I got back out on my pushie yesterday morning for a short stint- it was blowing a gale and I was VERY reluctant and put off the ride for a few hours before it became obvious that I was just being lazy. I warmed up all the way to Mordialloc then pushed it back to Frankston into the wind doing intervals then turned it around and SMASHED IT the whole way back to Carrum with an awesome tail wind. I was glad I went out and I felt knackered by the end of it.
It is quite obvious that intervals help me get my heart rate up:
I then did some bridges- I was so sure that after my kayaking adventures that I would have a core of steel and be able to do 5 minute bridges. Sure enough, I was still crap and could only manage 1.45 mins.
This morning I went to Warrandyte and did some white water paddling! I had an absolute ball- my favourite kayak salesman (Andrew) and I did a car shuffle and jumped into his boats up the river then paddled down to Warrandyte. It was so much fun but I did come out twice in rapids which gave me a BIG scare the first time. I had my life jacket on so I wasn’t that scared of drowning, but one second I was shooting down the river and then next I was upside down in the water.
I chickened out of the various rope swings that are on the bank along the way- but Andrew had a ball:
Posted by JH on January 25, 2012 at 12:47 pm
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