A large group assembled at the Old Zoo parking at a slightly later start time than previous weeks and split into two groups after a route briefing by Randolph. The Fast group was led by Hein and the Medium group by Natalie. There were quite a few newbies as well as some of Tim's/Mates groups, and some returnees from days long past.
Plum Pudding and Heartbreak Hill were their usual stodgy, heartbreaking selves, reducing us to a huffing-puffing bunch of red-faced plodders. (I speak for the Medium Group here - I'm sure the Fasties raced up in no time at all!) Once at the turnstile however, we careened round the bends of the boardwalk and tore through the rocky single track like lightening, zig-zagging between the green mossy trunks of young trees and boulder hopping like dassies. The final stretch of jeep track brought us out into the sunshine of a beautiful autumn day.
The main group did a lot of kilometres in a little time, and the Medium Group covered 11.5 kms in just under 2 hours.The Slow group are sorely missed with the gap between the two groups becoming seemingly greater each week!
Congratulations to Hein on his 50 sorties with the Trailers and Michelle Barnard on her 25.
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