I got in the hills! I ran in the Port Hills. They are the north side of the crater rim. The crater is an ancient volcano, and Lyttleton harbour is inside the crater. The port hills are the nearest hills to my house. It took me ages to do 10.5km, I am really feeling it after the bug, but it was great to be out even if I only ran the downhill bits.
Now...if all goes well....photos!
10.5km, 567m ascent, 2 and a half hours in time...
In old money thats about 6 and a half miles, and 1865feet. 2 and a half hours!!!
I climbed up the pipeline, steep but the quickest access.
I live on the spit between the ocean and the estuary....a wonderful place to live as long as one doesn't think about global warming and sea level rise...
The alps from the port hills.
The summit of Mount Pleasant
View over the harbour (and the inside of the caldera )
Looking out to the heads.
And finally my route home. The building on the next hill is the top gondola station, I drop down between the 2 hills, back up over the gondola hill (Mt Cavendish) and return to sea level via the valley between Mt Cavendish and the rocks at the back of the picture.