Pre-Race Report: Luggage Left Behind
AH YES, LET'S MAKE THIS RACE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. MY LUGGAGE IS STILL IN FRANKFURT. THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T READ FRIDAY'S BLOG, I AT LEAST CARRIED ON MY PACK, RUNNING SHOES, GATORS, RUNNING ATTIRE AND SUNGLASSES. THE OTHER RUNNERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. EVERYONE CHIPPED IN BY PROVIDING ME WITH EXTRA FOOD, ELECTROLYTES AND THE OTHER THINGS I WILL NEED. THE HISTORY CHANNEL GUYS GAVE ME A HEAD LAMP, AND MOST OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT -- KNIFE, SAFETY BLANKET -- MAGICALLY APPEARED. I DON'T HAVE MY MED KIT, SO LET'S HOPE THERE ARE NO MEETINGS WITH SCORPIONS OR SERIOUS FALLS OUT THERE. I ALSO AM ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE JOHN HOPKINS STUDY, SO I AM HOPING THEY WILL FEELSORRY FOR ME IN A TIME OF NEED. I DON'T HAVE MY ORIGAMI CUP, BUT CUTTING A 1.5 LITER WATER BOTTLE IN HALF EVERY DAY WILL WORK FINE.
THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A CHALLENGE AS THE LOSS OF LUGGAGE COULD BREAK ONE MENTALLY. MY THOUGHT IS, I HAVE FOOD, MY SHOES, MY BAG AND I AM WHERE I HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BE. WE HAD A SIX HOUR BUS RIDE THEN A 15 MINUTE JEEP RIDE TO THE START OFTHE RACE. DINNER WAS MADE FOR US AND IT WAS YUMMY AS IT WASN:' FREEZEDRIED.
SO, TOMORROW IT BEGINS: 31.69 MILES. THE NIGHT IS BRILLANTLY LIT WITH CONSTELLATIONS AND A CRESCENT MOON. IMAGINE YOU CAN LOOK UP AT THE VERY SAME MOON KNOWING ITS THE SAME ONE I SEE. OFF TO BED, WHICH IS A LOVELY 750 COUNT, 12 OZ SLEEPING BAG I BRILLANTLY THOUGHT TO CARRY ON BOARD WITH ME IN MY PACK. AH, LIFE IS GOOD.
CHEERS,
JACQUELINE
AH YES, LET'S MAKE THIS RACE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING. MY LUGGAGE IS STILL IN FRANKFURT. THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR THOSE WHO DIDN'T READ FRIDAY'S BLOG, I AT LEAST CARRIED ON MY PACK, RUNNING SHOES, GATORS, RUNNING ATTIRE AND SUNGLASSES. THE OTHER RUNNERS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. EVERYONE CHIPPED IN BY PROVIDING ME WITH EXTRA FOOD, ELECTROLYTES AND THE OTHER THINGS I WILL NEED. THE HISTORY CHANNEL GUYS GAVE ME A HEAD LAMP, AND MOST OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT -- KNIFE, SAFETY BLANKET -- MAGICALLY APPEARED. I DON'T HAVE MY MED KIT, SO LET'S HOPE THERE ARE NO MEETINGS WITH SCORPIONS OR SERIOUS FALLS OUT THERE. I ALSO AM ONE OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE JOHN HOPKINS STUDY, SO I AM HOPING THEY WILL FEELSORRY FOR ME IN A TIME OF NEED. I DON'T HAVE MY ORIGAMI CUP, BUT CUTTING A 1.5 LITER WATER BOTTLE IN HALF EVERY DAY WILL WORK FINE.
THIS HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A CHALLENGE AS THE LOSS OF LUGGAGE COULD BREAK ONE MENTALLY. MY THOUGHT IS, I HAVE FOOD, MY SHOES, MY BAG AND I AM WHERE I HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO BE. WE HAD A SIX HOUR BUS RIDE THEN A 15 MINUTE JEEP RIDE TO THE START OFTHE RACE. DINNER WAS MADE FOR US AND IT WAS YUMMY AS IT WASN:' FREEZEDRIED.
SO, TOMORROW IT BEGINS: 31.69 MILES. THE NIGHT IS BRILLANTLY LIT WITH CONSTELLATIONS AND A CRESCENT MOON. IMAGINE YOU CAN LOOK UP AT THE VERY SAME MOON KNOWING ITS THE SAME ONE I SEE. OFF TO BED, WHICH IS A LOVELY 750 COUNT, 12 OZ SLEEPING BAG I BRILLANTLY THOUGHT TO CARRY ON BOARD WITH ME IN MY PACK. AH, LIFE IS GOOD.
CHEERS,
JACQUELINE
posted by Jacqueline Eastridge at 5:19 AM
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