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Saturday Jul 31, 2010 #
4 PM
swimming (free swim :)) 36:00 [3] 1.0 km (36:00 / km)
Guess what I did! I found the (50m outdoor) pool in Penrith. It closed at 5pm and I didn't get there till 4.15 because the most exciting thing my parents-in-law have done for quite a while is to be taken to Bunnings by me & George, so it took a while to extract them from there (and we fitted 4 people plus a 6-foot long sheet of corrugated plastic in our little hire car). Anyway, the guy on the gate wouldn't take my money because he said it was nearly closing time, and he helpfully informed me that they usually start putting the pool covers on from lane 8, so I swam in lane 2 (with hurried enthusiasm rather than any sort of style). When I finished my last lap I became aware that the pool cover had been stalking me down the pool because they had started putting the covers on from that side...
Actual reason for going to Sydney was a 30th for one of George's mates. It took place on a farm at Mulgoa, which is seriously MFN (middle of **** nowhere) and where it doesn't matter if you have a ginormous bonfire or illegally let off a whole bag of fireworks. There had been a lot of rain out that way this week so everything was soggy and the fire wouldn't light at first. The solution was:
Step 1: pour petrol on bonfire heap
Step 2: pour a line of petrol on the grass leading towards the heap
Step 3: throw a few matches on the grass to try to figure out where the line started.
Step 4: give up and throw a match into the heap
Step 5: reverse away hastily as line of grass, where everyone is now standing, back-lights up with a whoomp!
And then there were the fireworks...a couple fizzed, but most went up like they were supposed to and they were quite spectacular. Only one lot fell over upon lighting and so too, pretty quickly, into the mud, did the people who had just had a green rocket whizz past their ear(s). In the midst of all this stood the hostess saying "this is how we managed to start a fire in the paddock last summer!"
Actual reason for going to Sydney was a 30th for one of George's mates. It took place on a farm at Mulgoa, which is seriously MFN (middle of **** nowhere) and where it doesn't matter if you have a ginormous bonfire or illegally let off a whole bag of fireworks. There had been a lot of rain out that way this week so everything was soggy and the fire wouldn't light at first. The solution was:
Step 1: pour petrol on bonfire heap
Step 2: pour a line of petrol on the grass leading towards the heap
Step 3: throw a few matches on the grass to try to figure out where the line started.
Step 4: give up and throw a match into the heap
Step 5: reverse away hastily as line of grass, where everyone is now standing, back-lights up with a whoomp!
And then there were the fireworks...a couple fizzed, but most went up like they were supposed to and they were quite spectacular. Only one lot fell over upon lighting and so too, pretty quickly, into the mud, did the people who had just had a green rocket whizz past their ear(s). In the midst of all this stood the hostess saying "this is how we managed to start a fire in the paddock last summer!"
Friday Jul 30, 2010 #
7 AM
riding (Brownhill Creek) 1:06:00 [3] 19.2 km (3:26 / km)
This seemed hard - but then I think running would have also been an effort. At least it wasn't cold, because it had just rained. And at least I didn't get rained on, but I think my raincoat caused extra wind resistance.
Thursday Jul 29, 2010 #
6 PM
running 33:45 [3]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 10
Short Colonel Light Gardens jog. Started out a bit stiff but ended up ok, which was the purpose of the run. I heard a mopoke owl (in the suburbs!) and lots of frogs (presumably there's a pond in someone's garden).
This was followed by an Aust Champs mini-meeting (mini refers to attendance, not duration). Basically, Peter/Peter and I were working out which people/things each of us still needs to chase up independently of the main carnival committee. I had asked to receive each event team's contribution to the start book by the end of July; number of contributions received thus far = 0. But I'm sure they are all 90% completed...
This was followed by an Aust Champs mini-meeting (mini refers to attendance, not duration). Basically, Peter/Peter and I were working out which people/things each of us still needs to chase up independently of the main carnival committee. I had asked to receive each event team's contribution to the start book by the end of July; number of contributions received thus far = 0. But I'm sure they are all 90% completed...
