I actually have done no training in 9 days now. First it was due to my resting HR being a bit high then a crazy week saw me get little sleep & no training. Oh well. The good news for the week is that my foot is definitely improving & the estimate of my return to running has been brought closer :-)
The lack of sleep continued when I got up at 4am on Saturday morning to crew for my team (Happy Feet) in 50km relay at Wild Endurance 100km. We had started out with the goal of the defending the fastest women's team title which team member Helen of Troy won last year. My withdrawal and Rob (vStar) becoming a last minute replacement put an end to that goal. As we had 3 walkers & 3 runners, the goal was simply a sub-24 hour finish. To say that we were shocked with the result was an understatement. It seems we needed to set our goal a tad higher & go for fastest team, not fastest female team.
Our day squad, the daydreamers, did a sensational time of 9 hours for 48ksm, particularly given two members are not runners. Then our evening girls (and runners), the nightingales took off into the night & eventually crossed the line at 2.27am, stopping the clock at an amazing 17.21! Good enough for 2nd relay team home & 3rd place overall (out of 72 teams). We are all still in shock at the result!
Another sensational result was the Wild Women girls defending their win last year in the 100km womens catagory - congratulations ladies!
We bundled the girls into the car & headed for the warmth of the Katoomba YHA to celebrate our fantastic result with (pink) champagne and chocolate mud cake - both of which taste even better at 3am :-) I eventually made it home just before 6am, one tired but happy girl!
I was presented with this sign by the daydreamers to make my place in the team official-
The daydreamers enjoying a cuppa before the start-
The beautiful sunrise in the Megalong valley which quickly warmed the rather chilly mountain air-
The daydreamers ready to go-
Mary, our resident gymnast. I wonder how many teams can do this....
....or this after 50km!
Trailpudd' (L) and Koala1 (R) with Kat - aka Cheetah Girl who was, no doubt, the newest Australian citizen in the race. Cheetah Girl attended her citizenship ceremony in Sydney on Saturday morning before heading up to the race-
Mary with a bunch of the biggest grapes I had ever seen. It's amazing what becomes amusing with a lack of sleep-
Our nightingales crossing the line-
A happy team "Happy Feet"-
2 comments:
well done on the fabulous result for your team!! and on the new job too!!!
NTR
Wow - awesome result! Great team effort! Would love to catch up for coffee on Sat arvo, CJ too - is there anyone else you would like to see? How about 3pm at Tilleys? x
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