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Yume No Chikara

As bear said this afternoon .... believe in the magic of your dreams and they WILL happen!

There is no mistaking that 100Km is a damn long way! By any measurement it will take a lot of time and energy to cover 100km.

Today I slayed the 2003TrailWalker Dragon!

Before this weekend the goal was to finish first and formost and ideally around 28 hrs.

By 6.30 and the final checkpoint the goal had changed to sub 26 hours. By 8 o'clock that was no longer a goal, it was a fact! 25 hrs and 57mins after starting team 89 finished as one team of four people in one go!

The story is a long one and will wait for another day ... v-rap is going to do the formal report for us!

For me I had a very emotional walk. A lot more so than I ever considered. Yes it was personal and yes I would finish (hence I had my heel stabbed) but I never expected to run pasted the old cp7 hanger in tears muttering "you won't get me this year you bastard!" before I stopped to remind myself to breath! I never expected to walk through cp7 fine but hyperventilate and cry with my supporters at cp8 (thanks for catching me Rob!) I most certainly wasn't expecting a MASSIVE panic/breath/help wibble going up the famous bastard hill! Then repeating the experience once I had got to the top!

My feet are very sore and swollen (I think I will take casual dress to the extremes at my course tomorrow!) but the heel stabbing did it's job and that was not an issue!

The finish was amazing. I could barely walk and if left alone I would have crawled! Leon held my hand an got me to the finish. As we turned into the last few yards we all lined up hand in hand and trotted to the finish! Bag pipes playing! Then we spotted the clock ... 25hrs it read! That was it we all ran! A sprint finish to get under 26hrs! Massive smiles all round! My legs gave way as did my breathing! We got our medal and then ate curry! It was 8AM!

That's a short review ... I'm tired and can't think much! But thank you to my team and supporterd and those who texted us!

Comments

shortnginger said…
pixie ya the best well done love have a well earned rest and put ya bruised feet up!!
8:43 AM, July 17, 2006
Treacle Tart said…
Pix you are a dragon slayer! Getting past the wibbles and the demons to finish in such a great time.

Wow:-)
11:43 AM, July 17, 2006
XFR Bear said…
Just to add, witing at the finish, that not many teams finished as a four - an awful lot had three people so presumably one dropped out.
6:11 PM, July 17, 2006
b-z said…
well done pet
Im glad the texts helped!
6:18 PM, July 17, 2006
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