Wednesday Jul 28, 2010 #
7 PM
running (Belair Night) 1:01:08 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
With Zara up past the lake and Lower Waterfall to the fire tower then down Ballast Pit track and Long Gully. Followed by discussion of the proposed long runs scheduled between now and November.
(I seem to have a problem - the words "Cradle Mountain Run" have popped into my head and they're not going away. I suspect it's just because I can't run the Yurrebilla Trail Ultra as it's on Aust Champs weekend, and the March NOL races clash with Six Foot Track....but Cradle would be only 2 weeks after the Aust Champs rogaine, also in Tas. You see my dilemma?)
(I seem to have a problem - the words "Cradle Mountain Run" have popped into my head and they're not going away. I suspect it's just because I can't run the Yurrebilla Trail Ultra as it's on Aust Champs weekend, and the March NOL races clash with Six Foot Track....but Cradle would be only 2 weeks after the Aust Champs rogaine, also in Tas. You see my dilemma?)
Tuesday Jul 27, 2010 #
6 PM
running 58:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
To/from Mortlock Park via Fern's - which about tripled the usual distance. Inside knee twinges after running in these shoes, not for the first time, undoing all the physio's good work :(
running intervals (200s (ish)) 8:35 [5] 2.25 km (3:49 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
On the rough grass verge at Mortlock Oval, about 225m, into a distinct headwind.
51, 49, 54(had to sidestep a dog), 52, 52, 50, 52, 51, 49, 51
51, 49, 54(had to sidestep a dog), 52, 52, 50, 52, 51, 49, 51
running 13:00 [2]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
Recoveries between intervals. I think I am recovering better, which possibly means it's time to work harder.
Monday Jul 26, 2010 #
11 AM
Note
Attack of the Killer Physio
Having at least 50% of one's body slathered in Deep Heat or whatever equivalent Kath uses for massage is surely a way to get rebound hypothermia! I just couldn't get warm afterwards...
Having at least 50% of one's body slathered in Deep Heat or whatever equivalent Kath uses for massage is surely a way to get rebound hypothermia! I just couldn't get warm afterwards...
7 PM
running (Monday Night) 53:55 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
With Bridget and Fern from the car park in Shepherds Hill up through to Eden Hills, Bellevue Heights, and down through Flinders Uni. I kind of missed the views I get in daylight, but it was pretty speccy to see the rising full moon with jet trails all around it. (There were long-lasting jet trails overlaying each other across the sky all day today.)
Afterwards George & I let Bridget "I'm really hungry so I think I'll just go home instead of eating all your pizza" make and eat her own pizza, all by herself (who could resist those big eyes?) while we impressed upon her the fluke value of him actually having been home for dinner, both times that she's come to our house.
Afterwards George & I let Bridget "I'm really hungry so I think I'll just go home instead of eating all your pizza" make and eat her own pizza, all by herself (who could resist those big eyes?) while we impressed upon her the fluke value of him actually having been home for dinner, both times that she's come to our house.
Sunday Jul 25, 2010 #
Note
Relays are over -yay! And as far as I can tell they went okay...but it was a bit disconcerting waiting until 8.55am for the ranger to open the park gates which oficially opened at 8.30. Because the Arrows are super-efficient, and all know their roles pretty well, everything was ready for a 10.30 mass start, and because the competitors are used to the way relays run by now, they all behaved as expected. It was nice to have volunteers to help collect controls - I can't answer for anyone else, but while this was technically a long weekend for me, it was more like spending 3 full days on my second (unpaid) job...
Saturday Jul 24, 2010 #
12 PM
orienteering 1:00:00 [2]
shoes: Asics Gel 2140
Putting out controls/flags/units at Para Wirra for tomorrow's club relays which is shaping up to be a pretty good event courtesy of Tyson and the Arrows. The best bit about not competing is that I won't have to run through the patch of green in which I was putting out controls...actually, most of the terrain is nice enough and Simon's courses avoid that which isn't. The golden wattle is blossoming everywhere and smells lovely if you don't get hayfever, which I don't. We drove to Williamstown bakery for lunch - straight past the Two Ladies map which will be this year's AMDC - in Tyson's 'new' Outback (which corners well, unlike my stomach) before setting up the graveyard. Tomorrow is going to be fun!
Friday Jul 23, 2010 #
2 PM
orienteering (Tanunda Creek) 1:44:38 [3] 11.0 km (9:31 / km)
shoes: new Olways
During a day of Secret Controllers' Business with Jeffa and Vincent I took the opportunity to run the Aust Long Champs W21E course and see how the map reads at 1: 15 000 on the run. It was convenient knowing what the control sites would look like when I got to them, but there was plenty of navigating to be done on the way there. I took too long to make up my mind on the route choice leg after the spectator control, and dithered a bit, but otherwise didn't lose much time - except for detours to check a couple of control sites on other courses. Oh, and to walk up a couple of hills - but I would hope to be significantly fresher if I was running this as a race! It will probably end up being about like last year's W21E course in terms of physicality - more open, and therefore longer, but with similar climb. The views across the Tanunda Creek gorge were spectacular and water was trickling in even the smallest side creeks.
I should correct my comment from two weeks ago, as I maligned the sheep unfairly. It turns out that it's the cattle who eat the pink surveying tags. We placed a tag on the very easy course at 11am this morning and by the time I came back past it at 4pm it had been pulled out of the ground and eaten - all that remained was a bent wire! Maybe the cattle like hot pink? This could be a problem for members of Big Foot Orienteers :)
I should correct my comment from two weeks ago, as I maligned the sheep unfairly. It turns out that it's the cattle who eat the pink surveying tags. We placed a tag on the very easy course at 11am this morning and by the time I came back past it at 4pm it had been pulled out of the ground and eaten - all that remained was a bent wire! Maybe the cattle like hot pink? This could be a problem for members of Big Foot Orienteers :)
Thursday Jul 22, 2010 #
6 AM
running long (Brownhill Creek) 1:36:40 [3] 18.5 km (5:14 / km) +160m 5:01 / km
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
Ages since I've done this as a run but I knew I'd freeze on the bike this morning. Somehow it seemed further on foot! About 51 up, so 45 back. Hard to believe I once did 93 min but I guess it would be possible to be 10 sec/km faster if it wasn't dark/muddy/cold, and if I'd had breakfast first (last night's food intake was a bit random; baked cherry cheesecake predominated). Didn't feel too cold running but my hands took a long time to regain functionality when I got home, and therefore I was going to be late for 8.30am staff meeting so I took rather literally the boss' previous statement that if you can't be on time it's not worth being at the meeting.
Wednesday Jul 21, 2010 #
7 AM
running hills (Shepherds Hill) 15:09 [5]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
These are about 3-minute hills up the 4WD track and I did 5 of them. Recovery was down the singletrack. I was a bit buggered, so it will hopefully be easy to improve next time :) You can tell that on the 4th hill I kind of stopped paying attention to the fact that I was meant to be running hard...but on the last one I dropped my elbows and improved the power-to-weight ratio (or something).
2:52
3:02
3:04
3:11
3:00
2:52
3:02
3:04
3:11
3:00
running warm up/down 50:49 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
warmup 21:15 across to the park
downhill recoveries 10:19
warmdown 19:14 home from the top of the hill
Glad I substituted this effort for the alternative of just running the 3-hills loop. Also, I saw the first golden wattle blossom of this "spring"!
downhill recoveries 10:19
warmdown 19:14 home from the top of the hill
Glad I substituted this effort for the alternative of just running the 3-hills loop. Also, I saw the first golden wattle blossom of this "spring"!
