Wednesday 7/9: another Wild Women on Top session, this time at St Ives. 3 hours w/ about an 11kg pack. 11.4km endurance walk
Thursday 8/9: massage
Sunday 11/9: for a change, I got to sleep-in & left home at 11am to drive to Bronte to meet my Team Sparta teammates Lulu & Sam for our long walk, this time (my first) in the Eastern Suburbs. Enjoyed a beautiful 4 hour walk along the coast from La Perouse to Bronte. Lots of stairs but far less than last week :0 20.4km
Sunday 11/9: for a change, I got to sleep-in & left home at 11am to drive to Bronte to meet my Team Sparta teammates Lulu & Sam for our long walk, this time (my first) in the Eastern Suburbs. Enjoyed a beautiful 4 hour walk along the coast from La Perouse to Bronte. Lots of stairs but far less than last week :0 20.4km
Monday 12/9: this was the start of a big week for me. I was due to lead (for the first time) not one but two Wild Women on Top sessions. So I headed over to Mosman today to do a recee for both sessions & enjoyed a lovely 90mins playing on the trails & going up/down/up/down sets of stairs in & around Mosman. 6.7km in total
Tuesday 13/9: my first session leading a Wild Women on Top; this one was 2hrs based at Clifton Gardens. It ended up being about 6.2km & included a walk to Bradleys Head & returning, some strength & core work, bush bashing & soft sand walking. Got home at 10.50am & slept soundly :)
Friday 16/9: my second Wild Women on Top session had me leaving home about 6.30am for the drive to Chinamens Beach near Balmoral. Arrived early & did a quick recee of the park to locate a certain set of stairs before I drove to Balmoral & enjoyed a coffee before heading back to Chinamens Beach for the start of the session. This session was 3 hours of soft sand walking, stair repeats, strength + core & endurance walking. 8.8km in total. I was rather anxious about leading the Wild Women sessions so I felt rather relieved when they were both over.
Saturday 17/9: another sleep-in before a road trip. This time it was to Kangaroo Valley where I met Lulu & Mr K to do a quick recee of part of the final part of the course. About 1hr 46min & 9.1km in total.
As we were leaving I saw, for the first time in the bush, a snake! A red belly black snake was slithering its way across the road. Thankfully I was safely esconded in my car at the times. The prospect of coming across a snake scares the crap out of me. But geez watching that snake I couldn't help but think they are magnificent creatures.
As we were leaving I saw, for the first time in the bush, a snake! A red belly black snake was slithering its way across the road. Thankfully I was safely esconded in my car at the times. The prospect of coming across a snake scares the crap out of me. But geez watching that snake I couldn't help but think they are magnificent creatures.
So Team Sparta is ready. Only a bit of tapering, organising of gear & 6 sleeps to go :)
MTD:
Bike: 22.3km
Hike: 95.2km
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Good luck Team Sparta!
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