Part Of The Auckland Coast to Coast

Monday's walk was a bit different this time round. We decided to tackle the coast to coast but left from Epsom. (Hit the link for a map) It started with just the 3 of us Cougars as we headed over to One Tree Hill, up and over and back on track. Philomen led the way at pace - Great team captain to get us moving!

The Cougar Hunters, Shayne's team, were also doing this track and so we knew that they were out there somewhere. We heard from them at Manukau Road and so we waited for them - against my judgment as I want to keep moving to get the job done. We walked with them for a bit and had to back track as at this stage they hadn't done One Tree Hill. We walked around while they went up and over.

We decided to pick up the pace again and got to Manukau Harbour in good time. It was on the way back that our team mate started to feel it. Suffering from a cold, female version thankfully, (Sorry chaps!) we reached Mt Eden and climbed to the top at which point Philomen decided to call it. We had a choice of continuing the track without her or head home together.

At the top of Mt Eden we could see the sun going down. A stunning view and I WISH I had my camera to show you. There were several photographers out that evening, capturing the moment. Truly stunning!

After a team discussion we agreed to head home together leaving the boys to continue without us. We were on the coast to coast track for about 3.5 hours and so not a bad training session. I'm going to miss tonight's team training session as a gentle run is all I need to do now in preparation for Sunday but my achilles and calf muscle strain is playing up and so I need to also play it safe.

Thanks for tuning in again - PHOTOS coming soon...