I live in an amazing place!
As you run you've got the majestic Pacific ocean at your doorstep. Your mind can wonder to so many things.
I love watching the hundreds of tourists get ready to depart on the Spirit. Or the thousands of tourists who arrive on the cruise ships in the summer trying to understand how the trams work and where to exchange money. You encounter the odd homeless person sleeping on the park-benches or on a hot day think about those girls prancing in bikini's they probably shouldn't be wearing.
You can run for kilometers down the Esplanade to St Kilda and beyond. Watch the container ships navigate the bay before coming into the Port. Or watch the normally still bay turn into waves in the wild weather.
The Port Melbourne to Kerford Road pier run is my 'at home' faithful. In thirty minutes I can be there and back ensuring I've exercised for the day, got some sanity and enjoyed some beautiful scenery.
In my head it is really broken up into several stages (you'll laugh because each stage is only like 500m but unfortunately that is how my brain works).
- Beacon Cove to Bay Street
- Bay Street to Port Melbourne Life Saving Club
- Port Melbourne to South Melbourne Life Saving Club
- South Melbourne Life Saving Club to the Playground (awesome playground at that)
- South Melbourne Playground to Kerford Rd (and return)
The run is different depending on the time of day you go. In the morning you get to watch the street turn from empty to full. Watch the balloons appear over head or the Spirit or cruise ships come in for the day. By evening you get the amazing view of the Westgate bridge sparkling in the night with the traffic heading home from a long day.
RUN STATS:
Name: Beacon Cove (Port Melbourne) to Kerford Road (Albert Park) returnDistance: 4ks
Path: designated footpath
Calories burnt: approximately 300 - 400
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