MDS Dress Rehearsal - on the sand

Finally we had a bit of summer in Melbourne and a day on a weekend got to 30 C, so it was down to the peninsula beaches for a full dress rehearsal in full race gear.

The plan was to about about an hour with a full pack (about 8kg in it for the test), and all the gear I was planning to use during the race.

Now of course this is a public beach, so seeing some one trundle along with a safari hat, long sleeved shirt, back pack and knee high gaiters... well let's just say I got some funny looks!





On the plus side, everything was very comfortable and I was surprised that I could waddle along ok on the firm sand.





And it was great to get a training run in with Jill and Patrick!!



Nice place to go for a training run!!








So the dress rehearsal was a success! Bring on the MDS!!