Local Runs 20km Squid and Humpback Whale Spotting

Pre-Dawn runs from home, 20km in two hill loops. Weather cool to warm, cloudy, light winds. I ran the first 10lm loop steady with the second loop as Intervals pushing hard on the hills. In the afternoon a recovery run. On Friday a Road trip south to prepare for Parkrun on Saturday.. I was lucky to spot my first Humpback whale on it's northerly migration at lunch from One tree Point breaching not far off shore.Time to pull the big lens Camera Out again. My second sightings were multiple octopus and SQuid in Coila Lake either looking for a mate or food (crabs)

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