First used in 1993 as part of Easter (my first Easter), we were looking forward to returning to running (or walking) on Peterdine, a beautiful area of open farmland scattered with granite boulders and bare rock surfaces. A double header weekend with the Australian Middle Distance Champs on the Saturday and the Australian Relay Championships on the Sunday.
Family results for the Middle Champs were good - Katy came 6th; Ella 10th; Andy 3rd and myself 12th.
As for results - Katy together with her teammates Mira and Sanda came 1st in W14; Ella together with her teammates Mia and Katherine came 1st in W16 and Andy together with his teammates Fedor and Andrew came 1st in M35!! ACT also won the Champion State Relay Trophy too.
Only downside was Andy came in with his hand covered in blood. Story goes that his hamstring was sore and her couldn't lift his legs well and trip on a rock falling with an outstretched arm and split open his palm. After being patched up on site by the St John's ambulance, he was informed that he needed to go to hospital to have the wound properly washed out and perhaps stitched!
So we left the event fairly quickly (missing the presentations unfortunately) to go to Northam Hospital A&E. We thought it would be faster than going to anywhere in Perth. Our eyebrows were raised when we saw the number plate of the car parked in the Dr's car space - Drgizmo! A&E at Northam had several people already waiting. It was about 4 hours later that we left, Andy's wound washed, steri stripped up (no stitcheds required as the wound was too ragged) and antibiotics in hand plus instructions to return to a medical facility to have it checked and re bandaged in a few days time. An eventful way to finish the weekend!
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