33km trail run Darlington to Mt Helena and back
Splits; 1hr 51/2hr 17....
Ran behind the A-team for the first hour or so, well to be more descriptive I tried to hold onto the back of the A-team bunch for 15-40 minutes or so then dropped back to my own pace but well ahead of the B-team....(WAMC training groups that meet at Darlington...) Then on my own mostly from Mundaring to Mt helena as the WAMC runners returned to Darlington turning around at or near Mundaring for them.....left heel was a little tender when I crossed the bitumen of Great Eastern Highway but was fine when I was running on the softer gravel trails....Saw an interesting plaque near Mt Helena which talks about CY OConnor the chief engineer in WA construction the railway line in 1890 on the route I had run up as a less steep route for heavier trains to get up the hill as the original rail line route went through John Forrest National Park (e.g. corner of Pechey Rd and Morrison Rd)...On the way back I was rationing my two 600ml powerades as the heat, lack of fluids, and lack of running in recent months, started to catch up with me a lot...
Ended up slowing considerably and walking about 2-4km...it was a real grind to get back to darlington and I drank long and hard from a tap at a little park near Hardey Rd that I found...Tough, and probably a bit foolhardy, but hey I achieved my aim which was to get a 33km run on the board to keep my 2006 Six Inch Track plans operational which is only about 3 weeks away... Quads are a bit sore today (sunday)...
About 23hours of meter reading this week including some tough hills to climb in Swanview just near the corner of Pechey Rd and Morrison Rd actually...Also ran about 1500m in Woodvale at a steady pace where I had to get from one meter to another a long way away...
My wife Kathryn and I have been for lots of short walks most mornings and some evenings this week as Kathryn is getting very keen on a 15min to 30min walk in the morning...the drive is coming from her this time not me...
Today (sunday 26/11/06) I managed to spend about 45min to 60min moshing with the awesome Grave Forsaken band who were playing at Briggs Park in Byford...it was rather hot and got up quite a sweat out there in the 35 degree heat...did a few commando rolls and scored a copy of their cool album "Beside the river of Blood" which you can also get a copy of from soundmass.com
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