Sunday was the day for varied and interesting training runs. One time when it snowed we drove to the top of the Akatarawas and ran through the snow in the Tararua Forest park. On another occasion we ran the Rimutaka incline, over to Cross Creek and back again. On this day (it was the day after the Interprovicial Cross Country) we decided to drive up to Himitangi Beach and run through the sand dunes.
We took off north through the dunes just following our noses, with whoever was leading at the time deciding the route to take. After about an hour and a quarter of this we came across a guy from the army who told us they were exploding some ordnance there and we ought to keep clear. Apparently it was publicised in the papers and on the radio, but being form a bit further south we'd heard nothing of it. He told us to keep running "in that direction", which was north. We did this for about another half an hour when there was this great boom from the dunes and it was safe to turn back.
We ran straight back along the beach and were pretty well spent by the end as you can see in this photo of Alan.
However being totally spent is not an excuse for avoiding a posed photo which is what we did for this one on a sandhill near the carpark. In the photo are Gavin Thorley, Daryl Clark, Alan, Bill Raymond and me. Of interest to those in the know is the T-shirt Daryl is wearing. It's an Ekatahuna Wanderers T-shirt from that club established at a wedding breakfast in the Solway after a Wellington to Masterton relay.
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