Didn't do the Gold Coast. Nope. Instead I went for a delightful run in Churchill Nat Park with my partner. He needed some incentive to be dragged away from his usual Sunday run and I thought he would enjoy seeing the kangaroos at Churchill. There were masses of them everywhere we went and maybe they were out and about later in the day because it was so cool early on.
I used to run here fairly regularly when we first moved to Melbourne in 2001 but it was a good four years since I had last been here, apart from the section of the park that features in the Trailwalker event. I especially love the Ridge Track and the Woodland Walk, but the climb up the Lysterfield Hills track is special too. Once I have stopped reminiscing about how I was so much faster on the hills ten years ago (freshly arrived from New Zealand, mind, where there is no escaping the hills) I like the challenge.
I used to run here fairly regularly when we first moved to Melbourne in 2001 but it was a good four years since I had last been here, apart from the section of the park that features in the Trailwalker event. I especially love the Ridge Track and the Woodland Walk, but the climb up the Lysterfield Hills track is special too. Once I have stopped reminiscing about how I was so much faster on the hills ten years ago (freshly arrived from New Zealand, mind, where there is no escaping the hills) I like the challenge.










