Heading to the Hills

I am not totally sure what inspired me, but I really did enjoy the last few runs up into the hills. For better or worse, it meant that I was always going to be doing another hill run today!

So with that in mind, I tried to think of a run that I hadn't done before. I headed to Sumner, where the plan was to head up the Captain Thomas track, to Evans Pass. As it turned out, it was a pretty good track up to the pass, one which I would definitly look at doing again. From Evans, I headed along the MTB track (loving them at the moment, not to steep, good running) headed for Godley Head. It was pretty good running, I was worried about overheating by wearing a poly pro, but as it turned out there was plenty of wind at the top, so I was pretty happy for the extra warmth! Once I had reached Godley Head, I was feeling pretty good, so I figured I would head down to Taylor's Mistake, following the track down. There are few things I enjoy more about running than a good downhill, with enough rocks etc to keep it interesting! I headed back up to the Summit Road via the Anaconda MTB Track (keeping my love of them going), before following the same way (Cpt. Thomas ) back down into Sumner. Once I had reached the top of the Anaconda track I was definitly feeling tired, that last crossing of the hill was definitly tough!

But that being said, I have been feeling much better while running, certainly I have been feeling far less tired/unfit/cruddy while running up hills, so much so that it took until well into the run before feeling tired. The run was all up 25 km, done in 2 hours, 5 minutes. So averaging effectivly just over 5 minute km's, which given the climbs involved, is not a bad time in anyones book. Certainly a good way to start my assault on the 400!

I have also added a link to a friend of mine's website, of his new project, expanding what he already does as a Dietician; Life Nutrition Sports Dietician. I will sometime in the future definitly talk to him about food ideas, especially if I want to turn these 3000km into training for something good in my future.

Tommorow will be flat, perhaps McLean's Island again. Maybe I will try find a new flat track?

CP