Running2:52:29 20.85 km (8:16 / km) +1114m6:32 / km ahr:151 max:169
Catchpool-Mt McKerrow-Wainui-Mt Lowry-Days Bay
Good group today doing various variations of the full route. Stunner of a day for it too.
58 mins to the top of McKerrow, which is a gut buster, but really beautiful forest, and runnable for the most part really. Here we left Ellie, Soph and Becky to loop back to the cars.
1.50 to the Top Hat dairy in Wainuiomata (famous for stopping selling giant jelly snakes ~5yrs ago. Now you have to get a large jelly aligator. They're just not the same). Here we lost John but gained Magnus and Caspar.
Then up the other side to Mt Lowry, being dragged along by a fresh legged Magnus, and with a renewed Greg spurting past on the climb.
Along and down to the beach, then a cold swim followed by good pizza on the lawn with a live band in the background.
Running20:28 3.73 km (5:29 / km) +8m5:26 / km ahr:146 max:169
wu and drills. Drills cut a bit short out of concern that the two mean looking dogs that were 'cheering' me on from their balcony would figure out how short their fence was...
Orienteering12:52 2.83 km (4:33 / km) +3m4:31 / km ahr:168 max:176
W6 course from waitangi last yr. Race 3 whitirea polytechnic.
Running34:49 4.98 km (6:59 / km) +226m5:42 / km ahr:167 max:183
Running32:53 4.57 km (7:12 / km) +222m5:48 / km ahr:148 max:179 (sick)
well. stomach stayed in one piece.
Also, today is the first day in 4 that I have:
Been awake more hours than I have slept.
Managed to eat 3 meals.
Did something productive (I put the washing out).
Mystery Virus. Spent all day alone at Fielding Holiday Camp (creepiest camp ground ever). Not too bad though, cos I was asleep for all but about 2 hours.