12 Week Challenge - Week 3

Well so far I have been flogged by my Personal Trainer. She has updated my gym program from 'hard' to 'impossible'. We are also doing Saturday 'beach' sessions. 7am start at a beach somewhere around Caloundra. The first week was Shelley Beach. We ran here, up there, squats and more squats, jumps and lunges until i was completely wrecked.

I did however, turn up for Week 2. This time we went to Ballinger Beach. (it's between Dicky Beach and Currimundi Lake). The weather was horrible. It was still a warm 23 deg (well it was when i left) but the clouds came rolling in and started to pour down rain. Which didn't really matter as it kept me cool and i was running through the creek and up the sand hills anyway so i was well and truely wet and then dirty too. We did more running, climbing up the dunes, and boxing too this time. I was more than wrecked this time.

But....then comes week 3 'beach session'. Well this week isn't quite on the beach. It does look out near a beach. It's steep, very steep and very hard. I'm climbing Mt Coolum. We are car pooling from 6.30am this saturday at the gym for a race to the top. There are other trainers and their slaves, sorry participants, going too so about 15-20 of us.

Here's some stats from the Discover Maroochy website:

'208 metre high ancient volcanic dome' One of the best ways to appreciate the beach vistas of Maroochy is to climb Mt Coolum - a 208 metre high ancient volcanic dome. The reward at the summit is a truly magnificent, 360-degree vision of the Sunshine Coast, including a view of its sandy coastline that extends from Moreton Island in the south to Double Island Point (the gateway to Fraser Island) in the north. Nestled around the base of the mountain is the home of the Australian PGA Golf Championship, weaving its way through groves of Melaleuca bushland with kangaroos and wallabies just another part of the round.

They make it sound pleasant really but i'm a tad scared. I"ll report back for sure after the event.