Issue 007 ........ THE BOUNTY POST ........ 8 August 2005

    ...12 beaches, 2 National Parks, 2 cemeteries, 2
     military encampments and non-stop, 180 degree
             views of the Pacific Ocean....*

    The Bounty Run:
       The only church-friendly, free, distance
       running event in the Eastern suburbs.

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In this issue: [1] Winter Bounty Report
               [2] Photos from the Winter Bounty
               [3] Bounty IV -- submit your dates

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  web-version available sometimes** at:
  http://129.94.222.244/weblog/news/bounty/
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[1] Winter Bounty Report

Dear all,

My great appologies for not reporting back on the inaugural Winter  Bounty for
such a long time. Truth is, after dashing off some photos to the  competitors
the university holidays were upon us (=no students=focus on research)  and
reporting back to the bigger group went down the list of priorities.

However, that is not to say that I don't want you all to know how it
went.

We had a great day, if a little on the `wintry' side, but that's what we
were in it for. Indeed, run stats clearly indicate that this was the
biggest Bounty field ever, thus the weather seems to have only  emboldened
those who would join the small group with a Bounty run to their name.

The start saw a six man field (the first female competitor place is  still
wide open, girls) of James Bradley, Andrew Charleston, Ben Waterhouse,
Alex Koch, Rob Taggart and myself. All looked in slight trepidation  as the
southerly wind blew, and rain showers came and went throughout our final
preparations.

Again, the running was superb. Even with the stormy weather, the views
through the Botany NP sections were magnificent and it wasn't long  till we were
thumping down the small single-track on Malabar headland into  Maroubra for
the first (and only) supporters' stop.

Soon afterwards, on our run out from Coogee, Andrew would leave us --  at the
time he didn't share with us that we'd lost out to Saturday morning  Latin
classes -- though very soon afterwards, William Perry joined the  group to
boost our numbers. I'm philosophical about Andrew's departure, seeing  more
of the high calibre of Bounty runners in his latin than anything  else; I like
to compare us to the Australian rugby union tradition when it comes  to on-
field activity and off-field interests.

From there, the run progressed through two very wet rain showers around
Bronte and Bondi beaches. However, we were still on schedule as we  ran through
Bondi North SLSC and up the final big climb of Military Road. It was  here that
the sun started to poke through, good timing indeed, as some of our  number
were beginning to feel the full weight of the distance on their legs.  Ben
especially couldn't be stopped -- apparently his knee (I'm thinking of
dedicating a future Bounty to Ben's knees owing to their prominence  in run
reportage) was of the `move it or lost it' category, meaning that the  rest
of us just had to fall into line behind the Running Man.

As a slight twist this year, we actually ran all the way on to the
South Head lighthouse area itself -- another 1.2 or so km, mind you,  which
was a struggle for most of us, but worth it to see a replica tri-masted
ship heading into the Harbour. A nice way to finish!

Till next time, happy trails,

Simon.

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[2] Photos from the Winter Bounty

If you haven't already, have a look at the photos from the Winter
Run...unfortunately, due to my eagerness to get going, after the
obligatory start-line snap, I totally forgot to get the camera
back of the photographer, hence, these pics are of the start/finish
variety only.

http://129.94.222.244/~sangus/oscar/images/050625_bountyiii.html


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[3] Bounty IV -- submit your dates

Well, as you may have guessed, we plan to do it all again in the Spring
time. At the moment, I'm not particularly taken or otherwise by any  dates
in particular, but if you have preferences over the September --  October --
November months when you can't, or would really like to run the next
Bounty, please just let me know.

A provisional date will be floated towards the end of this month, or  into
early September.