Running repairs

16 years ago, just after joining the runners' group, Superhacker managed to fall off a ladder at Mt. Nebo and break her knee. She ended up with the construction screw you can see in this old x-ray:

And on the 14th March - just after achieving a PB in her local Parkrun, and when she was just about to complete her 50th Parkrun - Superhacker got to see this screw again.  Why? Because she'd fractured her knee again! What a pain (in more ways than one)! And once again, she didn't do it while exercising, but while helping family members with some furniture removal....

As she describes it, "The NHS Registrar at Addenbrookes sucked in his cheeks like an Aussie chippie (at least that is how it seemed to me) looking at what the last bloke did, stroked his chin, and said 'Who did this?'" (not that tradies are normally critical of the last bloke's work, ha, ha).

Anyway, she'll know more after revisiting the fracture clinic this week. We wish her all the best!

Sunday saw us back on home turf, revisiting the green (soggy) fields of Samford. The walkers completed a variant of the Samford circuit, the runners went up and over the hill behind BP Park, and the hare was awarded a down, down for the paucity of trail markings....We gathered back in the heart of the village behind the Farmers' Hall as darkness fell (next week we'll have an extra hour of daylight as we move to a 4 pm start).

Here are some of Culture's pics from the occasion:

 

 

Nipliquor arrived in his new(?) gas-guzzler...

 

...and we couldn't resist re-posting a picture showing the results of his encounter with another vehicle (a few years ago, of course!):

 

Next week will be our first city run for a while - should be fun!

Next run/walk details
When: Sunday 6th April, 4 pm - NOTE the winter start time - 4 pm!
Where: The old windmill, Wickham Terrace, Brisbane City. A map! (Note that there is usually plenty of parking on a Sunday afternoon around this area.)
Hares: Le W*nk and Lax

On, on!

Even grander designs

It seems that the average price of a house in Wilston is now greater than the GDP of many small countries...and the trend continues. This weekend we re-visited some very grand construction sites that we first toured a couple of years ago. Many are still providing employment and support to the construction industry - but time blow-outs are common in Grand Designs, aren't they? And the budgets for these projects are terrifying to contemplate. A very interesting route indeed.

Back home at the hares' we enjoyed a selection of vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, and inspected the renovated kombi. Many thanks to our hares!

Here are a few pictures taken by Culture:

The three walkers who have completed or almost completed their 96 km fund-raising month:

The runners celebrated the Queensland Reds' win over a team that must not be named:

And finally, please take note - as usual, we will be moving to a 4 pm start from the beginning of April!

Next run/walk details

When: Sunday 30th March, 5 pm

Where: Behind the Farmers' Hall, Samford Village

Hares: Culture and Haughty

On, on!