I am just back from a fantastic weekend at Couran Cove (an ecco tourist resort on South Stradbroke Island at the northern end of the Gold Coast Broadwater). What a great place. I did my 50 min run Friday morning and my friends picked me up at 11:00 AM to set off for what turned out to be an action packed weekend where I behaved like a 23 yearold rather than an almost 53 yearold (however they behave???? I'm never realy sure).
Most people at the resort ride bikes. I hadn't been on a bike for many years but found I still can ride OK, though my backside is a little tender. Friday evening we set out on our bikes, managed to get lost, and got caught in a downpour. We arrived back at our cabin soaking wet. We collected more of our friends from the last ferry Friday night and made plans for Saturday.
After jumping and doing my first ever summersaults on a trampoline, competing in a couple of 50m sprints on the running track, playing basketball, swimming, playing mini golf, kayaking, tennis, dinner followed by a marthaon game of UNO during which I consumed a glass of wine and substantial part of a bottle of port, I arose at 5:30 AM on Sunday and ran for 2hrs 10 mins and 25K. Needless to say I wasn't feeling on top of the world when I started out but was feeling better after an hour. The humidity was shocking but I kept the water up. To get in the time I had to cross the island 8 times and head off on various side tracks to add variety.
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