Chris…
First of all thnx Aaron for keeping the blog going in my absence. I have been busy, but too be honest I have not really felt like writing a blog and I kept putting the job to the bottom of the “things to do list”. It’s not just the training and the fact that we have had a tough month leading up to the taper week, it’s more of the realisation why we are doing this run in the first place. It will be two years in May since I lost my daughter Georgina and the realisation and hurt are tenfold each day I wake. The fitness I gain through these runs along with the friendship I have built put together with the money we are raising for children and families who could find themselves in a similar position are just a few of the reasons why I am still able to get up in the morning but at the same time have found it difficult to write about.
I agree with Aaron I love taper week! Short runs and eating loads of pasta – great! I have had a couple of twinges to say the least though. With the running cutting back I started to feel a bit hyper active with energy to burn so when I got the opportunity from our next door neighbour to cut up a load of fallen trees I dove straight in. The work with the chainsaw wasn’t too bad but the humping of the wood over 100 metres up the hill and then going hard at it with an axe all day Sunday was the wrong thing to do. I did feel like Rocky at the time but I soon turned into Victor Meldrew the following day when I realised that I had put my back out and trapped a nerve in my neck to boot – Doh ! It’s a good job Debbie is a nurse and has copious amounts of anti-inflammatory pills in stock, I would like to say she had a sympathetic ear as well but hey lets keep things real! Not long now with just a few stretching jogs left and maybe a swim on Friday the job is done. We have set goals this year as you need to do when you are attempting something like this these goals are first of all to complete the course, secondly to beat last years time and thirdly we would like to go under the 5 hour mark. The first two I think are realistic enough the third a bit more difficult but I think that we a more than capable both physically and mentally we just need to put them both together on the day. Bring it on is what I say!
Later – Chris
Hey glad to see you back on the blog. As your parents our hearts bleed for you, and although we feel tremendous pain, and always will at the loss of Georgina, we will never come close to understanding your personal pain as a father. I only know that we all carry her with us in our hearts and minds, and that she will be so proud and cheering you all the way in this challenge you have set yourself.
Hope the back and the neck get better before the run, you need to be in tip top physical condition, so take great care of yourself. All our love, mum and dad xx
Hey Chris, I echo Mum’s words & thoughts. xx Georgina would be so proud of you she would of wanted to help other children & their families she was always thoughtful of others & never put herself first – a tremendous quality to have one which we can all learn from!
Hope the swim loosens you up for the big day if not don’t forget the ‘pain killers’ haha!!
Losa love Nikki n co’ xxxx
hey bro i hope i never have to feel what your feeling,day in day out. i’m so proud of you and your strength that you have shown your family and kept them all together through it all . hope you can take that rocky feeling with you on the peaks, you have trained so hard and long. i am sure Georgina will be running along side you all the way, so proud of her dad and friends . safe journey chris talk soon .
miss you all paddi & family
Hi all, sending our best wishes and to say our thoughts are always with you. Hope all goes well for the big race day and you reach your goals.
Love from the Verity’s & Tagg’s ( Jo & Justin) xxx
We wish you all the very best for your big run.
We will be thinking of you . Love Auntie Beryl & Uncle Tony xxxxx