Only a 10 minute drive to Willow parkrun in Wodonga was good for a change. I had the usual five kilometre warm up to inspect the first half of the course.
There was a much bigger crowd this time since it was the only one nearby, a bit under two hundred people.
This time there was two younger kids who were quick, but they made multiple wrong turns including running up to the street footpath instead of going through the underpass. They seemed to be confused by the cones being placed on either side of the paths to be avoided, where at other events they often put them right in the middle to be more obvious.
I took the lead due to their mistake, but one ran fast to catch up before fading after two kilometres due to the extra effort.
I wasn't checking behind but felt like I had a good lead and managed to work out the rest of the course, the half that I hadn't seen yet. There wasn't always clear markings but I knew the general shape and direction of the course, so used common sense when required.
Just as I was coming on to the final straight I got a surprise as second through fourth were running towards me in the opposite direction. They'd taken another wrong turn, this time a significant short cut, and then just turned around at a random point shortly after I passed them.
I finished with a good time of about 18 minutes.
Went back to the hotel to pack up and left at 9:30am. The estimate on the GPS was to return just after 1pm but I planned to stop whenever my legs were feeling sore or uncomfortable.
I managed to make it until after 12pm before taking a quick rest stop. The traffic was quite light again but still had people sitting in the overtaking lane. I took the usual detour to the Uni Hill outlets but couldn't find anything at all to buy. It seems like all Nike sell now are boring plain black models of outdated shoes. Finished up back home before 2pm.
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