#35 - 7ish km, 4 days to go

Lunch time jog round the Domain to the Opera House and back. Felt ok. Feel like I'm recovering from the aches and pains I've been suffering the last 2 or 3 weeks, though even after such a small distance there was some good twinges in my knees.

Since last Thursday I've been dabblin in Amino aicds and protein powder. I went to one of the sporty looking health food shops, decalred my total ignorance and my aches etc, and left with two potions. No idea whether I can say they've helped. But I've been taking it every day for almost a week now.

Pasta for dinner tonight - this is the bit I like about runs etc - the carbo-loading!

#34 - Not a lot done in a week, but a lot in the weekend

It's taken a full week for the pain to fully subside from the 2:10hr run last Sunday. I aided the healing - a tad late - with some physio on my ITB on Thursday, and a massage yesterday.

As for exercise. A 7km-ish run last Thursday. And some splashing around in the water on the weekend. Maybe 100m total swimming. Atrocious - - I can't believe the effort I've put in over the last few months and it all seems to be falling apart in the final few weeks. It was that City2Surf that began the downfall I think.

Anyway - 6 days to go.

But on a much more exciting note - me & K got engaged the weekend. Yipppeeee. I'm totally joyed. As is she. And I'm even slightly surprised how well I've taken it! Never one to be good at actually making a decision, I am however normally bloody glad when I do. And now instantly, I know it was the right thing to do. And for all the right reasons. But the soppiness should be for another forum.

I had thought of delivering a ring at the end of the marathon. But then I freaked that maybe I wouldn't complete the bloody thing and that it would end up being a double disaster. With all those overtones of failure.

So the romance and warmth Queensland seemed the right place to make the plunge.

And in hindsight the way to go. I'm very happy.