A really wonderful tour of the region


Beautiful weeds


Crossing the creek, heading out towards Christians Road


Bright sun but coming from HK, not what I'd call hot!


Touche Fencing... Agricultural labourers with a fine sense of humour!


More roadside flora


Hello!


My cousin's childhood house where I spent countless days


Just about off Christian's road


A gate to nowhere


4?!! I think I was moving much faster than this!


Waratah


Great roadside stall


A cow giving me bedtime eyes


Painterly ceiling


A strange place to park your chair


Melbourne city from afar


cough, cough... running through the smoke


Prickly pears


The dogs happy to see me return!

Hopefully more updates soon... I've got HEAPS of photos!

Find your rhythm, enjoy the miles...
~Joe

A Family Affair - Sunday the 31st of July, 2011

Well, really behind now, so expect a real rush of updates. As the title of this post alludes to, I have frequently been running with my Mum over the last couple of weeks. This slowish, short jaunts are awesome recovery between longer and faster runs.


Star shaped weeds


Mum heading down the hill

Pot of Gold - Saturday the 30th of July, 2011

A very quick run round the 'bridge...


Sun setting once again


Golden colour imbued to all the gums


Double rainbow

But what does it all mean?


Golden skyline before returning home

Many more updates to come!

Faster!
~ Joe

The unfamiliar familiar - Friday the 29th of July, 2011

Back in The 'Bridge... Cleaner air, dirt roads, no trails...


Heading down the hill into the sunset


There's a lot of roadside running, eclipsed only by...


On-road running


A blurry photo of the local wildlife


Toppled


Green algae / plantlife completely covers this pond


Dam reflections


The sunsets aren't too bad here either!


The kind of trail I wish I spent more time on, unfortunately only about 50m of the run!

The updates will come fast and furious, lots of pictures, very few words!

Race your shadows,
~ Joe

Semi-Grande Finale - Sunday the 24th of July, 2011

I had a really grand final trail run planned with my brother-in-law and frequent trail running partner, Ar-Wai, but the weather wasn't playing fair and turned on a super hot, super humid day. Well, we were heading out on the trails regardless, just that the route had to be toned down a little.


Wai, the only other person I've managed to convince to cross this pipe, stopped in the middle to snap a few photos!


Gaining a little height in the hills around Tseung Kwan O


Another familiar face


Looking out towards Sai Kung. Hazy and hot!


Ar Wai stopping to take a snap of the view back towards Hang Hau / Po Lam


Topping out on Razor Hill

Looking forward to our next run Wai!

Next stop: Melbourne.

Stay cool, stay fast.
~ Joe

One last spin around the HK block - Saturday the 23rd of July, 2011

Wow, sorry for the long delay guys! Who would have guessed that moving from Hong Kong back to Melbourne would mean that I miss two weeks of blog posts?!!

I have, in fact, been running a bit in the past two weeks, so think I'm now about 8 posts behind! Thus, expect a deluge of most photo posts! With this one to start it off... My final road run around the Tseung Kwan O area before I left Hong Kong!


Heading north towards Po Lam


A hot and sunny farewell... fitting!


For the first time ever, I test out the running track to the north of Po Lam. Conclusion: short and busy, no wonder I stayed away.


Turning back towards Hang Hau


Goodbye bike paths and overpasses...

A nice relaxed run and a good way to say farewell.

Relentless Forward Progression
~ Joe

PS. I stole the end-line for this post (and possibly some in the future!) from a great blog I read: irunfar.

Making the distance - Thursday the 21st of July, 2011

A little disappointed with my shortened lunchtime run, I went out for a brief recovery run after dinner.


Dark conditions and dancing lights on the running track in the local park

And, just like that, I was finished work (temporarily). Now to try to fit in a couple of runs on my favourite HK trails while busily packing my stuff!

Sacrifices must be made!
~ Joe

Midday Heat Finale - Thursday the 21st of July, 2011

A final lunchtime run along the trails that surround UST didn't go exactly according to plan (my running partner twisted his ankle and we had to take a diversion) but wasn't a bad ramble along familiar paths anyway.


Narrow and steep


Crossing this little stream


Dirt steps weave their way down to the flat paved road at the bottom on our diversion

Sometimes things don't go according to plan, but roll with the punches, keep moving and you'll get there in the end.

Dodge and Weave!
~ Joe

Urban Blur - Tuesday the 19th of July, 2011

A quick, late-night 10km to make up for the semi-failed run the day before. Apologies for the blur, the photos looked fine on the tiny LCD on the back of the camera!


Wet bike paths and deep shadows


Crossing the road at Tiu Keng Leng


One of the many underpasses on this route


Bright hot spots


Reflected blur

Also,sorry for the lateness of this post, with the move back to Melbourne only a couple of days away now things have been in crazy over-drive!

Power-on!
~ Joe