The Wrap

Not a pleasant night for me ... again. I'm afraid the curse of the Hysterical Village struck me early on with a twinge of an adductor muscle. It sort of eased off through the second hour but in favouring it (or at least I believe that was the cause) I aggravated a niggle in my hip that got progressively worse to the point where I couldn't even walk without pain.


Having walked this event home for 10 hours in the past, having gotten injured early on, I didn't have much to gain so, by midnight, having gone through many adjusted schedules in my mind and talked them over with crew, I pulled the pin with a meagre 46 km (I think) having been at 22 km after 2 hours. Definitely went out a little quickly in the first half an hour but I think it's that south corner on the anti-clockwise loop that gets me every time.

As for my crew, can't say enough thanks to Keith & Carol who came up especially to look after me. I'm sure if I'd said i was going just walk around there for the rest of the night it would have been no problem.

Seems that the 12 hour event here is becoming a bit of a millstone for me.  One from three isn't so good (the 'one' being my first event there), even though my outings over three and six hours have been good.  Not sure where to go from here.

Anyway, I've had the benefit of not taking too much out of myself and after two days off will pick back up with the 6ft training.  Two hard weeks to come with a steady/soft week to follow before a little taper.

Dusk 'til Dawn - @ The Caboolture Historical Village

Well, the streak is over and ended officially on January 31st (though I didn’t take a day off until Friday 3rd). Have to say it’s a relief but, even though I’m trying to rest a little before this weekend’s event at Caboolture, I’m finding it difficult to get my head around not training.

Now then, to the weekend.

The Dusk ‘til Dawn event has been running in one form or another since 1994 and though he didn’t organise the race from the beginning, it’s existence is attributable to the eccentric Geoff Williams.  All proceeds go to the The Caboolture Historical Village.

Geoff is an ever present on the local scene and pops up at most events in some capacity, usually as a marshal or at a checkpoint (and has helped out at WHC).

Having taken part twice, I have mixed emotions about it as on the second occasion I succumbed to a pre-existing injury early on and turned the event into a walk (84 km in the end) which was disappointing after my initial foray. This year I’m looking to lean heavily on the base I’ve accrued though I’m very short on long runs.

With good crew in Keith Sullivan and Donna, I couldn’t be in better hands so we’ll see.