A fabulous long weekend, where I had a fabulous long run

For the third year we went to Warburton for the Labour day long weekend, to participate in the Warburton Trail fest, three days of running events, supporting and just having an all round good time hanging out with our friends. As usual, we stayed in a rented house,a nd this year we had sheep in the yard of the house just down the road. Sheep!

On Saturday morning I ran the Redwoods Rush, a very pleasant 27 km run, that goes up a steep hill, follows an aqueduct and then goes through a forest of Californian redwoods, planted as an experiment in the 1960s.

It was perfect weather, and I had a good run. Also, it was hard and I would like to go back next year and see if I can make it easier and / or faster.

While I was doing that, Leon was running the Lumberjack - a 50 kilometer race, which he finished really well.

A well earned beer on Sunday afternoon

The rest of the weekend included taking photos of Leon's winter set, supporting other runners who had just run up Mount Donna Buang, and eating lots of lovely food. Also drinking lots of coffee, because I am going through quite the coffee phase.

We ended the weekend with lunch at Bee's family home. with her parents, sister and family. Just lovely.

Now we are very tired, because it was fun but tiring, and we are not going away from another 6 weeks, which is good, because I have a lot to organise, and am looking forward to some time at home - and spinning, I'm itching to get back in front of my wheel. I will be back on Wednesday, to talk about what I knit and read while I was away, and what I'm knitting and reading now.

I didn't get a photo of all of us, here's most of us (plus Evo, minus Leon) after my run, waiting for Leon to come in.

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