Photo Shoot
These fantastic shots were taken by Brenda Blackhall. Unfortunately when I post them, a third of the left of the pictures are missing. Imagine tires.
More Stairs
Sister and I just finished a mini-stairs workout on our lunch break. I am pretty excited about training after this morning’s meeting with the Team and Coach Mike Suminski. After Feb 18th we will add weight to our packs. Only 12 long runs until we peak.
Competitor Nationality Breakdown
In my inbox today I found an email from Racing the Planet:
For your information, we are providing a rough list of the expected nationality/residence breakdown for the Gobi March (China) 2007 field: Australia (6), Canada (11), China (6), Denmark (2), France (2), Germany (3), Hong Kong (37), India (3), Indonesia (1), Ireland (1), Italy (2), Japan (6), Korea (10), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (2), Singapore (7), South Africa (3), South Korea (10), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), United Kingdom (33) and United States (31). A field of 150 competitors is expected.
Will they put us Canadians all in one tent? Will they split us with those Down Unda’? Do they know I would like to speak my Danish to the Danes? Will the French smoke on the course as Rob noted in the Marathon Des Sables last year?
Song of the Day: Numai Tu 4:01 O-Zone Disco-Zone
Body
My legs are feeling pretty good considering I ran another 28.8 km on Sunday! It’s the second Sunday in a row at that distance and I think maybe, just maybe, I’m getting a little bit used to it. Still I was begging everyone I saw to rub my legs for me (but there were no takers). I’ll have to use that gift certificate Gillian gave me for Christmas. It’s for a sports massage.
Cat
Mo unfortunately was evicted from my apartment last night.
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Home
Whew. Home again. Rob is still in Thailand and he has my camera…so pictures will be posted as soon as he gets home. I think he is due back a week from today.
I’m feeling zombie like, my internal clock still on Beijing time. I’m happy to have eggs for breakfast instead of mysterious chow mein and seaweed salads. Everything feels calm for the moment but I’m sure its like the coasting down a hill before you start pedaling again.
Moving
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On Saturday my bike was stolen from outside Elevate’s office building. I usualy don’t park it outside but that morning there were two homeless people who were sleeping in the door way and I didn’t want to bug them any more than I needed to, to get into the building. I decided to lock my bike in front of the Brickyard pizza and when I came back for it, it was gone. It was sad. My aunt gave me some good advice. She said someone must have needed it more than me. (I guess they must have REALLY needed it then!!)
Sister made me a picture: “The evil bike bacterium ninja is elusive but effective”.
