Across the Years 2025 - 2026
I was very prepared on paper going into the race, pretty much I followed the same approach as with BLU. I even had the packing lists already done. Same shoes (new versions of), same hydration, same gameplan/schedule. During the race I made notes on my phone so I've added those to properly remember how I was feeling. I don't have a ton of clarity with time or with what my brain was doing either. We stayed in La Quinta right opposite the venue. It was so easy, comfortable and it was absolute bliss to be in a soft bed. I have a firm mattress at home because ‘it is good for me’. We park the car at the venue the night before and walk over for 9am on Tuesday Dec 30th. It's a warm sunny day with blue sky - the high will be 25c. Really quite lovely. We line up at the start being careful to let runners already on the course through. Since it's a 6 day event there are people starting all distances on all days. Okay, looks like we'...
