Razorback Ridge Run

Before I left Grim gave me a 'Rain Maker'. It seemed innocent enough: a bit of hollowed out wood, some stones inside to make rain summoning rattles and a few carvings on the outside to for authenticity. Harmless ....or so I thought. Now, after numerous drenchings where each time an Aussie has said "It hasn't rained like that for years" I'm beginning to wonder!

This weekend was no different. Following hot (or wet) on the heels of a puddle hopping ParkRun done in a torrential downpour and a trip to Uluru where it rained non-stop for 4 days, I headed to the High Country to do a trail race along the Razorback Ridge and up to Mount Feathertop. The forecast was abysmal .. rain, mist, thunder, gales but none the less I drove to the start hopeful things might improve. Unfortunately they were just as predicted. Thirteen miles of trail were run in mist, pouring rain and gusty winds and at the summit of Mt Feathertop, which apparently has stunning vistas over the entire Australian Alps, all I could see was a lot of swirling clouds. No 'slip slap slop' today, just splish splash splosh in what was "the worst rain we've seen in years".

At the end I was chuffed to have finished, not drowned and not got lost (the compass points the opposite way down here I'm told!). But all this rain got me wondering about the rain-maker. Is it just coincidence ... or is it really Grim??

Posted by Cat Miller on Mon 28 Nov 2011 | 4 comments

Category Trail Race