My mother died when she was 48 (ovarian cancer, stroke, dead) and my dad died when he was 52 (heart attack in the middle of the night, dead). So my basic maths, gives me an average age of 50. Hence my decision to celebrate my 50th in style - if I can make it that far - and then count each day after that as a bonus...
After a long, anxious 3-week wait, I finally find out today that my application for 7 weeks of unpaid leave has been approved.
My plan for my 50th birthday at this stage is to do the Cape Wrath Ultra in Scotland in May 2018. On the way back home to Australia, I'll stop in at my sister's place in South Africa, and if I'm still alive, and can still walk, I'll do Comrades. Comrades entries are sold out, but I'm hoping to get an entry.
Once home, I'll do the Three Marathons in Three Days and 64km Kuranda to Port Douglas. Because I always do those!
My training started this week, but my watch battery is flat and I can't find my charger. So roughly, my mileage is:
Monday - home - green arrow - short blue arrow - red arrow - home. Yip. Not too flash. Over 2 hours. Not much mileage!
Tuesday - club training, hills, 13km
Wednesday - runners' clinic, 8km
Thursday - club training, 800m intervals, 12km
Friday - rest
Tomorrow: 200th parkrun, 5km.
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