We go a different way with a stream, I like swimming but it’s a bit cold today. Aunty Elly and Katie head off a different way. We are off again, my mum calls me coz she’s getting cold. It tastes so good! My new friend turns up and we run around and around together bouncing and eating snow. The wind is blowing much harder and there’s a lot more soft white stuff. I sniff and play a little bit, but I need to keep up with my humans. We catch up to it coz mum and Aunty Elly and Katie are going fast. I’m curious and a bit shy, but it sounds friendly. I follow her through the bushes up the side of the frozen stream.Īnother dog barks in front of me.
I can’t get a grip! “It’s icy!” calls out Katie. There’s white stuff and then it gets super slippery. Why do my humans keep stopping? Ooh, I smell something, I want to run and investigate, but remember I’m meant to be on my best behaviour. The wind gets blowy, but I’m nice and warm with my fur. Maybe I should go with them? It could be my dad, coz we go biking together sometimes. We go up a hill, down the other side, then up some bike tracks. I come when Aunty Elly calls coz she has treats in her pocket. I head off down a track that looks interesting, but we are going a different way. I have no idea where we’re going, but I don’t care - I’m going. Freedom!! I zoom around on the big grassy area near Squirrel Lake. I drag Aunty Elly down the hill in front of mum and Katie, and pretty soon she lets me off the lead. YUS!! I decide to be on my best behaviour - I’d better not disappear off and bail possums up trees today. “Ok, but you’re responsible for her”, says mum. “Do you want to go for a run with us or a bike ride with dad?” asks my mum. OMG they’re all putting their shoes on!! Am I going too? I’m sure that would make for an even greater greatest run ever. Hopefully I can get her on the trails when she gets older. Having her spur me on was really awesome and something I’ll remember for many years to come.
But then it got better when my daughter turned up on her bike and stayed with me all the way to the finish line. I could have run home to Whangarei at that stage. However, as I headed through the Waitangi Treaty Grounds on my own at the 17km mark, I experienced the runner’s high that I had often heard about but never had myself. I was not setting a blistering pace (I never do), and there were a lot of things that should make this a horrible run - the cold and rain, a “slip-n-slide” on a boardwalk, and the occasional ankle-deep mud. The course followed the Haruru Falls track beside the estuary before hading up into the hills and down through the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park. It was a cold and rainy day as we headed north towards Waitangi. My wife dropped me off and I scuttled to the tent, just getting my number attached in time. I scrambled to get all my gear and jumped in the car. I had to get up early to collect my number, but was shocked when I woke at 7:00 - 30 minutes before the start. I’m very much a Mild Thing and slow to boot, and was looking forward to the Half marathon of this event. My wife and I drove our caravan up to Paihia for the Bay Of Islands Running Festival earlier this year.
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