Up early at 5am to deliver Mark to Cedar Park Resort for the third marathon. Unfortunately his departure time was 9am so we had a wait until start, but spent time over a coffee talking to other competitors from South Australia & Townsville.
Mark loved the run through scenic rainforest & the biggest fig tree he has ever seen. Tanya & the kids went to Lake Morris / Copperload Dam to meet Mark at checkpoint 1 but he was too fast & we met him descending as we ascended the scenic mountain overlooking Cairns. Such a pretty spot. Arrived at endpoint of marathon just ahead of Mark. Kids ran last 1km with him. Finished on SOS Lookout - a spectacular 360 degree view of Cairns, time of 4:30. What an amazing race to run from Kuranda to Cairns (the long route). Tanya insisted that we make the most of the remaining 2 hours so we went to the Botanical Gardens for a walk through the mangrove boardwalks. Such a pretty place and.......the finale to the uke festival was on at the TANKS (outdoor theatre) but we didn’t stay, just looked at the Uke Art entries & home for an early night. All locals are saying this is the coldest weather that they can remember in Cairns - wouldn’t say 24 is cold but it has threatened rain for 3 days and been windy. Hoping for sunny skies for tomorrow.
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