Open Road

I'm fairly sure my work colleague just tried to kill me. She suggested a walk all the way from site into Blackwater town on the special walkway through a paddock for mine employees. Of course I jumped at the opportunity and was all prepped with my running gear, always looking the part.


She'd warned me that it usually takes an hour and fifteen when she gets dropped at the entrance to the path. This time though, we were lucky (?) and had to walk literally from the admin building to her house where my car is parked. It took us TWO HOURS and we even ran for about 25mins of that. I am completely and utterly stiff and exhausted. I also thought I was fit. Ha. Ha.


Needless to say, we did get to see a lot of country side (we crossed half of Central Queensland for shits sake), have some bonding time and see the incredible sunset out in the middle of nowhere and if we weren't so busy hustling back home before dark I would have loved to just stand there and breathe. But we were on a serious mission and the opportunity didn't come.


Also I ran up 15 flights of stairs today to get to the top of the wash plant. The view was spectacular so it was worth the super athleticism it conjured in me but all things considered, I'm completely beat.

 View from the top of the CHPP (Wash Plant)

I'm waiting for the world of pain to hit me in a day or so....