I also managed to use the opportunity to practice my sand running in preparation for the Coastal Classic. I went for a 12.3km (approx 57 minute) run on Saturday - mostly along the beach but some on sandy tracks that were actually quite hilly. I aimed to go out for 30mins then back, but got pretty deep into some forest and turned at a logical point at about 29mins instead. I was pretty happy with my ability to retain speed on the sand, and it felt great to be on trails again.
Sunday morning I went for another run - this time going inland almost straight away to try and explore some trails. I found some great little tracks that seemed not to have been walked on for some time. I was a little worried about getting lost though as I took a few forked turns and was just following my nose a bit. I ended up popping out right near our car after less than 30mins on the track! Very disappointing given that I was hoping to go for longer - I thought about heading back into the forest but opted to go along the beach to find Annabel instead. I found her 2.5km up the beach, and had a very nice easy jog with her back to the camp. All up about 9km in 50min or so.
Here are a few pics of the beach we were running along:
We had to share the beach with these guys:
Monday morning I had to be up super early to drop Annabel at the airport, and was pretty wrecked from a LOT of driving over the weekend. I did a quick gym sesh before work though. I started with 5 rounds of:
20 pullups
20 pushups
20 deep dips
20 squats
THEN, 3 rounds of:
Clean 50kg x 6 reps
GHD situps x 15 reps
A bit of a random add-on at the end, but I wanted to do the clean/burpee mainsite WOD but ran out of time!
Slept in this morning (Tuesday) - probably necessary after a long weekend. I'll hit the road again tomorrow morning for a hard run.
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