Tuesday Jul 20, 2010 #
Note
(rest day)
Well, I suppose it was restful for my knees; I got some quality dogwalking and stretching in before work. My brain didn't rest, though, worrying about the fact that we only have half the usual number of Arrows available to help with this weekend's club relays, and then the evening was taken up by the scintillating double of OASA management committee followed by 2011 programme meeting.
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Monday Jul 19, 2010 #
7 PM
running (Monday night) 45:40 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
With Bridget, from Leonard St, to First Falls and back. We shone our torches on the waterfall and it was spectacular - but it was tantalising being able to hear the creek rushing alongside us and yet not see it. Afterwards we all partook of Bridget's excellent pasta bake. There was a moment when I looked up, halfway through my dinner, to find that Bridget and John had simultaneously polished off their plates and were looking at me as if to say "why are you so slow?" Either I talk too much or I'm really unco with a fork when my hands are numb!
Sunday Jul 18, 2010 #
7 AM
running long (Drowned Rat Simulation) 2:45:30 [3] 29.3 km (5:39 / km) +600m 5:07 / km
shoes: Asics Gel 2140
Now, if the forecast said showers late morning, wouldn't you expect to be able to fit in a 3-hour run between daylight and rainfall?
But no, it was drizzling when I left home and by the time I'd gone up through Randells Reserve to Belair (33 min) it was thoroughly soggy. Not long after, so was I, and once you're so wet that you can't be any wetter, you may as well settle in and enjoy it. All I had taken with me was a handful of scroggin (a hangover from the Anzac Day rogaine; it's been sort of a magic pudding) and the on-call phone, sealed in a ziplock bag. Along Sheoak Rd, into the park at the top of Pony Ridge and up past the waterfalls (I pre-empted the slipperiest bit of the singletrack and therefore didn't stack it) to the tap at the top of the park, now on 75 minutes. Down to the railway line, east to the old Upper Sturt Station, up Station Rd to Upper Sturt Rd (92 min) past the tennis courts down into the park and back along Long Gully to the park entrance (122min) where I came across Harry Waterhouse and some of the other road runners and he expressed surprise that I was on my own. Up to Belair, down Gloucester Ave to home. The last section took just under 32, so I wasn't any slower than when I have just normally been up to Belair and am coming back down.
I'd say this run was lots more fun than the SARRC Athelstone to Henley Beach 30km which was on today and a heaps better option than mountain bike orienteering at Fox Creek :)
But no, it was drizzling when I left home and by the time I'd gone up through Randells Reserve to Belair (33 min) it was thoroughly soggy. Not long after, so was I, and once you're so wet that you can't be any wetter, you may as well settle in and enjoy it. All I had taken with me was a handful of scroggin (a hangover from the Anzac Day rogaine; it's been sort of a magic pudding) and the on-call phone, sealed in a ziplock bag. Along Sheoak Rd, into the park at the top of Pony Ridge and up past the waterfalls (I pre-empted the slipperiest bit of the singletrack and therefore didn't stack it) to the tap at the top of the park, now on 75 minutes. Down to the railway line, east to the old Upper Sturt Station, up Station Rd to Upper Sturt Rd (92 min) past the tennis courts down into the park and back along Long Gully to the park entrance (122min) where I came across Harry Waterhouse and some of the other road runners and he expressed surprise that I was on my own. Up to Belair, down Gloucester Ave to home. The last section took just under 32, so I wasn't any slower than when I have just normally been up to Belair and am coming back down.
