It is 4pm on the rest day and I’ve been able to read all of your messages up until right before the long day, but the most recent messages haven’t been uploaded yet – itching for more news! The generator here broke down for a while so the cybertent hasn’t really been functional. Competitors have [...]
Filed under: Race Reports | Tagged: Australia, Racing the Planet | Leave a Comment »
I AM SO GLAD STAGE 5 IS OVER!!!!!!!!! It is 9:30 pm here and I finished at 8:55pm tonight…Five minutes shy of 15 hours! WHOA! Sadly your messages from stage 4 onwards haven’t been uploaded yet but I’ll be able to read them tomorrow… and I have all day to blog! REST DAY!! But I’m [...]
Filed under: Race Reports | Tagged: Australia, Racing the Planet | 1 Comment »
I had a phenomenal day today! It was a tough 17km but the most picturesque stage of the entire race so far. Finally we were off the dusty road and spinifex grass! When we woke up this morning we were blessed with cloudy skies and a cool breeze. We ran out with energy across the [...]
Filed under: Race Reports | Tagged: Australia, Racing the Planet | Leave a Comment »
Day three is done… and boy am I thankful!!! Crap, this race is severely tough. Really, really tough. I went to bed last night staring up at the sky and wishing that I wasn’t seeing such a beautiful display of stars…Clear skies are definitely NOT what we want here! The moon was out and shining [...]
Filed under: Race Reports | Tagged: Australia, polar, Racing the Planet | Leave a Comment »
When I blogged yesterday, it was still quite early in the day and most of the competitors hadn’t come in yet…and as the hours rolled passed, the number of casualties increased exponentially. I mean, I KNEW it was tough, but I really didn’t get a full appreciation of how tough the conditions were out there [...]
Filed under: Race Reports | Tagged: Australia, Racing the Planet | Leave a Comment »
Looking slightly possessed at check-in WWWOOOOOWEEEE that was a hard first day! It felt like a balmy 60 degrees C out there… I’ve heard rumours it was slightly cooler than that, but I simply don’t believe them. Okay, so I definitely let the nerves get to me last night. During the final briefing in Kununurra, [...]
Filed under: Race Reports | Tagged: Australia, Racing the Planet | Leave a Comment »
Wow, has it been ages since I’ve written on this blog! I would like to say that I just lost track of time, but my sister has kindly provided me with bi-weekly reminders that I’ve been dropping the ball. I know that you, like my sister, have felt this gaping hole in your heart as [...]
Filed under: Nutrition, Training | Tagged: Australia, nutrition, Racing the Planet, training, Wales | 1 Comment »
How did your New Year’s Eve turn out? Personally, I’ve always chosen the low-key NYE option over making uber-cool NYE plans. For years, I spent NYE with my parents, my sister and my brother-in-law at our farm in Ontario (my brother was usually too uber-cool to join us). The evening would start with happy hour [...]
Filed under: "Life" (aka misc.) | Tagged: Australia, Central Park, injury, Racing the Planet, training | 1 Comment »
