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Morning Tea From Canberra

I moved toward the next stop with the day's people, support, and small human moments giving the kilometres their shape.

Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
Morning Tea From Canberra: part of the day's stretch toward the next stop.

The closer we got to familiar names on the map, the stranger the scale of the whole thing felt.

the next stop was where we were aiming, but the bigger feeling was that another distant name was becoming real under my feet.

Oh and all being well, the next day about 9am I should be talking to Gus from Triple M’s The Grill Team - looking forward to that!

We should reach Mittagong around 9am Saturday - for those not aware, Mittagong is home to We should reach Mittagong around 9am Saturday - for those not aware, Mittagong is home to Hoka OneOne Australia

Most of the work was not dramatic. It was the repeatable stuff: get moving, keep eating, manage the body, and let the crew turn the finish into the next start.

By the end of the walking, I had banked another 57 kilometres, and the accumulated total sat at 4369.5 kilometres.

That was the shape of so many HAA days: my feet doing the obvious work, and other people quietly making the impossible parts practical.

Images From The Day

Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.
Day 97 photo from 20 Aug 2015 during Hearts Across Australia.
A same-day moment from Day 97, on the stretch toward the next stop.

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