I'd say this run was lots more fun than the SARRC Athelstone to Henley Beach 30km which was on today and a heaps better option than mountain bike orienteering at Fox Creek :)
Saturday Jul 17, 2010 #
3 PM
riding (downhill appreciation) 1:39:00 [4] 22.0 km (4:30 / km) +600m 3:58 / km
When I say downhill appreciation, that's because there was hardly any to appreciate! From home to Stirling is decidedly uphill. I chose to ride up Shepherds Hill Rd to Blackwood, down through Hawthorndene to the park gates, up through Belair NP via Jubilee Drive (which is gravel these days and washed out after rain so fairly slow going), up Sheoak Rd to Crafers (and here I was in absolute bottom gear going up the steepest bastard of a hill when a proper cyclist on a road bike went past me standing on his pedals and even he wasn't doing it easy) then finally down into Stirling (of course I squandered any potential downhill momentum by riding the brakes too much because I'm a chicken).
I got George to meet me at the Organic Market Cafe and after coffee we went to watch the sunset at Mt Lofty but it was bloody freezing up there so we found a pub with a nice open fire to have dinner by.
I got George to meet me at the Organic Market Cafe and after coffee we went to watch the sunset at Mt Lofty but it was bloody freezing up there so we found a pub with a nice open fire to have dinner by.
Friday Jul 16, 2010 #
7 AM
running intervals (Moneghetti fartlek) 20:00 [4] 4.3 km (4:39 / km)
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
Even after a lot of stretching I still didn't feel fully warmed up - tight knees and hamstrings - so I didn't push myself too fast and this was okay. Didn't seem as hard as it could have. What I am pleased about is that I'm finally noticing an incremental increase in core strength (and no, I'm not logging that stuff).
running warm up/down 30:00 [2]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
warmup 13 min
warmdown 17 min
warmdown 17 min
Thursday Jul 15, 2010 #
7 PM
running (Belair night) 48:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
Along Long Gully to the redwoods and back with Fern & Bridget. We heard mopoke (boobook) owls and the bubbling of the creek. There was no moon and yet I still felt like going rogaining. Afterwards I fed Bridget dinner, for which she thanked me, but she seemed also to imply that I had held her down and force-fed her chocolate...
Wednesday Jul 14, 2010 #
8 AM
running intervals (200s(ish)) 7:47 [5] 2.3 km (3:23 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 10
I don't know which was the bigger surprise: that I talked myself into doing intervals or that I managed to fit it in between the heavy rain showers.
East side of the outer rim of Mortlock Park is about 210m, but rough with tree roots and puddles; west side is more like 250m but smooth gravel (the north and south recovery sides are nowhere near equal either).
There's obviously a lot less mud left around there now since I came home with most of it on my legs!
44, 49, 47, 48, 46, 48, 44, 48, 45, 48
East side of the outer rim of Mortlock Park is about 210m, but rough with tree roots and puddles; west side is more like 250m but smooth gravel (the north and south recovery sides are nowhere near equal either).
There's obviously a lot less mud left around there now since I came home with most of it on my legs!
44, 49, 47, 48, 46, 48, 44, 48, 45, 48
running warm up/down 33:08 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 10
warmup 8.15
warmdown 11.28
recoveries 13.25
warmdown 11.28
recoveries 13.25
Tuesday Jul 13, 2010 #
6 PM
running (Shepherds Hill) 51:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
The shortest loop in the park since I thought nobody would be at Nth Adelaide - was probably a bit stuffed for intervals anyway. Needed a torch for the singletracks. Enjoyed running in the dark and rain but headwind on the way home was annoying. Must stretch my knees now!
Monday Jul 12, 2010 #
6 PM
running (Monday night) 1:11:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
I ran over to Fern's; together with Tyson and Troy we ran up the creek to the end of the caravan park and back, then I ran home.
