A trail runner attempting to cross almost 500 kilometres of South Australia's roughest terrain faced his biggest challenge on a remote beach, but it had nothing to do with running.Wading out, he realised it was a dolphin floundering in shallow waterAlan Clarke and Quentin Van Der Werf had set off to run the 'Walk the Yorke' trail — 478km of cross-country trails stretching from Port Wakefield to Moonta Bay on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula.
The pair were aiming to be the first people to run the journey unsupported, hoping to complete the trail in a week and set the fastest time for the route in the process. Their hopes were dashed when a knee injury forced Mr Van Der Werf to step away from the run and support Mr Clarke, who finished the journey this week.
But neither could have been prepared for what they saw sitting still in the shallows of a remote beach.Mr Clarke said he had started out early and was just beginning to pick up his stride when he looked out and saw something in the water. "I was going along Hardwicke Bay and I was about 20km into the day and I saw an animal out in the ocean, maybe a seal or a shark someone had caught the night before — or it might a dolphin," Mr Clake said.
Sounds Like a runner with porpoise! I know, I know.
Good effort but might have been easier for both if he’d put down his phone and used both hands
Nice to see such decency and kindness.
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