The First taste of Trailwalker 2009
We've kicked off our training with the first walk in preparation of the Oxfam Trailwalker for 2009 from the start point in Brooklyn to checkpoint 1 in Cowan. In my opinion this direction was much easier to complete and felt more like walking on the level 3 trails than the level 4 trail it's supposed to be, some of that comes from the extent of work that has been done on the trail with the deep erosion ruts we all loved so much now filled in making a nice even surface and part comes from the fact that the climb into Cowan is an easy gradual climb instead of the steep slog in the other direction.
We liked this leg so much that we did part of it twice. We managed to loop around the section at Brooklyn reservoir and ended up heading back to Brooklyn adding over 3km to the walk once we got back on track again.
A link to trail directions and map can be found here.
Jerusalem Bay
THE STATS
Start Time: 8:59am
Duration: 4:42:39
Finish Time: 2:27pm
Distance: 18.55km
Average Pace:15:14min/km
Average Speed: 3.9km/hr
For a Google Earth file of this leg, click here.
