November - not quite a complete failure.... but nearly!

November......  I'm not too sure what happened, but one minute it was November, next it was nearly the end of November and no trig bagged!!  So, I had to kidnap the Wednesday night run, and insist that we included Papamoa Hills trig into our route.

I feel a certain amount of ownership of Papamoa Hills and Summerhill Farm... we run and cycle out here so often, and Clare and I run the Papamoa Hills Night Walk to raise funds for NZBCF.  This winter, we ran right through the darkness with our head torches on, soaking up the lights of the city while running in complete peace.  It's like being in a bubble, being able to see a whole city below us, but unaffected by it's busy-ness.  Some days it's even raining down there, but fine up here.

Anyway, the last Wednesday in November, Trig #2, Papamoa Hills.  We were joined by Mike, who wanted a little bit of offroad training before Rotorua Half Ironman.  Well, he got a little bit, his magic GPS watch told him that we covered less than 5km.  Clare and I got a little bit distracted by discovering the trail-making fairies had heard our plea to link up the bottom tracks!  Every time we found a new, we stopped and examined it, had a little chat about it.....  it's the reason why we trail run, lots of excuses to stop for a rest.  :)