My day initially started at 3am today. Yes, Max sneaking into my bed, Greg trying to redirect him back to his own bed, tears, yelling, waking his brother and then finally relenting and letting him in. I guess that's just how we will roll! Mental note, sleep in a bedroom far farrrr away from those 2 on Friday!
Happy kids this morning thankfully which made for a smooth transition on school run.
Rest day today which I am extremely thankful for. I have managed to keep this cold at bay for now but did wake with really tight, sore IT bands, all the way down the side of my leg and in my lower back. Not ideal, but just a reminder to keep stretching and look after myself this week. Maybe opting out of a massage wasn't a good idea??
ANYWAYS....What a day.
I helped out with the RATS Schools duathlon today which was just plain exhausting! I give full credit to those volunteers on Ironman day who tirelessly help us out from 6am-midnight. I have helped out at the odd event here and there, but to be on my feet for 5 hours solidly, supporting, guiding, directing, cheering, telling, smiling, was just plain tiring. I also admire the work that is put into these types of events by very few members of a small group VOLUNTEERING their time. Sometimes people at events are quick to judge what isn't going well and often forget that a huge amount of volunteered hours have gone into creating this fun and inclusive event for all of these children. Winners or not, we are all here to have fun. My highlight for the day was running alongside a boy who looked like he was about to burst into tears on his final run of the long course. I said 'I'll run with you if you like' and he thought about this momentarily, then looked at me and said 'I'd rather you got me a drink!'. I ran back to the registration tent, located the water and raced back over to him. 'Oh thanks sooooo much miss' he said with a huge grin. He drank the whole lot and then took off, passing a few children on the way! He came up to me at the end and said thank you again. Now that's what its all about!! Awesome!
There were loads of people out there today that were eager to see how I was tapering and also feeling about the weekend. Surprisingly I am really calm and totally of the attitude - 'I've done all I can, I'm just ready to do it'. It is actually a nice feeling to be at peace finally with 'The Ironman'. He has no hold over me..... not today anyway!
Enough time to quickly tick another few items off my list at the shop on the way to do school run. Small containers for protein powder (have decided to have a protein shake in transition from swim-bike and bike -run). Can also use these to divvy out my chafe cream between my swim, bike and run bags. Just have to put my magic 'Elete' anti cramp electrolyte mixture into my little eye dropper containers for bike and run and I think I might just about be sorted.!
Won't be far outta bed tonight - has been a huge day.
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