I have gotten back into running since moving down under. When we got Henry (our dog) I started walking him in the mornings. The majority of the time I slept in and ended up jogging most of the supposed walk. Eventually I just bought some running shoes and started doing 20 minutes 3-4 times a week. A couple months later I was telling my friend Chris this and he said he wanted to run more consistently. He lives nearby, so we started meeting up on the weekends to run and soon we were meeting at 6:15am on during the week as well. It has been nice to get back into running at my own pace and purely for the joy of it. I really feel relaxed and relieved after a good run. It has also been a great way for Chris and I to get to know each other and we have since become very good friends. And Henry is always with us, so he is in great shape too.
So, below are some photos of a longer weekend run we did two weeks ago. Along the southern edge of Christchurch are the Port Hills and we live at the base of them. They top out at about 1650 feet.
This is looking up when we are about a third of the way up. We climbed up to the peak on the right.
This is looking back down toward the eastern edge of Christchurch, where we started (see circle) along the Rapaki Track, a popular hiking and mountain bike track. Of course there are sheep. It wouldn't be New Zealand otherwise.
Chris looking not as tired. He is a machine. Behind him is Lyttelton Harbour. If the camera panned left it would see the picture above looking down toward Christchurch.
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