a Sunday running chronicle · North Head

Prologue

The Autumn Before

five Sundays from before the edition had a name.

The full field on the ramp at Fairy Bower

Twenty-second of March · the full field on the ramp.

The Sundays were already running long before anyone thought to keep the ledger. Five from the autumn, to start the shelf.

Sunday 15 March

The sea wall, after the swim

Where every one of these mornings ends up: the wall at Fairy Bower, salt drying on shoulders, the café queue forming itself into a finishing chute.

The sea wall, after the swim
The sea wall, after the swim
The full field on the ramp
The full field on the ramp
Sunday 29 March

Coffees on the promenade

The run is the excuse. This is the meeting.

Coffees on the promenade
Coffees on the promenade
Nineteenth of April · towels and flat whites
Nineteenth of April · towels and flat whites
Sunday 31 May

The last swim of autumn

Three in, on the last Sunday before winter started asking questions. The edition proper opens the following week.

The last swim of autumn
The last swim of autumn

Everything after this got written down.