![]() ![]() Melrose is 65km south of Quorn, so I had an early drive to get to Quirn toi catch the bus to drive me 42 km to Pt Augusta for the race start. ![]() I had not trained much during the week - some rowing, an ergo test, I'd had a cold late night with a basketball game at Mt Barker (3 degrees!) and we all drove up to Melrose to stay for the night. The next event on the list was the Pichi Richi Marathon, an uphill run from Port Augusta to Quorn - the southern section of the mighty Flinders Ranges. She was tapering for the Big Red Run, a multiday event in the Simpson desert which was starting the following week. We decided we were very glad to have signed up for the single lap (12.5km) rather than the full event given the nature of some of the hills. I spent the whole time chatting to Karen Bentley, discussing life, the universe and everything. He called us 'Chuckntors', and we managed to win the long course team event - my first ever Duathlon trophy! The following week was the Mt Crawford event run by Trail Running SA - a beautiful sunny morning for a friendly jog along mostly wide firetrails in the Mt Crawford forest. I had a fun June / July with 4 events in 5 weeks, starting with a duathlon that Charlie and I did as a team. For me, it was 5 weeks after Boston, so I was very pleased to do my run / walk routine again and finish only a minute slower than I did a month earlier.Īt the finish, Beck and a small cheersquad of friends chanted 'Tory, Tory, Tory', just like strangers had in Boston, which had me throwing my head back with luaughter in the final metres of the event. It is a very flat course, and I think is an ideal candidate for a PB run. Since Boston, I have run in the Barossa marathon - a beautiful event with a 2 lap in and out style course, so despite the lack of crowds, there is much support from fellow marathoners and half marathoners as we pass each other on those legs. Of participating in events and enjoying spending time with training partners, but not training hard and trying to build some consistency again. ![]()
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