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The nation's Capital, Canberra,
was my home for 7 years. Canberra can be a cold place with
temperatures during winter dropping well below zero. There is a
saying in Canberra that the heaters are turned on on Anzac day
(25th of April) and are turned off on Remembrance Day
(11th of November). Having said this, I can recall
firing up the heater on Christmas day.
So you can well imagine, Canberra
is a place that can truly test a runner's ability to tolerate a
long cold winter. It would not be uncommon to run for an entire
2 ½ hours in long tights, long sleeve shirt, jacket, gloves and
beanie.
The fog was so thick.......
I will always remember a run that
I did on a cold, frosty winter morning. The fog was so thick
that I could barely see 6 feet in front of me. As I did on the
majority of my morning runs, I ventured into the bush and up a
long gradual track to a ridge that separated two mountains. On
this particular day I did not clear the fog until I crested the
top of the climb.
Running above the clouds
What had been waiting for me was
simply amazing. As I ran along the ridge, the sun was shining
and the sky was as blue as you could imagine. It was as if I was
running above the clouds for with the thick fog below I could
not see the city or suburbs.
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