Monday, 17th August – Brooklyn to Ku-ring-gai

Another First

Coming off the success of our last big walk we decided to go one better with a crack at 50+km and while the finishing stages got a little slower as blisters and fatigue set in (which explains the extra distance on the GPS readings) we reached the end at Ku-ring-gai a little sorer but very pleased.

I used this walk to try out my new BSc compression pants and I don’t know if it was due to the pants or the cheese and bacon meat pie I had for brekkie at Hornsby but the legs felt great for the whole hike and in the words of Ned Flanders, “I felt like I was wearing nothing at all!” On that note, no sign of naked-guy this week… woo hoo!

A link to trail directions and map for the first leg can be found here,  for the second leg here, for the third leg here and for the fourth leg here.

 

 

One of many rock formations and Berowra Valley.

THE STATS

Start – Cp1
Start Time: 7:19am
Duration: 3:35:06
Finish Time: 10:54am
Distance: 15.32km
Average Pace: 14.02 min/km
Average Speed: 4.3 km/h

Cp1 - Cp2
Start Time: 10:56am
Duration: 4:20:02
Finish Time: 3:46pm
Distance: 14.47km
Average Pace: 17.58 min/km
Average Speed: 3.3 km/h

Cp2 – Cp3
Start Time: 4:33pm
Duration: 4:13:07
Finish Time: 8:47pm
Distance: 14.60km
Average Pace: 17.21 min/km
Average Speed: 3.5 km/h

Cp3 – Cp4
Start Time: 8:55pm
Duration: 2:37:50
Finish Time: 11:33pm
Distance: 9.03km
Average Pace: 17.29 min/km
Average Speed: 3.4 km/h

Total Time: 14:46:05
Total Distance: 53.41km

For a Google Earth file of this session, click here.