A 6ft hangover

What an incredible day yesterday was. Unfortunately I've woken up this morning (Sunday) with a nasty head cold and am feeling pretty bloody ordinary right now so I can't be bothered writing a long post....

Saturday

Spent Saturday cheering at the Six Foot Track marathon which is a 45kms race through the Blue Mountains west of Sydney and is generally considered Australia's toughest marathon.

Friday night I left work and headed to my folks place at Penriff - at the base of the Blue Mountains - so it was only an easy 50min drive to the start on Saturday morning.

I arrived at the start at about 7am and caught up my fellow cheerleaders Lulu, Go Girl (with Go Baby in tow) and The Owl. After chatting to a few people, we saw the runners head off and then headed to Blackheath for breakfast - fruit toast and coffee, yum! After that, it was back in the car for a convoy to the finish at Jenolan Caves which trip took close to an hour, arriving with about 30mins to spare before the winner came in, and caught up with a group of Striders-girls who were also acting as cheerleaders for the day.

An incredible day - I can't begin to explain the atmosphere at the finish line. There is something about watching people (particularly those you know) achieving their goals and dreams which never ceases to inspire me. I got goose-bumps a number of times during the afternoon, particularly when 2p crossed the line so strongly after a nasty battle with his ITB in recent weeks.

This quote which I recently read I think sums up the amazing performances that I saw yesterday:

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE TO A WILLING HEART

You can do anything in this world you want to do, but you must want to do it badly enough.

You really can have everything you want, if you go after it. You have to want it. The first ingredient of success is desire. Your desire for success must be so strong within you that it's the very breath of your life. It must be your first thought when you wake in the morning, and your last thought when you go to bed at night.

You can be whatever you make up your mind to be. What's in your mind is all that counts!

I have put this quote in my diary. Yesterday has only fueled my desire to achieve my goals this year. I have got a lot of work to do but BRING IT ON!

Sunday

Head cold + rest for TPC after lots of standing & walking up and down hills yesterday = rest day.

Hopefully this head cold is only a short one - After watching the amazing performances of so many of my friends yesterday, I've had one major dose of motiviation to recover from this injury and get on with it myself:
Monday: weights with Satan
Tuesday: run (15mins) + massage
Wednesday: weights
Thursday: run (20mins)
Friday: swim (40mins)
Saturday: rest
Sunday: run (17.30mins)

So much for my short post!