Change of Plans!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

I don’t have a lot of time to write right now. Just a quick update! I am now in Melbourne,  Australia! It is  along story but I got an invitation to run the Great Australian Run this coming Sunday! I decided to take this incredible opportunity and forfeit running National cross-country this weekend in Guelph. It was a tough decision.

The Ekiden race was an incredible experience! I will write more when Ihave time. I ran my leg as a solo effort which I was expecting and the leg was hilly. I was initially disappointed with my time, expecting to run closer to 24:30. Instead I ran 25:22 for the 7.1? km leg but now, looking at the results and seeing where I was in relation to the other competitors (looking at their PBs from the start list) I was right where I should have been. I think it was just a tough leg.

We are being  treated like royalty here. I am getting to hang out with some star athletes….Stefano Baldini, Chema Martinez to name a couple. I have so much to say but want to wait until I have more time to write! I am off for a run with Baldini and Martinez right now and then we are going to head into Melbourne (just 5′ away) to do some shopping! My run yesterday after a very long flight felt like total crap but that’s to be expected after Monday’s race, a a day walking in Tokyo on Tuesday followed by the looooong flight here. we’ll see how the legs feel today and may have to postpone some fast running for tomorrow. Jon has been just great with advice as usual!

Be back soon and maybe with pics!!