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"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses.........behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." Muhammad Ali

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Today's Run in Pictures

Borrowing from some other bloggers I decided to take some pictures today with my mobile (hence the less than stellar quality). Today's run was not particularly exciting, just a functional recovery run after a speedy session last night, 8Kms at about 5:20 pace. I tried to get all the pictures in order with commentary but stupid blogger has just stuck them in any old way, anyway readers, you will figure it out :-) About 2 Km in at Exhibition St - if the picture were better you would see how much we love our sport with the MCG, Tennis Centre and Vodafone arena in shot, what you can't see is Olympic Park. We love our sport in Melbourne! This is the bridge that leads down into Birrarung Marr, a lovely park that used to be Batman Ave, so much nicer now it has been taken over by walkers, runners and cyclists. The bottom of the "notorious" Anderson Street, a nasty 750 metres for some, a mere incline for others. Up Anderson St, around the corner and you run past the Shrine of remembrance, some days at the right time you can hear The Last Post being played On of the KM markers on The Tan, the track is 3.8 Km long. On the way home along the Yarra River A gorgeous sculpture called Angel by Deborah Halpern, it used to live in the moat outside the Gallery, I think it looks much better here. 8Km in 42 minutes (told you it was an easy run) Finished, back at the office, pick up the bag, change into the trackie and head home.

13 Comments:

Blogger Crissyjt said...

Love the pics Em, esp the last one. lol.
You are one of the many lucky buggers who has all those beautiful places to run.

21:42

 
Blogger Boston said...

Em, my favourite marks around The Tan are the ones
- around 0.50km -0.75km, which I called The Calm Before the Storm
- around 1.0km-1.25km, when you are up the hill and get the satisfaction of having gone up
- around 2.25-2.75 km, nice and gentle.

Great shots and enjoy your new toy!

22:02

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good shots Em. Melbourne really does have some great places to run. Best of all, the Yarra and the Tan are on our doorsteps.

23:16

 
Blogger Vicky said...

Love it! I sooooooooo have to get a grip on getting some photos into my blog - lack of time and skill is all thats stopped me so far... Tried it once but they wouldn't upload so I gave up, but must try again! You really are lucky to have such lovely tracks on your doorstep! Thanks for your comment on my blog - just keep everything crossed for me in the meantime! MAR.

07:56

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Em,

The good news ... great photos of the run.

The bad news .... from bottom to top (near rubbish bin) on Anderson Street is only about 400-420 metres .... :-(

Take care

Eat Em

09:34

 
Blogger Spark Driver said...

Thanks for posting on my blog. I reckon your pics are pretty cool. all places I recogonise.

Melbournes public transport is frustrating enough without waiting for me to get back from a run.

10:40

 
Blogger Chris said...

You'll have to let me know any time you are doing a later evening run Em!

Am counting down the days until I can plan my runs with ease!

16:01

 
Blogger Unknown said...

Excellent work Em! Gotta have photos
lots of them. Not sure why blogger
jumbles them up for you though.

SB:)

22:41

 
Blogger Clarkey said...

The Anderson Anthill almost looks flat in that picture....A nice picture tour!!

16:22

 
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