Turkey Traverse

A Metro orienteering event covering the parklands starting from Darebin, working back through Alphington, Yarra Bend, and finishing at Fairfield Parklands. Fun, enjoyable, and bloody hard work. It took me a long time to get going - plodding away slowly uphill at the start, and not really getting my breath until halfway through the first section.

The course was spread across three A4 maps at 1:5000 scale (very detailed), showing good contour detail in the parks so you could navigate using the gullys as well as the paths. No need for a compass with the sun out and blazing nicely at north.

I did Course A - the longest - which was a "line course", meaning that you had to collect all the controls in order (1, 2, then 3, etc, up to 26). I was one of only a couple of women doing A, and easily the oldest. I staggered in close to last, but still managed to beat a handfull of B runners doing a shorter course.

11.6 km.

Oh, and the "Turkey" reference in the course name? Oh yeah... that would be us.




Weekly stats:
My weight has been up and down all week, but this morning it was "up" so I guess I have to admit to it.

Weight	72.5 kgs ▲
Walking	46.5 kms
Running	18.7 kms