Monday, September 18, 2006
Day 11 - Nike Frees save the day
Today was the day i woke up with an interesting problem, the shoes i'd worn the day before were still wet and my red racing flats no longer fitted my left foot (strange as that one is normally a size smaller - officially i have Size 12 right foot and size 11 Left foot which means i always buy Size 12), so it was either use the cushioned shoes (which frankly i had given up on or use the Nike Frees (they had been used for the run to Monte Carlo so at least i knew i could do 30 odd K's in them though i realised they weren't exactly designed for it).
So it was Nike Frees or bust, again a day for a rain coat but after a couple of K's i was actually getting warm and it was dry, so a bit happier about that, and even better the body was feeling somewhat better, a steady climb to a very large lake (apparently an artificial lake for the Hydroelectric industry), strange the difference a day makes only wish that instead of being the shortest day (only 49K's) it was tomorrow (the longest) as things change way too easily. Even got to the point that i heard footsteps behind me with 5 K's to go and i pushed harder, was rapt with 7th place in a time of 5:36 only just over an hour behind the stage winner.
We were certainly celebrities in Peyrelevade, had alot of the local kids coming up and getting us to autograph their race posters (not sure how they will understand my Australian though !!). Only downside being that the showers and toilets are not actually at our sports hall, they are around 200 metres away in the camping ground which would normally be fine but it's bucketing down raining !!. So instead of looking around spent most of the afternoon just sitting around reading.
So it was Nike Frees or bust, again a day for a rain coat but after a couple of K's i was actually getting warm and it was dry, so a bit happier about that, and even better the body was feeling somewhat better, a steady climb to a very large lake (apparently an artificial lake for the Hydroelectric industry), strange the difference a day makes only wish that instead of being the shortest day (only 49K's) it was tomorrow (the longest) as things change way too easily. Even got to the point that i heard footsteps behind me with 5 K's to go and i pushed harder, was rapt with 7th place in a time of 5:36 only just over an hour behind the stage winner.
We were certainly celebrities in Peyrelevade, had alot of the local kids coming up and getting us to autograph their race posters (not sure how they will understand my Australian though !!). Only downside being that the showers and toilets are not actually at our sports hall, they are around 200 metres away in the camping ground which would normally be fine but it's bucketing down raining !!. So instead of looking around spent most of the afternoon just sitting around reading.
# posted by Aussie Ultra Runner @ 4:25 AM 