Sunday Jul 11, 2010 #
9 AM
running long (Morialta) 2:00:00 [3] 20.0 km (6:00 / km) +500m 5:20 / km
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
From John & Bridget's house on Leonard St, Magill, up to Deep View, Central Track, Moores Rd, Colonial Drive, 3rd Falls and back down. At the bottom of Central Track John & Bridget went off to view waterfalls up close and I went up the Besser blocks into the fog. It was quite odd running along by myself thinking "I know what the topography ought to be but I can't see anything definite as to how far I've gone". It was a lovely run. I taped my arches so my knees didn't hurt as much as when I was walking around at Tanunda Creek yesterday, and I felt stronger on the hills than I have for a while. I have been waiting for an opportunity to see the waterfalls this winter, and while they're flowing nicely, they haven't reached their full potential yet. (The 3 falls loop could be a good run to take people on in nationals week.) When I got back to Leonard St, Bridget let me finish off the porridge saucepan :)
2 PM
riding (Brownhill Creek) 1:00:00 [3] 19.5 km (3:05 / km)
It was such a nice afternoon, neither raining nor bitterly cold, so I seized the opportunity for a ride along the creek, and I enjoyed myself immensely.
Saturday Jul 10, 2010 #
Note
Secret Controllers' Business - another 6 hours.
There are over 100 controls on the Tanunda Creek map (including model event) and I have now been to all of the sites, some of them twice. Whether or not I found Vincent's tag depended on how delectable the sheep had previously found it. I didn't realise their diet was deficient in pink surveying tags!
A herd of yearling cattle found me pretty interesting, and followed me along the fenceline for some time - I was in the next padock, and that was fine, but I had to come back through their paddock, and for a few minutes I thought they were all going to rush me (even though Jennys shouldn't form a usual part of their diet) but then I remembered how yelling at cattle to "Goo Orn!" and waving arms in the general direction you want them to go, seems to work for Grandfather, and so it worked for me too.
I got in some electric fence climbing/crawling practice in advance of November's World Rogaining Champs in NZ: http://wrc2010.org.nz/resources/ElectricFences.htm
Jeffa assures me that all electric fences will be switched off for the Aust Champs. We will have to arrange that for the model event also, and think carefully about them when putting out controls.
There are over 100 controls on the Tanunda Creek map (including model event) and I have now been to all of the sites, some of them twice. Whether or not I found Vincent's tag depended on how delectable the sheep had previously found it. I didn't realise their diet was deficient in pink surveying tags!
A herd of yearling cattle found me pretty interesting, and followed me along the fenceline for some time - I was in the next padock, and that was fine, but I had to come back through their paddock, and for a few minutes I thought they were all going to rush me (even though Jennys shouldn't form a usual part of their diet) but then I remembered how yelling at cattle to "Goo Orn!" and waving arms in the general direction you want them to go, seems to work for Grandfather, and so it worked for me too.
I got in some electric fence climbing/crawling practice in advance of November's World Rogaining Champs in NZ: http://wrc2010.org.nz/resources/ElectricFences.htm
Jeffa assures me that all electric fences will be switched off for the Aust Champs. We will have to arrange that for the model event also, and think carefully about them when putting out controls.
Friday Jul 9, 2010 #
Note
(rest day)
Knees weren't real happy and the dog wanted a walk more than I wanted a run. I am starting to miss swimming in the big outdoor pond :( but am not desperate enough to pay $7 for the indoor swamp at North Adelaide.
Thursday Jul 8, 2010 #
7 PM
running (Belair night) 1:05:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
Nobody else was present when I got to Belair; shortly afterwards Zara arrived with Callum but there was no sign of Tyson and Fern. We waited a few min then headed up past the lake. When we got along the train line on the north side of the park we saw unmistakeable Ayups heading towards us. Tyson, Fern & Troy had run from Rosella Ave to the park, "waited 5 minutes" (Z & I were probably 8 and 6 minutes late, respectively, punctuality not being our strong point) then done a short loop and were heading home. Zara & I then went up past both waterfalls to the tap at the top of the park (I figured since I'd pushed uphill at nearly-kelpie pace I didn't want to lose the altitude just yet) and down Saddle Hill Rd, back Long Gully. Chatting meant we didn't feel the cold :) but when I got home it was 6 degrees on the plains and George & I took it in turns to stand in front of the lounge room heater eating pizza from the box (it being too cold to venture into the kitchen for civilised eating implements).
