The Countdown

So the countdown is onto half marathon number 7 for me.  In less than two weeks it will all be done and dusted.  I have been feeling pretty good about it up until now, even thinking a few weeks back that I might end up having to walk this one.  It seems now that I should be running it and possibly even manage to run the full 21.1km.  See my training has improved over the past few weeks.  I even managed to run a 15km run over this weekend and felt good about it.  I will be happy with whatever I do get when I run it as it is all for the experience and I haven't had the best lead up.  The thing is though, there are people out there that have so much faith in me and my running.  They seem to think that maybe this will be the one to give me that personal best, maybe even that one to beat the clock.  This is currently messing with my head a little.  I know that I will not get anywhere near a personal best.  My training is proof of this.  I guess I just have to get out there on the day and give it my best and apologise to those that had the faith that I'm just not quite at that stage at the moment.

Sledge Track

I have been reading so many people talking about the Sledge Track and the great trail running experience through there.  Today I had the opportunity to try it out for myself.  Forgetting that we had had so much rain previously didn't fully prepare me for just how muddy it was going to be.  Believe me, I'm not scared of a little mud, just scared of falling flat on my face or worse still, rolling back down a hill again!  Believe it or not, I stayed on my feet the whole time.  It wasn't easy to but I managed it.  And all the mud, sweat and pounding heart was all made worthwhile with the views I got to see.  So many waterfalls

Little river crossings

And lots and lots of steps and mud!

Almost two hours out on the track.  I knew I had given my legs and body a great work out and I'm sure it worked just as hard if I had run the 15km I had planned for this weekend.  I'm happy to have taken this opportunity and I really want to go back and give it another go!  I will finish off with the stats from today.