parkrun #131, Five Peaks Challenge

the fences were down on my walk back to the yacht club so I snagged some more photos of Henry Rolland Park...

Saturday I ran parkrun a little harder than the week before...no sharp pain, no burning sensation, a dull ache at worst...

start temp/humidity: 10.8/67% (apparent temp same)
start time: 8:05am
total distance: 4.96
total time: 25:46
avg pace: 5:12
total calories: 346
avg HR: 156
TE: 4.0
Recovery HR: 111/54
BPK: 811

splits: 5:16, 5:12, 5:00, 5:13, 5:05

93rd out of 368...63.56%...16th female out of 172 (5 unknowns ahead of me)...3rd W45-49 out of 23...

golf was monthly medal and VERY ordinary...played to 17 over my handicap, oops

yesterday the rabbit and I did the Rotary Rides Five Peaks Challenge...the rabbit did the no peaks version while I did all six peaks (there's a bonus one)...

my Edge 25 kept losing GPS signal from Civic until we were in Cook but I can assure you I did indeed travel up & down all 6 peaks properly...total time 5:36:05...

the rabbit covered 58.36k while I covered 84.7k (official course distance)...the rabbit waited at the bottom of each peak and we stopped at both feed stations - the Mint and the Rowing Jetty past Black Mountain Peninsula (yum)

Peak times:

• Mt Stromlo - 17:04 up / 7:53 down
• Red Hill - 9:48 / 4:41
• Mt Pleasant - 4:35 / 2:51
• Mt Ainslie - 20:56 / 7:32 (walked about 600m near top on steep bit, quicker than riding and less likely to fall over!)
• Black Mountain - 21:00 / 8:07 (walked about 600m near bottom on steep bit, rode all the way from water tank)
• Dairy Farmers Hill - 11:13 / 6:12

having only ridden one of the six before (Mt Pleasant), my ranking from easiest to hardest is:

• 1. Mt Pleasant
• 2. Mt Stromlo
• 3. Dairy Farmers Hill
• 4. Red Hill / Mt Ainslie / Black Mountain

this morning I didn't walk the boys so I could stay in bed longer but I rode in as usual...was quite cool...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 9.2/80% (apparent temp same)
start time: 8:18am
total distance: 16.60
total time: 39:41 (including 0:17 stopped time)
avg speed: 25.1kph
total calories: 311
avg HR: 123

at lunch I BRan the old FkF course for Friday...only a couple of changes to the old course due to the boardwalk...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 17.4/39% (apparent temp same)
start time: 1:20pm
total distance: 7.22
total time: 32:53 (including 1:37 stopped time)
avg speed: 13.2kph
total calories: 203
avg HR: 113