Run 1:40:00 [3] 11.84 km (8:27 / km)
I went to a friend's 50th birthday party at Smythesdale (near Ballarat) last night. The house was tucked into an area of extremely fire prone bush - which is rather odd for a fire person - near Watson's Hill. It looked beautiful around there, with all the wildflowers out. I am curious to know whether this area has an O-map (or whether it is about to get an O-map).
I camped the night on the property - and on poking my head out the tent door, had my face promptly washed by two very friendly retrievers, who then also brought me breakfast (bone). Bed, bath and breakfast. What more could you want. With no local events on, I then sped back to Melbourne to attend Bayside's Port Melbourne 2-hour event.
Only I was late (very) so a very kind John Sheehan gave me an extra half hour, but by the time I was ready there was only 1 hour 40 mins left. I haven't ever run in this area before and it was very interesting - old renovated cottages, big landsaped developments, beach frontage etc. Very nice (but also very windy). I plodded around. There were a few too many controls and they were tightly spaced so it was hard to get into a running pattern (sort of a 2-hour sprint event). You also had a multiple-choice clue sheet to complete - so it took a while to get comfortable with the format and papers that had to be carried. Anyway, I got a decent jog in, which was my aim. We then went off to a nearby cafe for lunch.
Succumbed to more chocolate on arriving home :(