Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Headed up to northern Victoria for the weekend, making a success of this trip on the third attempt (I'd originally planned it for July, and then for two weekends ago). Stopped in on the way to do a run at Browns Reef, using part of a course from 2016 (including one very long leg, hence the modest number of controls). Probably a similar sort of run to last Sunday, moving more or less OK on the flat and downhills but finding climbing of any sort increasingly problematic as it went on. Got under 8 min/km (straight-line) for the first time in a while, but it's the sort of area where the likes of Aston and Pat would be deep into the 4s. A pretty cool day for February in Bendigo - only about 18 when I was running, although it warmed up later as the cloud broke up, which made for good conditions for some of the most impressive mirages I've seen for a while in the flat country north of Bendigo.

Did a bit of a tour of granite hills as I continued north, most notably at Mount Hope which Neil had previously mentioned (lots of rocks, and would definitely make for an interesting map with some similarities with Korong). Finished the day at Cohuna, where I certainly won't have any hills to deal with tomorrow. Just being on the road felt reasonably relaxing after a pretty stressful week.

I thought it in the interests of diplomacy to stay clear of the discussion in the pub about the forthcoming duck-shooting season. There were also various signs expressing disgruntlement with aspects of water policy, which I suspect differ from such signs which have been on display in various parts of the Murray-Darling Basin for decades only in as much as these days they have hashtags.