It's been a solid couple of weeks with good hills and excellent recoveries. The Garmin graph from the hills last week was a cracker - I needed a "big" hill, so, naturally I chose the Kalamunda Killer. This gave 50m climb over each 500m interval, so it hurt like hell.
So things are going well.
Today's run showed me the different faces of the Bibbulmun - nice to look a round more this time rather than be terrified of losing the trail and wondering if I would die of dehydration.
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| Downhills are Uphills on the way back... |
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| Unusual open section of the track |
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| Mostly this - gravel trails |
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| A 2km smooth section - great for both down and uphill. |
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| Reward - the Mundairing Wier |
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| The temperature drops with the sun |
The only problem today was the temperature. The day started quite warm - the first without constant rain for 10 days. Running was warm, even hot, but when the sun disappeared , the temperature plummeted and my hands immediately started to freeze. When the sun finally dropped behind the hills, it got really chilly.
The Garmin let me down agan today, with the battery dying before I even got started - really wanted to see the elevation and heartrate graphs for the whole track.
Nutrition for this run was 3 x clif shot bloks, 1 x pineapple GU and one of my favourite espresso hammer - yummo!
I know I'm near the ends of the track when people appear on the track - Danish walkers in huge boots, two hats and ski poles or families with babies in backpacks. Another surprise was this apparition, about 6km from the finish - these guys looked like the best way home.
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| The Lanterne Rouge |
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| Hallucinating - looking down to see a runner! |
The only downside of the day was a fall over an invisible log with only 500m to go - somehow I magically landed on nothing more than my right shoulder - a bit of mud and no pain!
All up - 32km (thereabouts) in 3:10, with plenty left. A grand day out.
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