Six Foot Weekend Wrap Up - Part 1, Running.

A late drive up to the Blue Mountains on the Friday afternoon due to work that then saw me get caught in traffic, plus some dodgy directions from Kanser meant an even later arrival at the beautiful Megalong Valley where we were set up for the weekend.
Up early on the Saturday and despite the cancellation of the race we were going to run part of it anyway - I had decided early that i was only going to go to the Cox's River and back (approx 12ks) due to the calf problem i had. After a few photo's we were off (for 1 minute and 32 seconds to be precise before our first water stop) soon got going again at a leisurely pace and soon made the river crossing, I was feeling that good at this stage ( i was actually first across the water) that i continued on, Made the tough climb up Mini Mini and was even more surprised how well i was feeling - leaving Tucks and Tom complete with his life's belongings in his rucksack puffing behind.
Started to feel the pinch at about 13ks, but was then caught in no mans land - Do i turn and go back by myself or tag along with the boys? Laboured big time up Pluvi, with loads of walking ,whilst Kanser and Tom powered ahead. Rest stop at the top with a mouthful of water ( Tom was being tight ) and a quarter of a banana from Kanser and we were soon on the way again. Thought my new GPS was faulty when i saw a couple of 8 & 9 min/ks flash by. Was thinking at one point how good the track was when all of a sudden i was knee deep in mud with the boys stopped ahead with cameras in hand just waiting for the moment for me to fall ar$e over t!t :)
The last 5 ks was torture for me and Deviation Point couldn't come quick enough as i had decided with Johnathan Worsick's help to stop there when we saw his wife who had food and drink supplies. True to form she wasn't there and was forced to walk a further 2ks up the road before her much sought after arrival.
So with about 30ks under the belt the call went out back to our house for a 'Pick up'.........Well I'm not sure what happened next as we walked for hours (a further 7ks at least) waiting for Senior Highnams arrival. Not sure where he was coming from either Manly or the North East of England but i do know Kanser had lost it by this time and was doing his best Mr Angry Clyde Impression :)
Thought we might stop of at the boozer on the way home that Tucks talked about for 5 hours non stop - but our driver was having non of that............It was at this point that i thought Kanser's head was going to explode :)
A lovely afternoon spent with the crew playing footy and a few beers, before Kanser cooked up a storm in the kitchen ................and he had settled down enough by this stage to even fed Roger Highnam :)

Kanser, Tucks, Tom, Timmy just before the start.

Tucks, Tom, Kanser at Cox's River. Tom saying he would swim it if he had brought his 'Floaties'

Heavy Track, with the boys waiting for the Big Fall to happen.

It was all getting a little too much for me by 37ks and waiting our lift.

Tom at the start of our run after finding out he forget to bring his lenses with him for the weekend :)



Part 2 - The Megalong Valley Snooker Open, coming soon