it’s obvious now, when I look back with the pixel-perfect, perfectly clear 20/20 vision of hindsight. the dots are easy to connect. “little g” had issues; too little self-confidence, too much self-consciousness, shyness, inward-looking tendencies…… the loneliness of the long distance angst-ridden adolescent

  it feels a bit like christmas eve – in fact, earlier this morning, I even referred to today as “marathon eve”… there’s excitement and anticipation building, even though I know that one of the… 15 Jun 2013 – one more day

  feeling like a complete and utter slackarse now. another rest day. with the exercise sessions being so short this week, I’m not even sure what I am resting from! but in reality I do… 14 Jun 2013 – time

  yup. three days. up nice and early today, put in a nice easy-to-moderate 20 minute row. got the blood pumping through the aching leg muscles. overall I’m feeling relatively strong – the knee is… 13 Jun 2013 – three days

  getting closer and closer. staying relatively calm about it all, but hard to completely stop the anticipation building… did my final run this morning – short row tomorrow, rest Friday, another short row Saturday… 12 Jun 2013 – closer

  ah come on, you just knew that this song would feature at some point this week, right? rest day today – sort of feeling a bit like a slacker. there’s a marathon in just… 11 Jun 2013 – the final countdown

with a thick blanket of fog descending on Perth this morning, this morning’s recovery run was eerily still and quiet. somehow it seemed like a suitably mysterious and eery start to “the final week”. yes, the… M-minus 6 days