City To Surf
I ran the “City To Surf”:http://city2surf.sunherald.com.au/ yesterday – wow. It’s an annual 14km run around some of Sydney’s most picturesque parts, from the City to Bondi Beach.
I’m not sure what my official time was yet, but I think it was around 81 minutes, which beat my goal of 90 minutes. I’ve never run it before, but next year I’m going for 75 mins.
It was a fantastic event, whether you were a ‘serious runner’ out the front, or a guy dressed in a Gorilla suit pushing his baby in a stroller out the back. All 60,000 odd runners had a great time – not to mention the 100,000 odd people reportedly at Bondi to celebrate as the runners came in (the numbers show you there are a lot more lazy bastards than fit ones 
).
Today? I’m feeling like crap – very achy, but satisfied. Finishing was a massive buzz, but I never knew Campbell Parade was so damned long!
One of my good mate’s brother had a camera, and saw me just after I’d finished (he was running past), so here’s a happy snap from his “photos page”:http://ron.barel.homeip.net/city2surf03/surf03.htm of me celebrating after the race (with my free newspaper):
As you can see I was running for the “Atlassian”:http://www.atlassian.com running team (team size: 1 – next year it will be bigger!). For those who are wondering what the JIRA t-shirts look like on the back, here’s another happy snap:
