Training Log Archive: Vaala

The OY was cancelled (earthquake damage on the access road last weekend apparently) so we had our own orienteering training out at Woodend. Michael went round with me which was good 'cause I'm pretty much terrified since Leithfield. I wish we'd had a camera to take some photos of the huge cracks in the ground...real leg-swallowing stuff! Just wait till even more pine needles fall...

Up to SOT in the mist and drizzle to watch Le Race and to freeze to death! Then out to Sumner to for hot drinks then home again. Hanging with Michael, Greig and Clare. Don't leave the house for a ride after only eating a muesli bar at 7am...when you don't get home again until just before midday (not expected on my part!)...so I got the serious shakes. Michael had to push me up the final hill to home!

With Michael up the hill. So good to have him home :)

Up Holliss Ave and down Kidson Terrace. Really lovely and sunny tonight.

Wednesday night run by myself. I didn't think anyone would turn up tonight so I ran up to SOT from home (found a much better way than up Holliss Ave) and waited for about 10 minutes just in case (and 'cause catching my breath seemed nice!). No one showed so I headed up the Harry Ell then over to those tracks through the little patches of bush. Coming down the first one I heard some fast looking dude behind me and let him go past for the second bush. Could keep up with him on the uphill but he got away going down. I was going to head back along the mtb track but he headed up Mt Vernon so I thought, hey, lets do that too! He stopped to die halfway up and I passed him. Felt good! Went down and then round the mtb track, then down Huntsbury and home. Awesome run and felt really good today. Must have been those dried dates I had in my pocket.

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Took a trip to the Pioneer Gym on my way home from work. My arms are totally dying now!

Trying to run fast but I really don't run very fast :(
Faster than anyone else at the gym today though so I guess that's something!

Little run up Huntsbury and around the streets up there looking at the fancy houses then down again with a detour into some random little park. My legs were tired on the hill and I should probably have just run along the river or something but I don't tend to do sensible things like that and hills are like magnets. Anyway, afterwards Jenni and Carsten cooked me dinner and it had two of my favourite foods in it...tofu and peanut butter :)