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Well it has been a while, but that is a good thing as it would be a little tragic if all I ever did here was update my blog!
Communications at AUT University is certainly a lot fun - discussing the media, law, advertising, as well as learning shorthand, putting together a radio documentary and learning how to be an investigative journalist!
I ran in the Round the Bays on Sunday - it is an 8.4km Fun Run from Quay St in the city around to St Helliers. You run on a pretty flat road around the coast - past Hobson Bay, Okahu Bay, Mission Bay and Kohimarama Beach until you get to St Helliers. St Helliers is a nice area - pretty good houses, not too far from city. As you can see from the photo there were only 5 runners... OK there were a few more - 40,000 people registered and probably a few extras jumped in, but not the 70,000 that some were estimating. I have been in the City to Surf in Sydney with 70,000 and that is huge. This was a little tamer, but a great day and and a brilliant BBQ lunch at a reserve near the finish line. There was live music and slides and heaps of corporate tents.
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I ran the race in 53 minutes, BUT, that was with about 10 minutes of waiting, shuffling and finally zig-zag jogging at the start, as we were at the very back to begin with. The winner did it in 25 minutes I think. I practised the day before by running up Mt Eden, which is only a 10-minute run away. However, it is a pretty big slope, so not sure how smart that was before the big race. You can see it here - complete with crater. All the hills around Auckland seem to be volcanoes. In fact, they say Auckland is one big volcano. I quote from www.gns.cri.nz:
"Within a radius of about 20km centred on Auckland city there are 49 discrete volcanoes."
Well, I hope they stay discrete...
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I have also been on a couple of trips to coastal areas around Auckland. One was Huia and the other one was Kawakawa Bay. They were both very pictureque and we are heading to the Huia, pictured here, for our Easter camp, for some "tramping" along the Hillary trail as well as beach activities.
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It's good to see that quite a few Aucklanders are into the NRL. Lots of Warriors fans around here, so it's a good talking point, especially seeing as though I am a Tigers fan and we have the NZ skipper Benji Marshall. Tigers somehow achieved a last-minute win last night over Manly which gives me great pleasure considering all the people I know who are Manly fans... check out Tuqiri touching down in the 4th minute of the game...
Well, I have plenty to do, so cheers eh bro until next time...
