Run 2381 – Woodvale – FT and Dollar. 14/9/2015

It was quite a thrill to be on a run set by a serial short cutter. To actually run a run where all you do is short cut all night and that’s how the run was meant to be. It was a great insight into FT’s psyche.

 

Away we go on a long loop, so within the first 5 minutes the pack was strung out like a line of Syrian refugees and never fully regrouped. Falsies tended to be a bit long.

But the classic had to be the chalk – mostly on the opposite side of the road to the street lights or IF on the same side as the street lights, between them.

Anyway, quite a good run was evolving. FT obviously knew where all the steep hills were. It wouldn’t have been Dollar!

Until we came to crossing Whitfords Avenue. Note for future hares – runners will assume a trail crosses a main artery and they did. Trouble was the trail was 250m to the right and only picked up by 1 runner – Seagull. By the time he picked it up he was so far away, we couldn’t even hear a bleat.

From then on there were a few packs and guesswork took over.

Fortunately in my group, Birdman, non-official H3 minister for timing,  discovered that his timing device also included a GPS, so we were able to negotiate our way home. Think about 50 minutes all up.

 

Back at the bucket, good everything. Good weather, parking, lighting, talent [Bushie] and great tucker.

 

A good night. Thanks FT.

 

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