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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

A really wonderful tour of the region

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Beautiful weeds

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Crossing the creek, heading out towards Christians Road

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Bright sun but coming from HK, not what I'd call hot!

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Touche Fencing... Agricultural labourers with a fine sense of humour!

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
More roadside flora

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Hello!

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
My cousin's childhood house where I spent countless days

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Just about off Christian's road

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
A gate to nowhere

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
4?!! I think I was moving much faster than this!

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Waratah

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Great roadside stall

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
A cow giving me bedtime eyes

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Painterly ceiling

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
A strange place to park your chair

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Melbourne city from afar

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
cough, cough... running through the smoke

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
Prickly pears

20110802 Road HB Half Western Loop
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.

20110731 Quick Run with Mum
Star shaped weeds

20110731 Quick Run with Mum
Mum heading down the hill

Sunday, 21 August 2011

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

A very quick run round the 'bridge...

20110730 Very Quick HB run
Sun setting once again

20110730 Very Quick HB run
Golden colour imbued to all the gums

20110730 Very Quick HB run
Double rainbow

But what does it all mean?

20110730 Very Quick HB run
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...

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
Heading down the hill into the sunset

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
There's a lot of roadside running, eclipsed only by...

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
On-road running

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
A blurry photo of the local wildlife

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
Toppled

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
Green algae / plantlife completely covers this pond

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
Dam reflections

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
The sunsets aren't too bad here either!

20110729 HB Sunset Basic Loop
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

Sunday, 7 August 2011

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.

20110724 Final Trail Run with Wai
Wai, the only other person I've managed to convince to cross this pipe, stopped in the middle to snap a few photos!

20110724 Final Trail Run with Wai
Gaining a little height in the hills around Tseung Kwan O

20110724 Final Trail Run with Wai
Another familiar face

20110724 Final Trail Run with Wai
Looking out towards Sai Kung. Hazy and hot!

20110724 Final Trail Run with Wai
Ar Wai stopping to take a snap of the view back towards Hang Hau / Po Lam

20110724 Final Trail Run with Wai
Topping out on Razor Hill

Looking forward to our next run Wai!

Next stop: Melbourne.

Stay cool, stay fast.
~ Joe

Thursday, 4 August 2011

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!

20110723 Final 10km TKO Road Run
Heading north towards Po Lam

20110723 Final 10km TKO Road Run
A hot and sunny farewell... fitting!

20110723 Final 10km TKO Road Run
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.

20110723 Final 10km TKO Road Run
Turning back towards Hang Hau

20110723 Final 10km TKO Road Run
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.

Sunday, 24 July 2011

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.

20110721 Late Night easy easy local run
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