hills

Ansie has been feeling a little sick these last two days, so I've been going out to Tokai each morning on my own.

This morning I reset my altimeter on my watch to measure the climb. I started with a 20 minute walk up the path until I reached level 4 of the forestry paths, that was a climb from an altitude of 80m to 310m. The distance on the map looks like it's just over 1km!

I then spent 20 minutes running along level 4 (which is fairly flat) towards Constantia, and then another 25 minutes running downhill along some of the most hectic mountain bike single track I've ever seen. If you where on a mountain bike, off course.

I've had some bad luck with mountain biking in the past (broken shoulder and near broken chest) so I'll be sticking to the jeep track when I'm out at Tokai on a bike.

The total climb for the session was 250m, and I think the total distance would be around 6km according to the map. I've still got a few months before I'll be fit again, but at least this time the journey there will be very scenic.

You can't find terrain like this where I come from, not for running or for mountain biking.