Wednesday Jul 7, 2010 #
7 AM
running 1:16:31 [3] 14.2 km (5:23 / km) +240m 4:58 / km
shoes: Asics Gel 2140
Shepherds Hill, Eden Hills, Bellevue Heights, Flinders Uni and home.
I came across a campground with about 50 tents, erected on one of the disused tennis courts at Sturt campus. Across the carpark was a setup which looked like a rogaine hash house. Something (maybe the Charles Sturt Uni Environmental Science department's bus) made me think that the theme was sustainability, so a bit of quick Googling over coffee yielded the following: http://www.cana.net.au/action/upcoming-events
"Students of Sustainability (Adelaide, July 4-8): Students of Sustainability will be held in 2010 in Adelaide from 4th-8th July on Kaurna Land at Flinders University. Students of Sustainability is a week-long conference that has been running annually for 18 years, and creates a village atmosphere, complete with sacred fire, entertainment, yummy vegan food, childcare, art space, thought provoking workshops and much more."
Well, I didn't notice much of a village atmosphere at 7.30 in the morning, but I was impressed by the prominence of signs directing people to the campus bar, not that it would have been open then!
I came across a campground with about 50 tents, erected on one of the disused tennis courts at Sturt campus. Across the carpark was a setup which looked like a rogaine hash house. Something (maybe the Charles Sturt Uni Environmental Science department's bus) made me think that the theme was sustainability, so a bit of quick Googling over coffee yielded the following: http://www.cana.net.au/action/upcoming-events
"Students of Sustainability (Adelaide, July 4-8): Students of Sustainability will be held in 2010 in Adelaide from 4th-8th July on Kaurna Land at Flinders University. Students of Sustainability is a week-long conference that has been running annually for 18 years, and creates a village atmosphere, complete with sacred fire, entertainment, yummy vegan food, childcare, art space, thought provoking workshops and much more."
Well, I didn't notice much of a village atmosphere at 7.30 in the morning, but I was impressed by the prominence of signs directing people to the campus bar, not that it would have been open then!
Tuesday Jul 6, 2010 #
6 PM
running hills (Montefiore Hill) 9:43 [5]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
6 x hills. Simon & Bridget only did 3 because they had already done other intervals. I slowed down a bit with no one to chase...actually none of the times are special, but I felt okay, and nothing hurt tonight :)
1.36
1.35
1.36
1.37
1.40
1.39
1.36
1.35
1.36
1.37
1.40
1.39
running warm up/down 40:15 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2150
Warmup 15 min including runthroughs
recoveries 10 min
warmdown 15 min
recoveries 10 min
warmdown 15 min
Monday Jul 5, 2010 #
7 PM
running (Monday night) 58:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
Quoth Tyson yesterday "Bring torches tomorrow, we're going up Brown Hill". And so it came to pass that Tyson, Fern, Simon, Bridget & I did just that. Fern powered up, providing light for Simon, while the rest of us trailed behind - Simon said that, looking back, he couldn't tell which were our torches and which were street lights. From the trig point at the top (312m) we could see the TV towers on Mt Lofty looking closer than usual, the city lights in front of us, and in the distance across Spencer Gulf, the lights of towns on Yorke Peninsula. That was worth climbing the hill for! Also, my knees felt better than they had for a week, so I was happy. On the way home we took the singletrack through Waite, around the back of Carrick Hill. Later we passed by the Edinburgh Hotel, but sadly no-one had money to stop in for a drink...
Sunday Jul 4, 2010 #
11 AM
orienteering race 1:00:29 [3] 6.3 km (9:36 / km) +210m 8:14 / km
shoes: Asics Gel 2140
I can take or leave orienteering in Gumeracha Goldfields ('cos I can terrain run there for free) but this was a pleasant enough course even if it did go into the scrubby goldmining section down south (there's a reason why I was organiser for the WOC trials in 2003 rather than running the long). I taped my arches - which I should have done on the rogaine last weekend - and my knees held up fairly well though I was happy not to have done the 9km course. It was only slightly embarrassing to get thoroughly beaten on time by M60s...
