Monday, September 18, 2006
Day 16 - A nice day for a walk ???
Wake up and certainly feel better than when i went to bed, however i'm not sure just how the body will respond, nevertheless it's forecast to be a nice sunny day so i guess i'd better get out there.
Body gives me a simple answer, no running today !!, just can't get going appears the days of favouring one leg while letting the other get a little better have taken it's toll as now neither leg will let me run, tail of to last which is far from ideal, especially when i get to the first drink stop and Marcel is beginning to pack up. Basically no choice but to walk at least it's now a nice sunny day, but without a watch i'm not hopeful about making the cut off as i haven't seen another runner all day. Very picturesque, and at the speed i was going i got time to take it all in.
Got to to 1,000K mark where we had pictures taken (thinking to myself that extra minute will make me miss the cutoff), thankfully Don's crew (Jessica) had gone for her daily run (he'd been in for hours) and asked whether she could join me on the way back that seemed to get me walking a little faster (just needed someone to push me), and actually run the last 500 metres, absolutely stoked to find i've made the cutoff by almost 40 minutes (last in 9:04:11 compared to the stage winners 4:45 !!).
Probably our smallest hall, and with the showers 2K's away (we get a lift) and our toilets being the public toilets (one pit toilet and thankfully one handicapped one)not the most comfortable night ahead of us, very thankful our restaurant was just around the corner and they make beautiful lasagne.
Of course the question to myself now is i've totally stuffed up the 2 short days what'll happen on the last 2 long ones ???
Body gives me a simple answer, no running today !!, just can't get going appears the days of favouring one leg while letting the other get a little better have taken it's toll as now neither leg will let me run, tail of to last which is far from ideal, especially when i get to the first drink stop and Marcel is beginning to pack up. Basically no choice but to walk at least it's now a nice sunny day, but without a watch i'm not hopeful about making the cut off as i haven't seen another runner all day. Very picturesque, and at the speed i was going i got time to take it all in.
Got to to 1,000K mark where we had pictures taken (thinking to myself that extra minute will make me miss the cutoff), thankfully Don's crew (Jessica) had gone for her daily run (he'd been in for hours) and asked whether she could join me on the way back that seemed to get me walking a little faster (just needed someone to push me), and actually run the last 500 metres, absolutely stoked to find i've made the cutoff by almost 40 minutes (last in 9:04:11 compared to the stage winners 4:45 !!).
Probably our smallest hall, and with the showers 2K's away (we get a lift) and our toilets being the public toilets (one pit toilet and thankfully one handicapped one)not the most comfortable night ahead of us, very thankful our restaurant was just around the corner and they make beautiful lasagne.
Of course the question to myself now is i've totally stuffed up the 2 short days what'll happen on the last 2 long ones ???
# posted by Aussie Ultra Runner @ 5:47 AM 
