Just a casual Saturday morning jog

Hi there!

Saturday is a rest day here, so with no snowboarding to be done it is a perfect opportunity to get some miles in the legs and go for a jog. As I jog up the private road from our house I scope out the mission, a 5km uphill to the upper dam and then down along that dam on the other side of the hill. These dams/reservoirs we live on are used for hydro-electric power, and our house initially was home to the men that worked the power stations. I'm up for a bit of a leg burner and the upper dam is the perfect distance.

After much huffing and puffing I reached the top of the road and then continued down along the dam for some time. It is nice to finally feel fit at this altitude and find my legs rather than my lungs burning. No offense to all those still in Melbourne, but the view sure beats that of running down to St. Kilda and around Albert Park Lake!

Prizes this week for guessing just how many layers I had on when I was running - I look huge!!

After making a fool of myself for the bears & coyotes with these self-timer shots it was time to turn around and head home. Here is the view from the highest point on the road.

It was definitely an enjoyable thing to do for an hour and a half first thing on a Saturday morning! Plus I felt totally okay about enjoying eggs, spinach, cheese and tortilla's AND yoghurt and fruit for breakfast. Yes, I am still loving life. My body is enjoying this week as we are not lifting weights but letting the muscles recover a little. The snowboarding is going well, we have been having fun free-riding at Sunshine lately - there are so many little cliffs to drop and rollers to fly off that it is hard to be bored even if the snow is not at its peak.

I hope everyone is well and busy with Christmas cheer.

Sending smiles your way!