Training Log Archive: rockman

with tinytoes, for NOY4 in June

Belford is far enough away from the coast for the vegetation runnability to be relatively unchanged after 10 years, although it looks like almost all of the mapped native cherry trees and termite mounds have succumbed to the combination of "drought and flooding rains".

Interesting that in 2 hours walking around, mostly on or near tracks, only saw 2 pieces of rubbish (rusty 44 gallon drum & tractor tyre), apart from the bottles & Maccas wrapping along the sealed road - this is most unusual for any of the club maps.

In 2013 the new Hunter Expressway will open, linking Belford NP with the F3 freeway - thank you State & Federal govs for 50km of new dual highway so that everyone can get to Belford more easily :)

C • Build it and they will come! 5

basemap

left some of basemap at home so took lots of photos - worked well

NOY3 at Sugarloaf - Medium Hard, nominal 4.7km

Hot in the sunshine at assembly, overcast at start, raining by control 5 - my run went downhill in a similar fashion.

I think the rain brought all of the immature/juvenile leeches - had a few when I took my shoes off, but all very small.

GPS logger stopped recording after about 30 minutes, so Routegadget track is from memory - I know I tried to run off the hill after #9.

finalise map - 2 maps on A4 sheet.

final map