The 6 Ft Track showed me that there was only one thing I needed - apart from a replacement knee - hills - big ones and the steeper the better.So with a measure of trepidation I set out to cross the Jamison again - Stage 5 & 6 of the North Face was becoming my favourite training day out.
Starting at the Fairmont Leura - I ran the Cliff Top track to Katoomba - down Leura Cascades - ducked behind the Federal Pass sign onto the "secret garden" track that leads all who like to suffer down and across the Jamison - to be confronted with a 7km climb up Kedumba Walls to Kings Tableland.
From there it's just a couple of hours home.
Rain and the mist kept me company all day. This time round I managed to run the 8 km of "down", my quads are slowly getting used to horror of long downs.
You know downs are tough when you look forward, in fact - prefer to climb, as an alternative to the pain of the down.
Five and half hours later - 30km, 1600m up and 1600m down I wobbled into the Fairmont car park.
A bit toasted.
Ready to do it again next weekend.
Oh the joy of the North Face!
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