Afterwards my parents & I went via the farm to visit Grandfather. When we got there he was on the front lawn digging up a specimen of Mt Barker subterranean clover. He's intending to take it to a meeting of the Amos Howard Historical Trust to show them that the image which they have used on the trust's letterhead is not the correct species of sub-clover! (He's already explained this to the owners of the Howard Vineyard down the road.) Yep, I'd say he's doing just fine for 94.
Afterwards my parents & I went via the farm to visit Grandfather. When we got there he was on the front lawn digging up a specimen of Mt Barker subterranean clover. He's intending to take it to a meeting of the Amos Howard Historical Trust to show them that the image which they have used on the trust's letterhead is not the correct species of sub-clover! (He's already explained this to the owners of the Howard Vineyard down the road.) Yep, I'd say he's doing just fine for 94.
Saturday Jul 3, 2010 #
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Secret Controllers' Business - 4 hours
My knees were unhappy in the night and didn't cheer up on awakening so I decided that meandering around Tanunda Creek would be more than enough for them today. I took a long time to clear my head of orienteering-unrelated stuff this morning, then I had another go at raiding Snap Printing's recycling bin (I didn't find the master maps last night in the dark because Bob Smith had thoughtfully taped them to the inside of the bin for me to collect), then I did a Tyson and went via the Lyndoch bakery...so I didn't get out on the map until after lunch. Then I spent rather too long taking photos of rocks and grasstrees (I'm considering posting a series of photos of rocks and getting people to guess which ones have actually been mapped as boulders), and playing in the waterfall, and I found the bathtub which Vincent and Paul were talking about the other day, and I stopped to take some more sunset photos, and suddenly it was nearly dark and I couldn't quite read the map for the last couple of controls, but the tapes were where they were meant to be, of course :)
My knees were unhappy in the night and didn't cheer up on awakening so I decided that meandering around Tanunda Creek would be more than enough for them today. I took a long time to clear my head of orienteering-unrelated stuff this morning, then I had another go at raiding Snap Printing's recycling bin (I didn't find the master maps last night in the dark because Bob Smith had thoughtfully taped them to the inside of the bin for me to collect), then I did a Tyson and went via the Lyndoch bakery...so I didn't get out on the map until after lunch. Then I spent rather too long taking photos of rocks and grasstrees (I'm considering posting a series of photos of rocks and getting people to guess which ones have actually been mapped as boulders), and playing in the waterfall, and I found the bathtub which Vincent and Paul were talking about the other day, and I stopped to take some more sunset photos, and suddenly it was nearly dark and I couldn't quite read the map for the last couple of controls, but the tapes were where they were meant to be, of course :)
Friday Jul 2, 2010 #
7 AM
riding (Brownhill Creek) 1:05:00 [3] 19.5 km (3:20 / km)
The ride was fun (though I was a bit tentative in the places where mud has washed on to the road) but enjoyment was almost negated by the pain in fingers and toes. OMG, it was cold! I had gloves, but they are fingerless, and I'm not. And if I had wanted to see frost, I could have just looked at the front lawn :)
Thursday Jul 1, 2010 #
1 PM
Note
Attack of the Killer Physio
Where would I be without Kath? Unable to achieve any seriously long runs, that's for sure (as she pointed out to me).
Where would I be without Kath? Unable to achieve any seriously long runs, that's for sure (as she pointed out to me).
7 PM
running (Belair night) 55:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Kayano 15
Along Long Gully, up and over the hill to the redwoods, back along Long Gully, with Zara/Callum, Fern/Tyson, Bridget/Simon and Steve Sullivan. I felt rather post-physio, and generally a bit weary, but won't be having a nice quiet weekend at home - Tanunda Creek beckons!