Tried to shake off jet lag by both of us doing the parkrun at Cornwall Park, a historic park in Auckland. Bit of a hill in it and Vicky went too far down so did more distance than she should have done. I was 21st out of 163 in 21.53 and she was 147th in 39.13. High standards here - there was a 60 year old lady coming in in 23.32. These signposts are from the second Parkrun yesterday at Barry Curtis Park south of Auckland - I got a fourth placing in 20.44 and Vicky tried to volunteer to help, as she has a shin splint niggle, but she was sent round the course in any case, as a tail end Charlie, and she had a pretty good outing anyway.
Galloping round the marina at Auckland O'Hagan's 5K course went right past the superyacht My Serene - owned by a Russian Vodka tycoon this has three helicoper pads, an indoor climbing wall and several swimming pools. Ooh look it's for charter - shall we take it out for a spin? Despite having raced three days before this was my best time of the year over a 5K course coming 17th in 20.22. And this race was actually better value than a parkrun. Parkruns are free to enter whereas O'Hagan's 5K was $7 but this included a beer, and I went for the Emerson's Bookbinder which was light and refreshing and would have cost $9!
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