Even though it was my easy week I still had a long run to do on Saturday - though it was 18km as opposed to 28m, and for that I was very grateful. I had decided to start a little later in the morning and that was a bad mistake - even though it was cloudy, when the sun did make an appearance it was very hot. And when I was runni...er...struggling up the hills it was no fun at all.
Even so, the long run out to Black Mt nature park and back is one of my favourite runs - despite the hills and the uphill return trip! There is always a lot of birdlife to distract me while I'm running. We are so lucky - there is such diversity of birdlife here in Australia, and the colors are fantastic. Magpies, cockatoos, galahs, rosellas, blue wrens......
The run itself was uneventful though I had miscalculated the distance and what was meant to be a 16km run turned out to be 18km, which doesn't seem like a lot of difference but when its hot and hilly, well lets just say I was very grateful to finish. And the banana smoothie I had afterwards was just the best!
We're off to Batemen's Bay for a couple of days of R&R this week - hopefully the weather will be nice. Certainly beats going to SE Qld at the moment anyway!
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Hey CJ lovely photos. Did you take them? Have a fantastic time at the coast - sounds a lovely idea.
Would love to catch up with you whilst you're in Batemans Bay - am in Broulee. There is a running group on a Wednesday night out this way starting at 5pm. Would love to see you out this way, it's gorgeous here.
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Oops - last post was from me.
Liza.
28m? You normally run 28 miles?!
The Sulfur-crested Cockatoos are great - they remind me of Lane Cove Park. I'm always on the look-out for Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos - they're much more spectacular than wild geese.
If you were in SE Qld you could do a bit of swimming as cross training :-)
watch what you say about Essie Q! dem's fightin' words.
Essie Q's are fine. You only need to steer clear of Effen Queues.
Happy New Year to you and I hope 2008 is an injury free year! Great to see that you're back into it.
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