Only The Nicest Fun Run I’ve Ever Done!
Posted by: Audrey Post date: May 27th, 2008It’s been still a bit lean on the running side of things, it’s dark in the morning and I just don’t feel like going out in the dark. Cold, too. I’ve been shaking the kidlets up and getting them out with me on their bikes at a more civilized time of the day, and I get a couple of runs in a week that way. I’m very much looking forward to at least spring!
The legs are good now, nothing really to whinge about any more 
. Steve the physio left bruises on my calf yesterday, but gosh they feel good! Speaking of Steve the physio, he’s flying to Barcelona for two weeks – he won the trip in a competition. He took a car for a test drive and didn’t know he was put into a lucky draw until they called him to say he’d won. I don’t think he even bought the car. Wonder what I can test drive?? I’ve entered a competition in the paper to win a weekend at Airlie Beach, I’d be happy with that.
We went up to Caloundra early on Sunday morning for the Caloundra Foreshore Fun Run. The 10k option started at the bottom of Golden Beach and meandered north along the coastal path and along the boardwalk to Moffat Beach. It was icy to start with, it took until the 2k mark for the tip of my nose to thaw. What a glorious place to run!! The route overlooked quiet beaches and rocky outcrops all the way along, and the sky was a clear blue. I loved it, it was so pretty. The path was narrow at times, but with just under 300 runners, there weren’t really any traffic jams to slow me up. I started off chatting to Robyn from CRR, then when she decided to slow a little, I spent the next 4 or so km talking to a man from Noosa. There was a bit of a hill at the end but I finished in a respectable 53.53, 5 seconds outside my pb. I was pretty happy nonetheless because I had no leg pain!! Maybe I could have gone a bit faster if I hadn’t been bumping my gums so much, but that’s never been a motivating factor for me. I’m just a social butterfly.
Hubby and the kidlets did the 3k run which was a loop from the finish line at Moffat Beach. The kidlets did very well, running all the way without stopping. Then, we had bacon and eggs on the barbecue – it was a top day.
Got a few decent trail runs coming up. Going down to the Kokoda route on Sunday for a 29k training run, then there’s the Lake Manchester Trails in a couple of weeks. I was talking to my Mum yesterday and I was saying that we start with about 25 minutes running and 5 minutes walking, but by the end it’s something like 25 minutes walking with 5 minutes running! 
I had such a quiet day at work on Saturday, I ended up reading the bulk of The Da Vinci Code. I really enjoyed that book, kept the suspense going all the way through with a neat little twist at the end. I don’t know if I’ll bother seeing the movie, I don’t think it could do the book justice, but it can’t be any worse than the movie we watched on Sunday night, No Country For Old Men. It was a good enough movie, but I got so annoyed at the ending. Nothing further to say, as I don’t want to give it away, but it was totally unsatisfying and left me feeling cranky, much to Hubby’s amusement.
The sun’s up and the temperature is above freezing, I’m going to get the kidlets on the move and see if I can get out for a run before they do their schoolwork for the day.
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May 27th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I’m not fussed about running in winter either. As a child we went for holidays a couple of times to Caloundra, and we used to stay at Golden Beach. It’s a lovely spot (particularly in summer!) and I have some great memories from there. And a very respectable time for 10km too… I can only hope to one day match it!!
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