running long (Mt Lofty) 1:47:50 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2160
An impressive turnout of Arrows & associates at Bridgewater this morning; anyone would think they were all in town for some event :)
We headed out along the Heysen Trail towards Woodhouse with Vanessa, Simon, Bridget, Andrew, Tracy, Susanne, Blair, Reuben, Zara, Bruce, Lauren, Tyson, Robin, John. I think that's all! The boys had cleverly arranged leaving a couple of cars at the summit so most of the one-wayers continued along Sprigg Rd from the bottom of the steepness while the rest of us went UP the Heysen Trail. I found a geocache near the top; there was a hollow tree on a track bend which looked to me like a perfect hiding place and so it turned out to be!
Didn't hurry to leave the summit, having said goodbye to Tracy here, and 7 of us (Bruce, Blair, Simon, Zara, Vanessa, Lauren & myself) headed back down through the botanic gardens, since the gates were open. I veered a bit far left of the lakes, and hit the carpark lower than we had arranged to meet. When I got to the right spot only Simon was there, so the others must have had more fun than I did.
Legs had been ok although tired until now but my knee started to twinge on the long bitumen descent past Woodhouse, so I took the last bit through Mt George pretty easy. It was a lovely scenic run though, and great that we had so many takers today.