Balls Head Reserve Run

G'day mates, 3 days in Sydney and I reckon I'm going native. The goal today was to run around some of the smaller bays in Sydney Harbour, heading towards Balls Head Rerserve (I am very proud of my restraint in not commenting on that name)

So once again I got a feel for the course with google maps and once again I forgot about the hills. Road planners (if there ever were any) have a twisted sense of humour. The goal seems to have been to avoid anything flat and any streets that cross at right angles. They have been very successful with this approach.

This is a typical road: I am standing level with the train bridge

This is my course that I ran this morning. Garmin and Google were a little too generous, seeming to grant to me the ability to walk across water.



I wasn't really sure where I was going (story of my life), but the general principal of keeping the water on my left on the way out and on my right on the way back seemed to have worked. I am here after all.

Entrance to Sawmillers Reserve

Not that I'm going on and on about the hills in Sydney, but but the walking path entrance to Sawmillers Reserve needs a switch back, before getting to the stairs.

Berrys Bay, looking back at CBD Stydney

Hey, a bridge and (if you look real close, an opera house) from Berrys Bay

Running in Balls Head Reserve

I've been told that there are large numbers and varieties of spiders in Australia. Judging by the number of webs that I ran through in Balls Head Reserve, this is probably true!

Australian Naval Emergency Services
and a nasty little storm cloud that decided to rain just on me on the run back to the apartment

You can find more pictures at: Balls Head Run

That's it for now, on to the Gold Coast Marathon!

Running for Charity:
I am doing all my runs this year, starting with the Run for Reach Half Marathon and the Ottawa Capital Marathon to raise funds for a local charity called Mood Disorders Ottawa (MDO). MDO is a small but vibrant, volunteer run organization (100% of donations go to programs for our members) the that supports people with mood disorders and their loved ones. To these ends, MDO provides resources, programs, support groups, social and recreational activities for our members and their families and friends.

For anyone wishing to do the right thing and pledge/donate to MDO through my runs may do so here:
Coast Airport Marathon - Gold Coast, NSW, Austalia - July 3, 2011 -Marathon -Andrew Goodwin
Hunter Valley Marathon - Hunter Valley, NSW Australia - July 17, 2011 - Half Marathon - Andrew Goodwin

The pledges are handled through the Running Room pledge site, and tax receipts are issued automatically. Anybody pledges will mentioned in is this blog (if they so choose) , for what that's worth....

Information on Mood Disorders Ottawa can be found at: www.mooddisordersottawa.ca
More Information of the MDO and the races can be found at: http://www.northbridgetech.com/Charity.html

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