Thirsty Work

Don't need an excuse to have a drink at Christmas and New Year.

Plenty of us though, have a drink during, before or after a run, (or all three).

This was evident by the number of discarded bottles around West Basin of LGB last Monday morning. Also a number of sports drink bottles, had been discarded besides Parkes Way. Possibly by persons in the Triathlon held the previous day.

Now we all know that Sunday was a bit rainy, so why drink.
And why discard the bottle afterwards?
If it's good enough to carry it with you until it has been drunk, then it's good enough to carry it all the way, or to the next bin.

There were other things to notice and think about on the run, the number of ducks and ducklings (maybe some were drakelings), the number of swans and swanettes, and the deafening calls of the cicadas.

Lots of visitors were doing a cycle tour of West Basin also, and workers were repairing the "suspension" bridge on the way to Weston Creek.

I missed the Tour de Mountain (which I now regret) coz at 5:15am, looked out at the rain and the heavy dark clouds, and with the previous day's forecast in mind, thought out loud, NO, I don't want to run for over 2 hours in the rain.

As it eventuated, my fears were groundless, since the weather only caused some light patchy showers during the event, with no heavy stuff until after the presentations.

I've vowed to be there next year.

Until Next Time