Week 7...

7/7 – 17km Dixon Road Success. 1hr 33min 26sec. 242m gain.Today was another little victory. I summited Dixon Road, another one of the Buderim roads up. It was surprisingly easy with a nice grinding lead up to the top. It was reasonably long, but I was able to churn the legs over at a decent pace and get to the top fairly easy. IT was flippen cold this morning but I caught a beautiful view of the Glasshouse Mountains coming back down Dixon….beautiful. Work was great but flippen freezing (I just can not handle the cold anymore that’s for sure!) and I had a good arvo. All over a decent day with some big pending decisions…..life is a journey that’s for sure!8/7 – NOTHING!Shock and horror, I did not running today! This was for a number of reasons. I woke up early and had a nice morning reading, watching YouTube and generally takin it easy. I then worked all day, and for some reason I always find it hard to run in the arvo after I have been eating through the day and working on my feet. I always find it easier to back up if I had run in the morning but yeah, weird. I also had a big day with a lot on my mind yesterday so that was kind of weighing me down too. All that said, I did have a nice arvo and got a heap of cleaning and stuff done at home. So, I have decided that I am now going to get myself back in a better routine….wake up at 4am, run in the mornings (even though its cold and dark!) and then some days do backups. I am able to, with my work schedule run long Friday through to Monday and then shorter through the week. I look forward to this schedule and racking up some real big k’s before Glasshouse.9/7 – AM – 16k Double Buderim. 1hr 30min 53sec. 340m gain.PM – 6k Mt Ninderry and surrounds. 56min 6sec. 284m gain. Today was rad! This morning I went up Bellinger, through town and then down Mons. On the turnaround, the same track was taken. A nice morning run and I ran the whole thing which shows I am getting even stronger. It was a buzy day at work and then Tegs and I head out to Ninderry to run the mountain and surrounding areas. Had an awesome time! The track is steep, technical and gnarly! I reckon Ill be heading out there a bit for some hill repeats in the future! Tonight is Origin night too so there probably wont be a lot of sleep before a training run in the morning and then our trip down to Yamba for Ma’s 80th birthday celebrations! Good times this weekend!10/7 – 12k Up Dixon nice and easy. 1hr 7min 25sec. 184m gain.Nice easy cruise up Dixon and back down. Pretty uneventful run and it is nice to get some vert in and not struggle. I then went to work for like three hours, got into it before heading home and then starting our drive to Yamba. It was a nice trip and we spent the afternoon with Ma, Mum and Debbie before a nice dinner and relaxing. An enjoyable day!11/7 – 20k Full Moon Hairy Trott!. 1hr 47min 35sec. 0m gain?!I ran out from town on the main road in and out of Yamba this morning. I thought early on it wouldn’t be buzy….oh man, I was so wrong! It was pretty darn buzy, with a lot of trucks and at one point I nearly got cleaned up from behind due to a car overtaking. It was hairy, but I got there in the end! We had a nice day with the family, heading to a really nice coffee shop in Mclean and then taking it easy in the arvo before heading to Mas. We just relaxed there and had a great time together. It is always a blessed, fun time there with the crew!12/7 – 36.7k Town and Angourie Trail Glory. 3hr 37min 48sec. 240m gain.I started early this morning and did an hour around the town of Yamba and then met up with Dad after him arriving late last night. We then head out to a coastal surf town called Angourie. We then decided to take a side road just out of town and was lead to some National Park…….we then got lead on about 8-9k of single track, coastal BEAUTIFUL trail! Some of the best I have ever run on! The sun coming up, the single track, up and down, technical, easy and everything in between was so good. We then head home, smiling ear to ear to enjoy the rest of the day. Tegs, my sister and I then head to town to enjoy the morning and check out the shops. We had a top time before again catching up with the rest of the family and relaxing for the arvo before heading to the club for dinner to celebrate Mas 80th Birthday. We had a rad time, lots of laughs and enjoyed an amazing ladies 80years on this earth. A ripper night, love you Ma!13/7 – 23.5k Round and about town and the burbs. 2hr 8min 6sec. 39m gain.Had a good reasonably steady round the burbs and town of Yamba today. It went well and felt good to just go nice and steady before dropping back some k’s to taper for Flinders. Pria and I went out to Turners Beach at Yamba and climbed the headland a couple of times before heading back to the van park for a play, lunch, pack and then start our journey home. It was a nice trip but poor little Corle is pretty sick with the flu. We got unpacked, the kids to bed, then caught up with jobs before starting the week tomorrow. A great week and even with a day off, logged some ripper k’s! Stoked and ready to sharpen up before Flinders!Week Total – 131.3km. 12hrs 41min. 1326m gain.