Sun 15th

It’s 3 months to the day since Hawaii where I managed to do some pretty decent damage to my groin. I wasn’t able to run until Christmas and since then I’ve managed a handful of runs at best (my longest run was on Friday when I did 1hr on the Abel Tasman). So running a half marathon today was always looking a bit ambitious. I set off with fast boys and I was surprised that the pace was quite brisk. I hung for a while but it didn’t last and the rest of the event was a bit of a suffer fest. After a while I just settled into a steady pace and could really muster much more. I’m thinking that I will rise tomorrow with some significant muscle soreness.

Today is the last relaxing (relatively) for the support crew as we hit the road again tomorrow. It’s 230km which for most will be the longest ride of their lives. Great stuff…… should be some awesome scenery.

I had a chuckle today when I was in the shower block. You know guys are getting tired when you see plastic chairs in the shower. There is some serious fatigue kicking in now.