Sunshine in September - 2008

For only it's second year as a CFA event, Sunshine in September for 2008 was a huge success! The weather was perfect, the trails were dry, the ferry was on time, and the number of participants was up... alot!!

13 folks toed the line at Langdale ferry terminal and put all their trust in my course directions. After the (unfortunately!) mandatory 3km section of highway everyone was able to enjoy the excellent, non-technical single-track trails of the Sunshine Coast.

Though I was unable to run it this year, I did manage to tag along behind on my mountain bike and get some photos of the runners as they headed back after the turnaround point.

Bill, Des, Tim and JP got distracted picking up garbage and overshot the Red Baron trail junction which added a couple of extra kilometres to their run.

Ean, JoJo and EJ came cruising down the trail hootin' and hollerin' and generally sounding like they were having the times of their lives!

We all met up at the Wheatberries Cafe back at the terminal for some well deserved drinks and delectable treats before catching the 12:20pm ferry back to Horseshoe Bay.

Some memorable comments that made me really proud of the course were 'some of the best trails I've run on', 'nice change from the technical North Shore', 'amazing area and perfect weather', 'so glad I came out to do this run!' ... these are my reward as an event host!

Thanks everyone for coming out this year. Hope to see you for the 3rd installment of Sunshine In September in 2009!!

Please add your own comments or impressions via the comment form below or as a blog post (that will be attached to this page).  If you have photos of the day, upload them to the Flickr CFA group, tag them with SunshineInSeptember2008 SunshineInSeptember and ClubFatAssEvents.  Photos uploaded so far are posted here.

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