Saturday morning means parkrun... It's entirely a volunteer based organisation, and the photographers can be pretty random, but not in this case. What you can see here is the hill at the halfway point, with one of those curious blocks of flats that somehow appears to have escaped planning permission. Oddly, though, it's the aesthetic making of this picture.
None of those people is me. I ran a PB today (still not under 20 minutes) and there are no pictures of it. I only run for the photographs.
While I was off doing that, Liz was engaged in the bridge-to-bridge, a 14 km "race" from the Spit Bridge at Mosman to Roseville Bridge (right). I didn't get up there in time to catch her at the halfway point, but the bridge wasn't going anywhere so I caught it instead. Actually I've run over this bridge a couple of times as part of the NOSH race - this is an amazing place for running, but not so convenient for me on a regular basis. Sydney has managed to hang on to an extraordinary amount of bush, given that real estate speculation is the true meaning of life here.
Spit Bridge marina - probably there is more than one - is another stunning Sydney vista. These are, believe it or not, the cheap boats. Well, perhaps "cheaper" would be more accurate. They're all very nice. The super expensive ones tend to be powerboats.
This is the new boat in action - you can get an idea of its unique features, to some extent. Note the very wide out-curved sides; this is the tumblehome, which provides additional secondary stability. The bottom of the canoe is a little narrower - for speed - as is the top, to assist with management in the wind.
It's 17'6" long - American made, quaint that they are probably the last users of the imperial measurements in the world. You can see the stabilising ribs through the kevlar stiffened fibreglass, and possibly a hint of the rudder.
It's a very nice looking boat.
Paddler's eye view - feet on steering pedals. This is Deadman's Creek, off the Georges River, at a king tide. It was extraordinarily high this AM.
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