Another 40 mile week scheduled, but as expected I didn't get a chance to do much training.
Monday - scheduled day off, which I went with!Tuesday - 5 miles scheduled and ran 7.
Wednesday - 6 miles scheduled, but went to London for the round table discussion with David Suzuki so no time to train.
Thursday - 6 miles scheduled, ran along the river to watch a fancy dress rowing regatta for a total of 9.25 miles
Friday - scheduled day off. Wasn't feeling well and was trying to save my legs for Saturday's orienteering competition so followed the schedule. Attended Girton Ball Friday night - black tie, dodgem cars, mini cars and chocolate fountains - possibly not the best for training!
Saturday - 20 miles scheduled. I headed up to Sheffield for the British University Orienteering championships. It was a disaster - 113 minutes of running up and down hills, searching for flags, and unfortunately getting lost. No idea how far I ran, but it was just under 2 hours of constant exercise. Totally exhausted by the end, I have never been so relieved to see the finish!
Sunday - I woke up this morning to discover muscles that I never knew existed. 3 miles was scheduled, and I combined a jog to collect my bike with a treadmill session for a total of 6 miles.
An action packed week, but unfortunately only 3 runs for a total of 22.25 miles (35.6km) plus a 2 hr orienteering event.
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ahh livi u are quite insane! at least u have days off of running!
Hi Liv
In 1979 our family moved from the city of Adelaide to live on a small property of 35 hectares at Barossa Goldfields, hundred of Barossa, near Cockatoo Valley.
We did not have a reticulated water supply. We had to rely on rain and store the water for houehold and garden use. The average raifall is about 24 inches per annum. We managed quite well, and had sufficeint water for a family of two adults and two teenage sons. The washing water was always bucketed to fruit trees and shrubs in the garden.
In 2007 we moved to a small unit at Evanston Park, near Gawler. We have experienced severe water restrictions and although we now have reticulated water we still continue the practice of using the washing water on the newly established shrubs and small areas of lawn. They have survived. We also save about two buckets per day of water over the kitchen sink which is otherwise wasted when waiting for the water to run hot from the hot water service.
We are awre of Dr Suzuki's warnings about the environment and sustainability etc, and had the pleasure of seeing him during a brief visit to Para Wirra Recreation Park in the 1990's.
We should all be conscious of the need to conserve this precious resource, and can understand why China invaded Tibet. Tibet provides a large percentage of the world's population with fresh water.
Ted and Molly Hughes
28/35 Coleman Parade
wEVANSTON PARK. S.A. 5116
29 March 2008
Hi Ted and Molly,
Thankyou for your comments. Your story is really interesting and demonstrates several further methods for saving water through minor changes to our daily routines.
Hi Liv,
So proud of you... can't believe you are doing the marathon again!!! That's cool. Hopefully, i could join the next time. Did you see the guys from East Africa? They are going to run for similar cause- water supply in thier East Africa Village.
Good luck dear,
Ehimhen
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