Mt Taylor

Today:
Distance: 18.3 km
Time: 1 hr 39 mins 13 secs
Rate: 5' 25" per km
Altitude gain/loss: 340 metres
Weather: sunny, temp 15 degrees, humidity 45%, cool SW wind at 20 kmph
Week: 58.7 km, May: 109.9 km
Year: 1708.55 km in 18 weeks at ave 94.9 km per week


It's been nearly a year since I ran from work to the top of Mt Taylor and back. The picture shows the course nicely if you are lucky enough to live southside of this city.
Starting near the bottom, running outside of Lake Tuggeranong, then a long up hill on Athllon Dr to Sulwood Dr. Leaving the main roads, on to the fire trail at the back of Torrens houses to the newest of the tracks up the mountain. It's a zig zag track, about 900 metres long, easily runable except about 50 metres near the top that is rocky. A nice training track.
Windy on the top, stopped a couple of minutes to admire the views both towards the city over Woden, then looking south towards Rob Roy & Tennent.
The hard part done, then a bit of speed to make up for the slowness of the up hill. Down the western side to Sulwood Dr ( the way the Tour de Mtn goes up), down through Kambah to Athllon Dr, nice running over the dam wall, past Centrelink building and back to the depot.
It's not a good summer run, too open & few drink spots. Would have to carry too much water, although the dog bowl on top of the mountain could be used in an emergency.
Ewen & Jog, the trail running shoes I bought have the sole traction going across the shoe, the Salomon on the website, and the others I looked at have odd tread patterns which I didn't like.
Looks, mine are black & red, like the colour, you won't see how dirty they get. I need to wear red socks & cap to colour match. Must look the part even if I can't run.
I did read the Salomon write up, didn't understand the language, looked a bit foreign to me.