Exercise: 25km Run/Walk – Checkpoint 2 – 4 Trailwalker (7’s Blue)

Oooh, where do I start :roll:

Firstly, I have to say that I was very disappointed by The Police concert last night. Really, the MCG was not the place for it. The atmosphere would have been 100 times better if they’d used The Vodafone Arena, and maybe played a couple of concerts instead. The MCG was just too big and the sound didn’t really carry well. I couldn’t make out at all what Sting was saying most of the time, and even though I knew the songs, it was actually really hard to hear the lyrics that he was singing.

However, I was really proud of myself when it came to the food intake. I made up a tuna salad and took that with me. We drove in and parked in the MCG carpark, and as we were a bit early (we were meeting my brother), I was able to sit in the car comfortably and eat my dinner :-) I’d also taken a 1.5 litre bottle of water with me too, and guzzled on that during the evening. Didn’t she do well :D

Because we drove, rather than took the train, we were home much earlier than I thought, which meant that I got more time in bed before getting up for our Trailwalker training. (still not enough sleep, but more than I had envisaged).

How wonderful to actually have the full team together at last. Due to me being away, we haven’t done any training together before, so it was good to actually hang out as a team.

Photos first :-)

We were lucky enough to get to the crossing just as Puffing Billy was going past

Walking down one of the few downhill sections of the trail :roll:

A beautiful section of the trail, between Belgrave and Grants Picnic Ground.

Here’s the elevation chart…..need I say any more about the hills :shock:

Okay so I will talk about the hills. They were real mothers. And the alternative route that the Trailwalker people have added because a small section of the trail is closed is probably one of the steepest hills I have ever walked up in my life :shock: Do you know that it was easier to walk up it backwards than forwards, which I did for most of the way up it.

My legs are really, really tired tonight. I’m about to go to bed and am going to chuck the Skins on, which will hopefully help them feel fresh tomorrow (yeah right!!).

Note to self: Hill training, hill training, hill training :oops:

Just as a useless bit of information, I weighed myself before I left this morning and then when I got home and even though I had drunk just on 3 litres of water and eaten plenty, I still lost 900 grams :shock: