One of our goals this year is to run various events during that year that builds the community spirit of our clients at Flexions Personal Training.
The first event was a 4km bush walk around Lake Parramatta.

The event was originally planned for a couple of weeks ago but unfortunately it had to be postponed due to the wet weather.
By all accounts, we had a rather eventful walk.
The day started well with everyone arriving on time, the weather was dry and not too hot, we did the last minute bathroom stop and then we were off.

Tamzin and Anne took an early lead that was maintained rather consistently for the first half of the walk. Personal training is definitely paying off!
Early into the adventure we met with streams of water running off the hills and muddy puddles that we had to navigate around or through for some of us. Of course some of us navigated them better than others, that’s where balance played a part. Bright new white runners didn’t stay white for very long.
The path was quite overgrown so at times we were beating back the branches with our strong triceps, especially when we were trying to dodge the puddles and the muddy bog.
Tamzin jumped a few times as she was surprised by the lizards scuttling to get out of her way. That’s what happens when you take the lead.
We climbed over boulders, (ok so they weren’t that big) and fallen tree trunks, we admired the view as we had a sip of water and waited for some of the smaller walkers to catch us up.
With the pace we were keeping we were becoming tired so the excitement spilled over when we saw the cars in the carpark. Yeah! Just around the next corner and we would be there. Time for a picnic. Hmmm, maybe not, the path around the lake had another bend in it and it had deceived us. Not too much further though.
We saw the dam and it was impressively full, we could see the water gushing out with such a force making the creek a river.
A little bit further and we would come to the stepping stones that get us back onto the ‘right’ side of the lake and closer to our picnic.
Oh no!
Half of the stepping stones were under the torrent of water, making the crossing too dangerous. Time to think of a plan b.
We considered the tree trunk that was across the river but decided that it was too risky.
In an attempt to find another place to cross we walked on further off track where Anne fought spider webs and ants nests but to no avail, it looked like we would have to go back the way we came.
Poor Tamzin, her head dropped when she realised she had to walk back the whole way. Needing food and a toilet break didn’t help either.
We marched back the whole way I think we did the return journey in half the time despite being tired and hungry.
When we got back to the carpark, we found that Virginie had managed to get her family across the tree trunk, though not everyone that got across remained dry!

We enjoyed a picnic lunch at the end of our walk and then back home for a well deserved rest.
We had a fantastic time and can’t wait for the next Flexions Personal Training adventure.