12FT Training

All packed, only took me an hour or so. It was amusing laying out my stuff on the bed. My running gear to regular clothes ratio was 3:1 easily. Just tipping the scales on allowable check in weight. Off to Thailand today and then back to Eire for the first time in 6 yrs. Can't wait to show the kids where I grew up.

Training- Finished up a good 3 week training spell on Saturday with a training run over the 12FT. Was nice to have a few starters including Jan, Terry, Will and his mate.
Turned out to be a cool damp day, with a wicked mist on the climb up from the river through the Mini saddle and up Pluvi. I ran with Terry to the river before pulling away and spending the rest of the day alone. Split at a very busy Caves House was 5.08, after a slow Black Range. Spent way too long waiting for a bucket of chips and drink before turning around for the return up the hill. Lots of tourists about. Heaps of kangaroos and black cockatoos too around Caves Rd. The water at the Deviation tank was close to freezing. A few bikers here and there before the solitude of the descent of Pluvi-Little River and then Mini, spectacular as ever in the late afternoon. A waist high crossing of the frigid river and then back to my drop at the Megalong tree, just on dusk. Coke, sustagen and some chips, feeling re-energised, then the long slog up Nellies arriving at the tree in 11.37, exactly what I wanted from the day. Knackered hammies, thrashed quads and an inner glow of having once again run 12FT.

More hills and miles to come...