Happy High Five Friday everyone! Welcome to the 50th Edition of High Five Friday. These posts have gone from weekly, to fortnightly to monthly to whenever. I know a bit all over the place. So let’s celebrate this week’s High Five Friday with these Five things. Five Pictures Took the kids out to Lake Lonsdale […]
One of the first things I do in race week is to look at the weather prediction. This gives me an idea of what to wear and pack on race day. Things were not looking good for this year’s Peaks & Trails. With a high possibility of rain and strong winds, race conditions were going […]
July was peak training month which meant some epic trail runs. To get ready for my Peaks & Trails event, I decided to train on tracks with similar elevation. I chose Boronia Peak & Chatauqua Peak. This would simulate the climb up Mt Sturgeon & the Piccaninny. Week 32 – Boronia Peak Pano This is […]
It’s time to lace up those shoes and catch up on all things running related, as the ultimate running date has come around again. Wow, July was a massive month of running. July saw the core of my training preparations for Peaks & Trails. I only missed 1 training run and that was due to […]
With a trip to Horsham for run club, we decided it made sense to go visit the Northern end of the Grampians National Park. Having explored Mount Zero & the Western flank back in March, and more recently Hollow Mountain, The kids couldn’t understand why we were back. What else was there to explore? A lot kids, […]
When the opportunity arises, Tom and I will go exploring in the park. With 169,000 hectares, there are always places to explore. On and off track. With 169,000 hectares, there are always places to explore. On and off track. This particular day was no exception for an adventure. Wth a packed lunch we decided to […]
Back in Week 17, Tom and I had visited The Wind Cave, while trying to find a geocache. , on the way to Hollow Mountain, and we knew we had to come back with the kids for an explore. The wind cave is just off the path on the way to Hollow Mountain., and we […]
High Five Friday started off as a weekly cap. Then it got moved to fortnightly. Then monthly. Well, I apologise now that as I have failed epically on High Five Friday. My last HFF post was back in March. MARCH! Oh dear lordy, I’m so sorry I have been so slack. So let’s catch up […]
It was a glorious spring day, and we didn’t want to waste it. So after run club was finished, we had a quick bite to eat, changed into hiking gear and set off to Hollow Mountain. Our intention was to be first to find on a geocache that had just been published, called Leap of […]
It was the weekend my sister was supposed to visit. Kayla had it all organised that she was going to take her to MacKenzie’s Fall. Well, I rang my sister on Thursday to ask her what time she was going to get here on Friday, only to find out she had double booked herself and […]