Beaches, Rugby, and Rogaining!

Look another post and its only been a week since the last one! This week was full of new adventures. During the week I had the usual class and at night I went on runs with the Inward Bound team. They are starting to get intense! The runs on Monday, Wednesday and Friday were all over 15km, which left my body very angry with me. I am having a blast doing it and I am getting to see some beautiful scenery while running.


Saturday morning I headed up to Batemans Bay with a few friends. It is about two hours south of Canberra. We hopped in the car around eight and reached Surf Beach (how original) around ten. The beach was nice, but nothing too special. I am not too sure how people surf there because there were no waves, but I won't pass too much judgement. We had lunch and than decided to try out a new beach. We could not decide where to go next and finally Tom picked a random beach named Lilly Pilly. We drove to Lilly Pilly Road and were laughing at how awful the beach must be since it was in the middle of nowhere, but we decided to give it a try anyway. We stepped out of the car and looked down the mountain where saw the most gorgeous beach. We had our own private beach for awhile and I was in heaven. The sand was soft and the water was clear. I got to do some exploring on the beach, which always makes me happy.

I thought my day could not get any better, but that night I went to my first rugby match. I actually think I understand the game. Rugby is much easier for me to watch because of how face paced the game is compared to football. I am surprised there are not more injuries because they don't wear any padding. The game was a union game and it was between the Canberra Brumbies and the Queensland Reds. Unfortunately the Brumbies lost by a couple of points, but the game was very exciting to say the least!

Now for Sunday's events...The Rogaine. Rogaining is an interesting sporting event. I had never heard of it before and I will probably not do it again until my muscles are no longer sore from all my running, but I am glad I had the experience. For the Rogaine, I was put in a team of four. Our team was given a map of the Roby Roy Park with different checkpoints marked. Each checkpoint is given a different point value. We had six hours to get to as many checkpoints as possible. Now these checkpoints were not along a road or on flat surface. For six hours, I was hiking up, down, and around mountains and through thistle patches. My legs are covered with bumps and scratches...so attractive. To be more positive, I did learn more navigational skills using a compass. The scenery was gorgeous and I got to see a couple of kangaroos along the way! I wish I had brought my camera, so I could share with everyone. I am exhausted now and am going to be falling asleep at nine tonight. Looks like I am back to my old sleeping habits!