his tandem bike carrying skills!) then along the tops to Godley Head where the police were out in force and back down to Sumner and round to home. Was a bit tired in the legs to start with but got into a good rhythm.
Friday Sep 26, 2014 #
5 PM
Run 2:08:39 [3]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
From Sumner along the tops via Mt Pleasant then up and over Mt Vernon, back round and down the valley just in time for M to deliver my bike :-)
Felt pretty tight to start with but got going quite well by Mt Pleasant. Nice to be able to do most of it in daylight too!
Felt pretty tight to start with but got going quite well by Mt Pleasant. Nice to be able to do most of it in daylight too!
Thursday Sep 25, 2014 #
6 PM
Road Bike 1:02:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Nice little tandem ride with M up Rapaki and down Dyers. M said it was going to be a short ride so he was clearly trying to make it shorter by descending really very fast. Once we got to the SOT there was no way any car was going to catch us at that speed!
Wednesday Sep 24, 2014 #
6 PM
Run 1:13:14 [3]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
Up the valley with a bit of a sprint up the last climb of Rapaki, round Witch Hill, up Mt Vernon and round again then down Farm Track and all that jazz. There was a big scary spider hanging out by my bike when I got back.
Tuesday Sep 23, 2014 #
8 AM
Run 17:00 [2] 2.7 km (6:18 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 7
Nice cruisey jog to work trying (and mostly succeeding) not to break a sweat. Walked the last little bit on Moorhouse to try and cool down.
9 AM
Run 14:28 [3] 3.0 km (4:49 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Nirvana 7
Home from work the slightly longer way. Trying to go fast. Failing.
Monday Sep 22, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
A bit tired. A bit busy. A bit sick of hayfever making me sick.
Sunday Sep 21, 2014 #
9 AM
Run 52:35 [3]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
Lovely morning run with M up to Craigieburn Flat then back the new mtb track back to Flock Hill.
12 PM
MTB 2:30:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
Cruisy ride on the tandem with M and the rest of the bikey gang through Flock Hill Station to the viaduct and back again. Some nice hills to tackle, especially on the way back.
Would be cool to get a real mtb tandem! But then we'd need to get a proper road racing tandem as well and our garage might explode.
Would be cool to get a real mtb tandem! But then we'd need to get a proper road racing tandem as well and our garage might explode.
Saturday Sep 20, 2014 #
9 AM
Orienteering race (Chris & Em's Wedding O) 45:00 [3]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
Rule #1: NEVER follow a Wall!
Rule #2: Ummm, it might pay to actually look at your map before control 6! No wonder I went round in circles (following Walls and a Forne!). It all went rather well after I looked at my map!
I think I'll be pulling out blackberry spikes for the next few weeks!
Rule #2: Ummm, it might pay to actually look at your map before control 6! No wonder I went round in circles (following Walls and a Forne!). It all went rather well after I looked at my map!
I think I'll be pulling out blackberry spikes for the next few weeks!
Friday Sep 19, 2014 #
6 AM
Road Bike intervals (windtrainer) 45:00 [4]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Just doing my very own spin class in the lounge. Good times. Been a while since I've gotten up so early though so hopefully I don't keel over at work!
Thursday Sep 18, 2014 #
6 PM
Run 50:00 [2]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
Nice little cruisey jog in the valley and bumbling up through the tussock with Clare. Felt pretty good afterwards, like I was ready to go for a run!
Wednesday Sep 17, 2014 #
6 PM
Road Bike (windtrainer) 30:00 [2]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Quick little spin before book group/eating cake. Feeling tired, hayfevery, sick and grumpy so just spun rather than doing the intervals I'd planned!
Tuesday Sep 16, 2014 #
6 PM
Run 1:14:10 [3]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Ascend 8 (purple)
Up Marette Taylor mostly with M then up the last bit of Rapaki by myself chasing some mtbers way up ahead (I caught them...yay!). Round Witch Hill then up Mt Vernon and down Farm Track. Moments of feeling great. Moments of feeling almost as crap as possible. I think I'm a bit sick plus I think it might be turning into allergy season...oh what fun.
Sunday Sep 14, 2014 #
9 AM
Road Bike hills 6:00:00 [3] 108.2 km (3:20 / km) +2594m 2:58 / km
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Crazy tandem challenge with M to ride all the Vorb (road) hill climbs. SO many hills! SO so tired.
Saturday Sep 13, 2014 #
4 PM
Road Bike 40:00 [2]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Crappy weather today so we mostly lazed around. Went out for a little ride on the tandem with M as a warm up for tomorrow, visiting Carsten and Jenni on the way home.
