so you know when it is Christmas time and you are something like 8 years old and you are counting down the days till the big day... you can't sleep properly cause you are looking forward, and you are on edge in your day to day things as you hope for that new bike from the Jolly Fat Man on Christmas Day....? yeah well that's how I am feeling right now.
The only difference it is not a bike I want, I have one already which suits me fine, and I am not hoping for a big, fat fella to deliver, but gotta go out and do the delivering myself over 42.2km.
Everything the else....the same.
The taper weeks before a marathon requires you to be smart not to run too much, smart not to get sick, smart to eat the right (and enough) foods and smart to make sure you don't let heavy legs or a generally different feeling get to ya before race day. I am only a few days off now, and I have got through most of that.
I fly out on Friday afternoon for London, where I will get picked up and drive down to Brighton, to settle in and prepare for the Big Dance!!! Until then I am just relaxing and keeping myself busy.
I was in Tuscany over the past few days, with Renate and her family, and we stayed in a beautiful Villa overlooking the Tuscan hills, the place was peaceful and picturesque and nice to be away for a few days.
Photos don't really do the place justice.
Unfortunately we didn't get the best of weather, but we were still immersed in the land of Carbos... so good for me.... Pasta, Bakeries and Pizza!!!
I had the final real run today with Aussie visitor, Nate Hartigan, who arrived in Basel last week and has been staying with us for the past week. He is in his final preps for his marathon in Hamburg at the end of the month.
It has been good to shoot the breeze and basically talk dribble with him on runs and in between as I am still on school holidays at the moment and have time to relax a bit before starting back up again on Monday.
Today we scooted over the borders and crossed into Germany and France and then back to Switzerland, all by foot, which Nathan was loving. We enjoyed getting out a bit, but not too much wandering about in the cold weather for me, so back home to put the feet up and relax. He is off to his favorite city in the world, Paris, tomorrow morning, when I head north to the U.K.
So hope you are up to date, good luck to those racing over this weekend back in Oz and in the marathons that are taking place too, Paris, Rotterdam and of course Brighton marathons coming at ya, with some great results we all hope!
Till later here is the latest musical offering.
Pegz and the Obese boys rolling through the streets of Melbourne.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVMISZ0ePU
