Training Log Archive: Vaala

Nice little walk with Debbie up the hill and down into the reserve, along the predator fence then back up the hill. Typical Bolt/Wong walk where the Bolt leads somewhere well off the beaten track and, against their better judgement, the Wong follows! But there were lots of laughs as the long grass swollowed us up and what is life without adventure? Debbie did admit she enjoyed it in the end.

Afternoon run over to Tawharanui. Up the South Coast trail until Fisherman's Track then along that through the bush to Anchor Bay. up over the hill again to avoid the boring road then up and over into our bay again.
It's funny how our perspectives change on things. Before moving to Christchurch I thought the hills here were big and I never thought I could just walk out the dor and run up the driveway to start. I've always walked up. But it only takes just over 2 and a half minutes when you run. The biggest hill in the park probably doesn't even take 5 minutes. All seems rather easy when I remember it takes at least 25 minutes to get to the top of any hills round here. I've come a long way in a year it seems.

Much more gentle session today thank goodness. Feeling a bit sore.

Just the Rapaki, traverse, Vic Park, Dyers loop with Michael. We were both feeling a bit smashed but ended up riding better than I felt. Can't wait to go all the way down through Vic Park again. I love riding!

Wednesday night run with a massive group tonight despite it being a ridiculously freezing cold southerly. Up the Crocodile and Kennedy's to the Summit Rd and back down. Felt a bit like death to be honest. I should have eaten more (not to mention had more sleep, magically not felt so stiff and somehow fixed my breathing which has flared up yet again). Was good though. Everyone is cool. Maybe one day I might be as cool too :-P

C • Ummm... 2

Brutal. First up was the 300 challenge which I polished off pretty well but then it was straight into the dreaded tyre thing. Also modified the ladder/sprinting thing to make the sprints longer and it killed me. I should have eaten something other than an orange before I went because I felt like I was about to keel over.

Run home via the river after bootcamp. Had half a clif bar before I left work and I could feel when it finally kicked in (about 20 minutes in) as I could finally run without feeling like I was going to end up in a puddle on the concrete. Won't make that mistake again. Some little kid decided he wanted to run with me across Spreydon Domain and along the road for a little bit which was funny. Once I got to the river I picked up the pace so it was a pretty intense second half. Dark these days.

We walked to and from the library after work which was about the extent of what I felt up to today. I feel like crap. Can't wait for this weekend :)