the morning started as it often does for me – with a rainbow over the park and ride car park.
the difference being it was a sunday and we were heading down town to do the Round the Bays fun walk/run/jog. we walked.
it took us 103 minutes. we definitely could have done it faster but there was 70,000 other people in the ‘race’ meaning it was rather busy with people going at random speeds (those wanted to run had to stick to the right of the course, but other than that it was do what you like)
we got there an hour before the start so stood fairly near the start. it rained just as we went across the start line, but after a few minutes we were too hot again as the sun had come out.
john key, new zealand’s prime minister started the main race. politicians here are very down to earth so he was happy to whoop the crowd up a bit.
he’s the chap with the white shirt waving and smiling to people as they went over the start the line. esther said he should have dressed as a giant key and done the race.
kezia said he thought he would be smaller. but i think that’s because she’s been singing ‘little john key’ to the tune of ‘little donkey’
it was quite a site as we made our way along the course. when we got to the end we had to climb up a big hill to get to the Telecom hospitality tent
there we ate tremendous beef sandwiches, had a drink then got the bus back home. all in all a fab day
and then this afternoon esther and i watched half of harry potter 1 and then she went off to her Flippa ball match where she won 3-1. their first win this season. hopefully first of many.