Emerald Excursion STAR Sun 30 Nov 2014

A warm day and very creaky muscles made me think twice about getting out of bed. But having entered the Six Foot Track marathon I figured I better make an effort.
I was the only starter for 6.20 so for the first 12k I had a pleasant solo run, and then caught Mike and Stef near the Maritime Museum.
I had a  chat with them and then after the Botanical Gardens I fell in with Mike, Mark S, and another quicker runner and we had a swift run through Paddington, then zig zagged through Surrey Hills, down through Broadway and back to Annandale for 30k.
With 5k to go I was hot and I rushed into a servo and got a cold 600mm skim milk. Yum. Cold milk is the best refresher. That perked me up for the run home.
Afterwards picked up Serena and had a pleasant breakfast at Kelly's with H & M and S.

Tourist Trot Star Nov 9th

‎Greg L has decided to run the Canberra marathon so I invited him along to this star run. Perfect weather for his longest run in 25 years.

I ran with him and Mike at about 6min ks.

Airport adventure star Sunday 2nd Nov

‎I was the only person to show up for 6.20. So off I went alone. 

A fresh ‎cool southerly was blowing which was a challenge for the Sydney2Gong ride.

I enjoyed the run to Captain Cook bridge where I caught sight of the 6.00am group. They missed the turn for the overpass so I caught them up and directed them back.

Then I pushed on alone but mistakenly took the short cut to Tom Ugly's Bridge. So I doubled back along the course to make up the missing section. 

I was attacked by a very aggressive magpie near Ramsgate Rd. It latched onto my ear.

Then turned around and completed the course in about 2.20. Some knee pain but felt ok.

Had a nice catch up with Mike and Stefica at the finish.