This COULD be me if I had hair (and why are his eyes 10 times larger than his mouth?). I've been delaying this post waiting on pictures from the Griffith University Aquathon held last Friday, but they haven't arrived so this unidentified anamie character will have to do in place of another picture of me in lycra.
The aquathon started at our Mt Gravatt Campus and involved running for about 3 km through Toohey Forest, swimming 13 lengths of a 25 m swimming pool and then sprinting 800 to the finish. I was the first (and only) over 40 male to finish for which I won a sports store voucher and other goodies. I was not, however, the first over 40 athlete to finish, being comprehensively flogged by the first 'masters' woman (salutary for my ego).
My athletic career was nearly interrupted by a spill from my bike on Saturday. I did my first group ride for awhile with 'Spike'' and was at the front of the 'peleton' heading down a hill when I hit some debris on the road and started to wobble. The instinct to stay upright is strong, however, and I managed to stay in control, although not before the group scattered fearing I would bring other riders down. Overall, I was pleased with my fitness on this ride despite a lack of cycling lately. We rode 95 km to Redcliffe and back and I managed to keep up. I'm doing the Mooloolaba Triathlon on Sunday (cyclones permitting) and it will be interesting to see if I've fully recovered from the marathon.
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I've always wondered about Toohey forest. I used to pass by the forest everyday to and from Nathan Campus. There was a sign saying that the forest was saved from being razed. But it looked more like a scrub or secondary forest to me.
Fire has been through it a couple of times, but it is original forest and home to some monster goannas. With suburbia on all four sides, however, it must be full of feral cats which would decimate the native wildlife (except for the 1.5 m goannas - cars are their only preditor).
And you ran through it? With the goannas and feral cats? Ok, that's why you ran through it right? I never saw people in the forest before.
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