[lca2018-chat] Saturday Parkruns

[Paul Gear]

On 17/01/18 13:34, Michael Davies wrote:
>
> On 17 Jan 2018, at 1:07 pm, Paul Schulz <paul at mawsonlakes.org
> <mailto:paul at mawsonlakes.org>> wrote:
>
>> Greetings all,
>> Just a quick email about a 'getting some exercise' opportunity on the
>> Saturday's around the conference.
>>
>> Parkrun is an 5km community running event held at 8am in locations
>> all around the world. Details can be found at
>> - http://www.parkrun.com.au/
>>
>> The nearest one to the Conference is at St. Peter's, a couple of
>> train stops down the line.
>> I have added a Conference Wikipage with some more details.
>>
>>   https://wiki.linux.conf.au/wiki/Parkrun
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>> ps. If any local people are regular park runners and can comment on
>> course or the best way to get there, please do so. Thanks.
>
> I’m planning on running St Peters the day after the conference. Last
> time I did so I Uber’d it from around Central which cost me ~$10 one way.
>
> The course is a loopy figure 8-like course with a nice hill climb
> which will make you enjoy the coffee you drink on the way out to
> Mascot for your flight home.

Not to take this too far off-topic, but what is it with parkruns &
coffee?  I am a coffee lover, but straight after running, coffee is the
very last thing I want.  Is there some runner secret I haven't
discovered yet? :-)

Paul
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