Hills...

Thursday night I was given a suprise (early) birthday dinner at Pistachio Dining in Torrens...a lovely night with (sneaky) family and friends!

as a result I am now the proud owner of the latest generation iPad!

Friday

a later start this morning afetr I decided to give gym a miss...

I think the later start allowed the magpie that lives near the corner of Wells Station Rd and Gungahlin Drive a chance to line me up as he got two good swoops in as I rode to work...!

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 13.7/76% (apparent temp 11.4)
start time: 7:27am
total distance: 12.02
total time: 29:51 (including 2:45 stopped time)
avg speed: 24.2kph
total calories: 394
avg HR: 132

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 15.9/48% (apparent temp same)
start time: 5:32pm
total distance: 12.08
total time: 39:09 (including 6:22 stopped time)
avg speed: 18.5kph
total calories: 485
avg HR: 131

Saturday

up early to meet Tim (and Al) for a Mt Majura hills session as part of training for the Fitz's 50k Tidbinbilla Challenge...I was using this session as a guide to see if I should enter!

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 6.7/93% (apparent temp 5.8)
finish temp/humidity: 12.5/63% (apparent temp 12.0)
start time: 7:27am
total distance: 21.26
total time: 1:32:12 (including 17:30 stopped time)
avg speed: 13.8kph
total calories: 1140
avg HR: 143

I met the boys at the bottom of the off ramp from the Federal Highway on Majura Rd...the hill up Horse Park Dr to the Federal Highway was a good warm up for what was ahead!...the boys had been out riding past the tulip farm...

then it was off to the road up Mt Majura with the gate we had to lift our bikes over as the starting point of the session...

on the first effort I wasn't entirely confident I would make it up...it's about 2.1k and took 16:30...the ride down was almost too fast! (3:50)...

I didn't think I'd make a second effort all the way so Tim suggested aiming for halfway...in the end I did make it all the way to the top (16:27) but a third effort was definitely going to elude me...the ride down was even quicker (3:04)...

there followed a quick ride home to get ready for golf!

it was stableford again and I didn't play particularly well on the front nine with 14pts, 4 over my handicap...however I fired up on the back nine with 22pts to finish one better than my handicap overall...this included two birdies, one of which really should have been an EAGLE!!...my handicap has dropped one back to 14...

the day ended with the Jets' Presentation Night at the Hellenic Club in the City...I was presented with a cupcake with a lone candle before the rest of the night got underway...a good night which I'm sure finished very late for some!

today

we headed out to the bike sale at Pushys in Fyshwick and, between the three of us, we spent quite a lot (lucky it was a sale!!)

a lovely day to round out the weekend...