Tiger on the trail.....

Last night was a top session. Ran out along the pipeline loop kicking off from Victor road. The goal for the night, as it always is during this run , was to get home faster than I went out.

Of course racing Tegat, Coe, Birmingham and Mottram it was always going to be a solid run. Got out to the bottom of the hill in 11 minutes which is pretty standard. From here on I establish a good pace that is comfortable and just hold it . Through a process of natural progression I usually get quicker anyway.

A short time later as I put my foot (left) down onto the trail I noticed something different about the grass. For one thing it moved and for another it looked pretty much like a bloody tiger snake... It was one of those times where you see it and by the time you realise what it is that you are looking at you are to far committed to alter anything.

As my foot came down next to its head the bloody thing coiled back, at which point I thought, that's it I'm fucked, Fortunately it did not strike. I then covered the next 100m in a time that would have left Bolt covered in dust.... In all my time out on these trails I have seen maybe three or four snakes and this was the first tiger I have seen on the trails... I guess that's what happens in dry summer.... Next time I will bring a change of underwear..

Anyway I did settle my heart and manage to also drop Mottram , Birmingham, Coe and Tegat and came home strongly over the upper pipe trail. Surging the uphill sections and rolling down the drops.. I got back 2 minutes faster than the journey out and 6 minutes faster over all than previous runs this year.

Watch out for tigers on the trails people....

barrel on wombats...