Kate’s PB and a day in Dunedin

An early start to arrive in Dunedin for our second Park Run at 8am. We scoped out a new post run coffee shop before we even arrived.
Once in situ in the Botanical gardens we couldn’t help but acknowledge it was a pretty cold morning, definitely chilly and needing a merino long sleeve.
Our warm up was rudely interrupted by “Carol from Chicago” who was in the ODT earlier in the week for flying into Dunedin for the “ Run the Runway” 4kms run tmrw at 6.15am at the airport. We had looked at entering it but at $50 each for a 4kms run we didn’t feel it was worth it when we could run 5kms for free today!
Luckily the briefing saved us from Carol talking at us any further.
I can’t say once we started that the run felt any better than last week but K got a PB and i ran/ walked 2 mins faster so that’s progress.
Straight after the run it was off to Oaken Cafe, a new place for us.
https://oaken-cafe.business.site/

It’s the Masters Games in Dunedin this wkend so we weren’t the only ones in our “leisure wear” whilst we had our coffee and read the paper cover to cover.
The day was spent mooching around Dunedin and enjoying the temporarily pedestrianised Octagon- although habits die hard and most people were still just walking on the pavements.
I was hoping for my first pole session in Dunedin but sadly due to my lack of commitment earlier in the week there was no confirmation of my place so we left town early at 3pm.
The bonus of this was that we managed to catch up with Val at home for a quick drink before she headed off.
A nice dinner at home and now we r just waiting for the Crusaders vs Waratahs super rugby game to be screened at 9.30pm in Prime.
Well done K on ur first timed park run!... and Happy Birthday to my nephew Alfie xxRead more