Day 12 Dave Langley Christchurch to Geraldine

This morning was a fantastic 18km run around Godley Head loop just outside of Christchurch near Sumner. We started at Molina's house and ran up into the hills. The views were fantastic one of the better runs we've done on EPIC camp.

As we headed back for breakfast the weather report came in that a nasty southerly change was coming through, not the news I wanted but NZ weather has been good to us so far, so I suppose we were due. So after my morning ritual of popping pills (CoEQ10, multi, Magnesium etc) copious coffee and extraordinary amounts of toast and eggs I prepared my day bag for the worst.

Well it wasn't quite as bad as forecast but I went from cold to frozen pretty quickly. I just couldn't warm up and my legs were toast from the morning run so getting moving was nearly impossible. We also had another crash today with Pete clipping the wheel of Nick which managed to put him down heavily on the deck.

You can tell the fatigue is really starting to kick in lots of people walking around in a daze, comparing injuries and a few grumpy remarks but overall the morale is still very good. Overall I am pretty shattered but you just have to keep moving forward because you have no other choice.

Events day tomorrow with 400IM and probably 200m kick with some sprints as well should be hilarious.