Wednesday, August 16, 2006
GREAT WEEKEND
After a week of being really ill with the flu I went to Sydney for the weekend. Lots of lectures from my family about the dangers of running when ill!!! With infected sinuses the landing was painful. On landing I had 2 phone calls to deal with and ended up in the baggage areA feeling quite seedy and disoriented. Panic when my phone seemd to have lost all Brionys numbers, (whiCh mysteriously appeared again that night). Briony was there with her smiles though to meet me and we set off for our adventure in the city. Expecting to be unable to check in and to just store my bag, it was lovely to be greeted at reception by the manager who said my room was ready for me and he then offered a late checkout so I could shower after the run on Sunday. The room was incredible and Briony and I could have been quite comfortable there all afternoon. But we ventured into the city for a little window shopping and of course lunch. A couple of hours walking made us feel very virtuous and we tried to take some photos. The park is just beautiful and the weather was perfect. A chinese man took a photo of us both but it didn't turn out. So separate photos were all we had which I had fun merging into one last night. A quick swim and spa then we made ourselves beautiful and headed off into the city for the blog meet. As others have described it was a wonderful evening. It was spoiled a bit by me because I was feeling quite ill but I am glad I came to Sydney and was able to meet so many inspirational people. Back at the hotel some arm twisting occurred and we decided to sample the room service menu for dessert. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Very sadly Bri departed and I went to bed, just little me in a GIANT king size bed. A few times during the night I thought of cancelling my run the next morning. However when the morning arrived the sun was shining and I knew I had to at least try. I met up with M and Linda and eventually the race started for us. Luckily I had my own stop watch because it took us over 15 minutes to get moving. We started weaving in and out of the crowd together but the urge to run overtook me so I bid my farewells and took off. I really enjoyed this run. The crowd was annoying me because it was so difficult to run any distance but I think this forced me to pace myself and not overdo it trying to be fast. The atmosphere was great, the weather was perfect and the views were beautiful. Heartbreak Hill was a challenge but manageable. The last km did seem to be very long but I had planned for under 2 hrs so was pleased with my personal time which was 116mins. The hardest part was then lining up for a bus and getting back to the hotel with only 30mins to spare to bathe and get ready. I then did some shopping but exhaution set in so I went to the airport early and sat and read a book, with lots of dozing. Next year I will definitely stay another night and go back to the hotel and sleep in the afternoon! Arrived home at 9pm barely able to keep my eyes open but pleased with the weekend.
This week I hav estill been ill with teh flu and very busy at work. Eating is not good but taht s ok when I am over thsi flu I will get back to normal which I am pleased to say is now being good.
Thanks to everyone for organising and attending Sat night.
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