Feel the BURN

New Year’s Resolution: Train Harder!

To kick things off Claire and I went for a walk around Dispute and Moke Lakes just outside of Queenstown. It was an absolutely stunning day, if only we had remembered to bring the sunblock!

Moke and Dispute Lakes, Queenstown

It was quite a steep hike up over a small saddle. Thankfully that part was through a bit of beech forest. Once over the saddle the valley opened up and we could see Dispute Lake. We walked along the track beside the lake, even had a little jog, then looked up and saw that we had another saddle to climb over. Well no time like the present, Claire let me run on ahead and attempt to do a bit of uphill training. It wasn’t a great distance but the incline was brutal. I got about half way up before my lungs and legs were burning and I needed to stop for a minute to catch my breath. Then I ran up the rest of the way up. Oh what a shock to the body that was.

It was a long walk down alongside Closeburn Station to Moke Lake. Another quick go at running around Moke Lake. Another reminder that we should have remembered the sunblock.

We looped back around the U shaped lake and got back onto the track to Lake Dispute and the road. In all we estimated our walk/run to be about 21 to 24km long in about 4 1/2 hours. I wish I had remembered to track it on MapMyFitness.

A really good effort though my feet were hating me for it near the end, as were my poor sunburnt shoulders.

Until next time, thanks for reading!