Week 16 - Tapering Has Started

Running:  Year to Date

Distance:  1,587.00 kms in 16 weeks at ave  99.2 kms ( down from 100.6 kms in week 15)

Last week:  77.9 kms

Altitude:  34,728 metres in 16 weeks at ave  2,170 metres ( up from 2,158 metres in week 15)

Last week:  2,360 metres

Only highlight of the past week was a wonderful but tough run/jog/walk & crawl along the southern end of the Bullen Range on Sunday.
Saturday was spent on top of Mt Tennent helping at the drink station/finish line during the ACT mountain running championships. Managed a couple of short jogs down the fire trail while waiting for the runners to arrive.
Sunday on Bullen Range was a great day. Out for 5 and half hours of moving time, around 6 hours total time for 40.4 kms with 1,650 metres of up hill. We just went up and down every slope we could find. Explored some side tracks , touched a few trig points as well as went down to the Deep Space Communications Centre to take a look up close.
The company of Gwynn who is doing UTA 50 km in the Blue Mountains in a couple of weeks time, made the day very pleasant indeed. Stopped at the river for a 10 minute relax, the water temp is getting cooler now that the summer heat has gone.
A good week, a few less kms off setting the increase in altitude.