Wellington summer sizzles on

We've had some pretty decent weather lately and the last two Sundays we've had the annual Round the Bays run and Bike the bays events.

There was about 11,000 people out last Sunday for the run and Wellington really turned on the good weather. What a cool event, loads of Wellingtonians having a good time and brisk stroll around the bays. I had a bit of energy left at the end so sprinted the last section and managed to peel off heaps of knackered runners down the straight on Kilbirnie Park to finish in the top 550.
Everyone had tags on their shoes so got their time in the newspaper the next day - that was pretty cool.

Yesterday, was the Bike the Bays event that I was roped into doing. A much smaller crowd at this event, despite the free entry fee. I'd say their would have been 1500 people or so. I decided to do just the 13km race around the bays and back rather than the 32km event. I should have gone for the later as I pulled into first place at the turning point by the Evans Bay Marina and the rest was history. Another great Wellington day.. you can't beat Wellington on a good day.