Training Log Archive: jennycas

'Twas a beautifully sunny morning on the plains and not too cold up at Glenbrook, but running down to the Causeway from the gates of the National Park meant descending into the Mist o' the Mountains. Did the Campfire Creek - Red Hands Cave loop section in reverse (the opposite way around to usual, not literally jogging backwards) because I thought it might be slippery coming down the many little steps, so instead I then had to come down the few big ones which are hard for me to run up anyway - not sure if this way around was any more efficient because I still spent a lot of time watching my feet. Also, this run is nicest in summer when the wildflowers are out. When I got back to the Causeway a bunch of women in Serious Ultra Running Gear were standing around, and I didn't want any of them to catch me on the 1km uphill climb (still smarting from having continually been overtaken yesterday by a guy who was power walking, and in long-sleeved shirt & hiking pants) so I tried a bit harder on the ascent.

G & I brunched at one of the many cafes which have sprung up in Glenbrook, noting that the hiking/outdoor shop which morphed into a MTBing place a few years ago now has a new incarnation as a Serious Ultra Running Gear store, which I suspect caters to a female target audience given the number of women I saw on foot in the national park today - and yet I didn't see any cyclists, unlike a couple of years ago.