Thursday, December 20, 2012

A Weekend on the Breede

With the 16th/17th been a holiday I took the 14th and the 18th off work to make it a long weekend, note to self here: we need to do this more often:

After a short morning run we packed the car:

All ready to go
and headed out...By lunch we were there:

Parked the car in the shade

And moved in for the weekend
We spent the weekend:

Cheese and Wine tasting at some of the near by farms.
We also did a bit of exercise on the river:

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Now as we drove there I look out the window of the car and other than the vineyards I saw:

A little hill over the river...

With a little road to the top!!!
Now I'm not very good at looking at a hill without wanting to run up it. So after an easy 10km out and back on the Saturday morning I Started to hatch a plan... But first let me tell you about the 10km run: It was up the gravel "drive way" 1km onto the gravel road about another km then I headed out on the tar till it was time to turn. On the way back I picked the pace up and ran 2 fast km 1st 3:44 and then a 3:19. Was very pleased when that km was over...

Now Sunday morning I left Dawn and the puppies in bed and headed down to the river. I first had to paddle across the river before I could start my run...
It was a 6:15 run to the gate, which I jumped over and headed up... Monster Climb about 300m up in the 2.4km to the top. I gave Dawn a quick call to tell her I was at the top and then the silliest of things happened, I looked at Ms 310 and did a little maths, I would have less than 8km if I just went back, so I decided to go down and up again...

2 Hills would not have looked good!!!
Up 15:14 down 13:05
Up 15:48 down 12:20
Up 15:39 down 11:05

Then I headed back...

I also needed a long run, so on the Monday I set off down the road we had driven in on... it was about 12km to the bridge, which I crossed and then headed back on the other side of the river. 23.5km took me to where I had crossed the river the day before, but the Canoe was on the house side!!! I had to swim the 300m across the river...

Don't worry I didn't only excerise when we were at the house:

Food needed to be cooked!
Then, all too soon the sun set and it was time to pack the car and head home:


9 comments:

  1. Wow--that looks absolutely amazing! And I LOVE how you got your run in. Being a dumb American, I am picturing you having to avoid all kinds of large animals in the course of the paddle and run. Clearly you are safe, though!

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    1. No wild animals on this run, but once a long time ago I was running in a game park, and turned a corner and almost ran into a 3meter giraffe...

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  2. I need a weekend like this badly, its been a while (forever). Mile repeats on the treadmill today, jealous? thought not.

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    1. On a treadmill, but what is the point, you can't write that in your log book!!!

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  3. I think you should always end a long run with a little swim. Next you'll be throwing a bit if cycling in and you'll be trying a tri.

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  4. Very beautiful! I'd like to run that "hill" one day!

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  5. Thanks for your advice this year - Happy Christmas... Breandán

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  6. What a fantastic weekend! Happy New Year's Eve!

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