Monday Night Fun Running

Hello to Ian over in Perth, WA. Sorry you missed the run this evening - it was excellent! Mark has offered to email you a map so you can run it over there...you just need to find a Canterbury-shaped suburb to do it in.

Welcome back to Judy! Judy returns from a whirlwind trip around the world - Iceland (which she says is very pretty and most interesting) and London (frequenting the genealogical resources of that town). We'll encourage Judy to write a few words for us and circulate them via the web-pages in the not too distant future.

Tonight's event was set by Mark Jarvis. He wrote to me after midnight on the previous evening to let me know "That he'd finished the map and everything would be under control - provided he had time to find a functional printer and photocopier at Dodgy Brothers Software where he works. My answer was short and enthusiastic "Oh good..." (I find that one becomes less communicative as time winds its way past midnight - simply focussing on whatever needs to be finished so one can get to bed).

In spite of an assurance from Blair Trewin's rain radar that the rain had passed by, we arrived at the start location in continuous drizzle. At the suggestion of Sab and Mark, we backed the Prado under an awning to provide a little cover and then huddled under there with the others as Mark handed out the maps. Miraculously (or by street-O tradition) the rain stopped as we headed out. The roads and footpaths were still slippy, but the night was cool and clear - perfect conditions for the event!

The course was cleverly set. Most of us ran along one of the edges first, looping around the Eastern and Northern controls. Cutting back into the centre, one noted that there was a tight cluster of controls - and the key decision here was which way to do these. I ran with Mark Besley and Peter Maloney up to this point and each of us chose a different way through the inner controls. Numbers 10, 12 and 5 were placed well out and it became clear that we would be unlikely to get out to these - and anybody attempting to do so would miss out on the high-pointers that were available on the way home.

I note from the database that there's only 2-3 Mondays left in our Winter Season. If you plan to run an event, book it soon...or you'll miss out!

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