My alarm was set for 7am but I decided to rest a bit more rather than go for a run in the morning. After having breakfast at 8am I walked down to the ferry just before 9am since they said to arrive 30-45 minutes early, but that was unnecessary since it was very empty.
The ferry departed on time at 9:30am and after a stop at Devonport made it to Rangitoto Island a bit after 10am. I set out on the track to the summit which was well marked and said it was 2.2km and 1 hour to the lookout. It felt like quite a long walk and more than 2 kilometres, and was steeper towards the top, particularly the sections with stairs. The view from the top was good and was facing towards Auckland luckily, with just a few trees partially blocking a bit of the view.
On the way back down I made a detour to another place called lava caves, which suggested it was related to an old volcano eruption. The cave was quite small and very dark so you could hardly see where you were going, it was also very low and narrow in one place where I smashed my head on the ceiling. I didn't notice anything special about the cave though, it just looked like any other to me.
Those were the two main places to visit, so I made the long walk downhill to the ferry with a bit under 30 minutes to spare, but better than being late. The ferry was a bit late to turn up, then went via Devonport again and I was back on land at about 1:15pm. First I checked out a big food court near the harbour but didn't find much, so decided to try Burger Fuel across the road instead. They had two vegetarian options, but one was a horrible mushroom burger so that was immediately ruled out. The other came with beetroot, which I asked to be removed, then I found out the burger was still loaded with beetroot when I got back to the hotel. It was a shame as the rest of the burger was quite good once I'd scraped off all the beetroot and tried to reassemble it.
Back at the hotel I watched some TV shows and checked in on work quickly while eating my burger and fries. Before heading out again I also checked in on my shares and made a few trades, so by the time I was ready to go it was already 3pm. I didn't have much else planned since I intended for today to be about recovery, and also wanted to try a bit of running before dinner.
I visited the Real Groovy music store again and bought a key ring and pin as gifts. Further up Queen Street I also went to a couple of other souvenir shops, and bought a gift magnet and a replacement Christchurch magnet. After a quick trip to the Nike store, then the supermarket and finding very little food I went back to the hotel to change for running.
The walk down to the harbour was 500-750 metres and then I could start my route east. It was a good run for about 2 kilometres then it became concrete footpath for 1.5 kilometres, then it was better bike path surface again. In total I ran for 11 kilometres and felt pretty good except for some slight soreness in the bottom of my quads just above the knee. Trying another Woolworths metro on the way back I still didn't have much success.
Back at the hotel my head was still sore, and I realised I had some dried blood where I must have cut my head in the cave earlier. There was too much hair in the way on the top of my head so I couldn't get a good look at the problem though. Since it was after 6pm I sat down for some food and more TV shows on computer for the evening.
Steps = 27,000 with 11.1 kilometres running
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