Training Log Archive: jennycas

After making trifle, and before work. Was hungry, and the smells emanating from the bakeries bypassed while riding to/from the pool didn't alleviate this!

To/from pool. And work. Which all added together just scrapes me in over the 30-min minimum, although that hardly counts when in bite-sized pieces :)

Three Hills loop. Was going to go over into the uni but still needed time to make salad for work BBQ. Nice to stay in the park, anyway (and was interested to see that there had been a controlled burn in the SW corner a couple of weeks ago). Something which twinged in my knee going down the steps last night was rather bad on the downhills this morning, but okay on the flat, and I did just break 12 min for the section back through the suburbs. Even so, best for this loop is 61 and that seems a long way off.

The ride I had meant to do last night - but if I had done it then, I wouldn't have encountered and chatted to Margaret Bourne this morning. Made it back in time to prepare my contribution to departmental Christmas breakfast.

Everyone turned out in honour of the visiting ultramarathoner. We did the lake-trainline-waterfall-steps loop, which was nice, although I really am crap at going up hills, and can't see any way of getting back to how I used to be. So I guess I should focus on my strengths, such as they are, and run faster down hills. But my legs fatigue so quickly these days. Don't think I've really felt 100% on a run more than about twice this year.

Intended to go riding after work but got waylaid by writing a grocery shopping list for the next 6 days of social functions and then procuring all the items thereon from Asian grocery and supermarket, with George in tow. I like food-shopping!

The aquatic equivalent of a gentle plod. Less stiff afterwards. (Swimming is getting easier - I'm on autopilot and don't have to think about what I'm doing - but it's also getting slower which probably means I should pay more attention to the technique I don't have.)

39 min up the hill to F&T's. 44 min with Tyson, Troy, Bridget, Simon past Coro Station, down Winns Rd, through Frank Smith Park and Blackwood Forest. Was lagging a bit on the hills coming back to Wilpena St. But it only takes half an hour to get home from there and is very nearly downhill all the way.

Picked up Zara (& Callum) and still got to Bridgie before anyone else. We ran the Bowling Green Lane loop with Bridget, Simon, Robin (who came all the way with us!) John & Tyson. Got a bit wet but not as wet as we did afterwards at the Stirling markets.

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