Friday Sep 12, 2014 #
5 PM
Run 56:44 [3]
shoes: Altra Lone Peak 1.5 (black)
Cruising up in the hills. Would have gone a bit further but the sun was a bit low when I got up on the tops. Legs feeling very flat.
Thursday Sep 11, 2014 #
6 PM
Road Bike 1:28:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Such a beautiful evening so went tandeming with M up Mt Pleasant and down Evans Pass and all that jazz. Got pretty hungry coming up the hill so had to pull out the emergency muesli bar. Then hit the wall in hunger stakes around Redcliffs so it was a rough ride back! Otherwise was feeling good. I love tandeming!
We were discussing how to mtb orienteer on the tandem as the mapboard wouldn't attach to our handlebars with the gear thingy being in the way. We need a mapboard that only attaches to one side of the stem (or on the stem itself). Could attach a map to M's back but it would have to be turnable AND I don't think he trusts my navigation enough :-P
We were discussing how to mtb orienteer on the tandem as the mapboard wouldn't attach to our handlebars with the gear thingy being in the way. We need a mapboard that only attaches to one side of the stem (or on the stem itself). Could attach a map to M's back but it would have to be turnable AND I don't think he trusts my navigation enough :-P
Wednesday Sep 10, 2014 #
6 PM
MTB 30:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
From home up to Vic Park (on the road, not actually mtbing but was riding the little giant). A bit of a mad dash (but trying not to push too hard on the hill so I wasn't totally broken for nightnav) 'cause I was running late. Why do I lose everything right before I need to leave every time?!
7 PM
Rogaine race (NightNav - Vic Park) 55:28 [4]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
NightNav at Vic Park. ARGH!!! My brain was so not ready for this. Got all in a fluster. Ended up running round with Emily and it's jolly lucky I know this area so well otherwise we'd have been running round in circles. Obviously turned the brain off as could have got so much more in the last 12 minutes but instead let myself get flustered. Sigh. Shoes seemed pretty grippy on the dusty steep stuff. Felt pretty tired after about half an hour. Need more sleep.
8 PM
MTB 20:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Monte Rosa MTB
Whizzing home with Jana.
Tuesday Sep 9, 2014 #
6 PM
Road Bike 1:00:00 [3]
shoes: Louis Garneau Revo XR
Evening tandem ride with M. Got to see Carsten and Kaia which was lovely. I have missed them! Then we cruised up some hills and all that. M's jacket ballooned out on the way down Dyers which meant I couldn't see anything at all and I got grumpy and scared. I've so missed riding the big green monster. Can't wait for some more tandem adventures.
Monday Sep 8, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Survived my first day back at work only to be nearly wiped out by some stupid driver on the way home. She nearly took out a scooter and a couple of cars too. Sigh.
Too tired for anything other than riding to book group and then we had a couple of visitors.
Too tired for anything other than riding to book group and then we had a couple of visitors.
Sunday Sep 7, 2014 #
5 PM
Run 36:05 [2]
shoes: Merrell Allout Rush
Nice little run up the valley and back. In my absence they've named the upper valley track the Marette Taylor track and it has a nice new shiny (well, not actually shiny since it's wooden) sign.
Nice to be back to be honest but I wish it was a bit warmer! Should have gone out earlier but M's parents visited and then had to catch up on the neighbourhood gossip with Jac. We have new neighbours! I hope they like us (well, more importantly, I hope they like cats).
Nice to be back to be honest but I wish it was a bit warmer! Should have gone out earlier but M's parents visited and then had to catch up on the neighbourhood gossip with Jac. We have new neighbours! I hope they like us (well, more importantly, I hope they like cats).
Wednesday Sep 3, 2014 #
8 AM
Run 46:25 [3]
shoes: Altra Lone Peak 1.5 (black)
Nice morning run with R up the hill and along the rollercoaster. Feeling a bit tired but felt better afterwards. Good to get out before the heat arrived.
Tuesday Sep 2, 2014 #
Note
(rest day)
Went shopping and bought a new and different trail shoe cause REI is a dangerous place. M got the same shoes. Oh and we got a hammock cause hammocks are cool. No time for a run plus I'm still insanely tired.
Monday Sep 1, 2014 #
Walk 35:00 [1]
shoes: Altra Lone Peak 1.5 (black)
Whilst everyone else went on a long walk, M and I walked up to Cliff Lake and set up the hammock. Was awesome!