Training - Sunday 1st Nov - Sat 7th Nov 09

Sunday - Nothing. Very tired from yesterday so had family day

Monday - Kayak. 14km on Avon. Lengthened paddle to 208cm to create a bit more resistance. Paddled against the tide for 7km and against quite strong wind in places. Total time was 1:28. The 10km (to 4th Bridge and back, broken up by the extra 4km to estuary bridge and back) was in about 59:30 which at about 75% effort was very pleased with.  

Tuesday - Nothing. Felt quite tired today although it was my legs more than torso. Must be using leg push properly in kayak

Wednesday - Cycling. Mostly short bays but carried on the climb up Summit Rd towards Gebbies for 1-2km. Pretty steady mostly. NW blowing so no fast stuff on flat

Ran fairly quickly for 20mins on road (flat) which was probably about 4.5km to pick car up from garage. Legs not responding to speed which is no surprise as have not been on road since June in UK.

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Training - Sunday 25th Oct - Sat 31st Oct 09

Rather poor week again

Sunday - Family day

Monday - Kayaked on river 14km from Woodstock to Gorge Bridge. I was slow and still rather unsteady in boat. God to be on river again though

Tuesday - Nothing

Wednesday - Cycled 1:25 steady on turbo trainer then immediately ran for 50 mins (twice round cave route) which included about 300m of climbing. Pretty slow running but felt quite good

Thursday - Nothing . Rather lazy really but had a lot to do before Saturday's paddle

Friday - Day with Maggie

Saturday - Waimak trip from Mt White bridge to Woodstock. About 53km (??). This was our grade 2 assessment and from paddling point of view went quite well altthough I was very tired for the last couple of hours and really have to work on endurance from now until Feb.