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Sunday Mar 27, 2011 #
6 AM
Run 2:00:00 [3] 23.2 km (5:10 / km)
I woke up with a bit of a sniffle and having had very little sleep (the only reason I can think of for that was drinking a Coke with dinner), which didn't fill me with confidence about a long run on a tough course - almost chickened out and headed for the plains to the north of Trafalgar, but stuck with my original plan, which involved a flat first 20 minutes before a major climb of 350 metres in about 4km.
The run started OK and I adjusted quickly enough to running with a headlamp for the first time in a while (6.15 start, so in the dark for the first 40 minutes). Big hills are sometimes easiest when you can't see what's coming, but I already knew from the map that the first part of Earls Road was the steepest; it eased off after that, but still seemed to go more or less forever. Had reasonable strength for this, though, which will help build some confidence.
The next section was a little disappointing. I thought this run might catch alight once I got to the top of the hill and the road would have been ideal for that - gently rolling hills in the countryside, more down than up - but wasn't feeling great through that part (perhaps I was disappointed that low cloud only meant limited views). Will have to try this again on a better day. Got a bit of a surprise hitting Sunny Creek Road at the saddle rather than a couple of kilometres south of it (the VicRoads map was misleading), which meant not doing a climb I had been preparing myself for. Rob's version of this loop goes up again from this point, but I didn't really want another big climb and was running a little short of time (plus I wasn't confident of finding the top end of Old Thorpdale Road), so headed down the bitumen of Sunny Creek Road. Some nice stretches on the flat in the last 20 minutes, although with a feeling I might have struggled if tested much further.
All in all, not too bad a run in the circumstances.
There was a big storm here on Tuesday night (the rain gauge I gave Kathryn and Rob for a housewarming present got 112mm worth of use), but there's surprisingly little damage - I was expecting to see a lot of washouts and other such damage but there was no real evidence of it. Wilsons Prom is a rather different story...
The run started OK and I adjusted quickly enough to running with a headlamp for the first time in a while (6.15 start, so in the dark for the first 40 minutes). Big hills are sometimes easiest when you can't see what's coming, but I already knew from the map that the first part of Earls Road was the steepest; it eased off after that, but still seemed to go more or less forever. Had reasonable strength for this, though, which will help build some confidence.
The next section was a little disappointing. I thought this run might catch alight once I got to the top of the hill and the road would have been ideal for that - gently rolling hills in the countryside, more down than up - but wasn't feeling great through that part (perhaps I was disappointed that low cloud only meant limited views). Will have to try this again on a better day. Got a bit of a surprise hitting Sunny Creek Road at the saddle rather than a couple of kilometres south of it (the VicRoads map was misleading), which meant not doing a climb I had been preparing myself for. Rob's version of this loop goes up again from this point, but I didn't really want another big climb and was running a little short of time (plus I wasn't confident of finding the top end of Old Thorpdale Road), so headed down the bitumen of Sunny Creek Road. Some nice stretches on the flat in the last 20 minutes, although with a feeling I might have struggled if tested much further.
All in all, not too bad a run in the circumstances.
There was a big storm here on Tuesday night (the rain gauge I gave Kathryn and Rob for a housewarming present got 112mm worth of use), but there's surprisingly little damage - I was expecting to see a lot of washouts and other such damage but there was no real evidence of it. Wilsons Prom is a rather different story...