6 inch record numbers but no show for me

6-Inch "45km"** 16th December 2007;
1st Colin 3.46
2nd David 3.56
3rd Victor 4 hours 11 minutes
4th Craig 4 hours 33 minutes
5th Nathan 5 hours 36min
6th Mark 5 hours 36min
Equal 7th Tom and Rebecca 5 hours 53 minutes*
DNF's (Did Not Finish entire distance);
Rod 42km in 4 hours 01 min
Trent ran first 21km...

DNS (Did Not Start, but was entered as an intending runner)
Jonathon (I.E. me)

*Rebecca is the winning Woman and also now holds the ladies course record!

**Daves bonus K's rule applies...
Dave plans to email a race report to Kevin from Ultramag in the next day or so.
Photos are here
So 10 starters in 2007 3 more than the last 2 years. If I had been there it would have been 11... Excellent times there from the first 4 (Colin,Dave,Victor and Craig), If Rod had found the start line he probably would have challenged Craig for 4th spot....Daves record of 3.42 from last year just survives for another year. Apparently it didnt rain much and the conditions were perfect, at least that is what Dave says, but I dont know whether to trust that when he believes in things like bonus K's (in crowd joke)...Apparently Mark and nathan had some big troubles as did a few others with a Carpet Python blocking their way on the steep/rough section near Oakley Dam...Details in R4YL and Ultramag magazines soon which should encourage this race (now in its 3rd year) to get more well-known around Australia...

So good improvement on last year in numbers and quality of runners, but I still think we have not yet really had the breakthrough yet where numbers balloon out to 20-50 runners...Maybe in 2008, where I hopefully will be there that time....

So what happened to me, why did I pull a no show, why did operation sub 6 6Inch fail to even leave "the runway"...just chronic tiredness/fatigue really, and not using a good enough alarm on the day...

Well its been another tough week of 5 hours sleep or less per night this week for me. which combined with my physically demanding job has seen me falling asleep at work during the middle of the day a lot this week, and after an all day car trip to bunbury and back yesterday I knew it was going to be a struggle to wake up for 6-inch today, plus my lead into it has been rather discouraging with a lot of doubts in my mind as to how I would go, but I set my alarm for 3am last night anyway.

Unfortunately this morning I slept through the alarm, and woke after 7am, which of course was too late to go, which mean't I was a no show..Very disappointing but maybe its for the best, at least I got more than 7 hours sleep last night for the first time this week. Plus I have the wonderful blessing of being with Kathryn and our son Jacob, and we made it to church this morning instead.

So where to from here...to be honest I really dunno what I am going to do runningwise now, for sure I intend trying to do my 12th consecutive Bridges Fun Run in late March/early April, and I might try to get down to the track and/or do some triathlons in the next few months to keep me motivated...Maybe the Canberra marathon? in April...probably not...I think this pretty much confirms I will NOT be at 6-foot 2008 although I believe Dave plans to be there. Maybe 2009, as I need to have (a) a solid 6-inch run behind me before I attempt 6-foot, and (b) enough finances and logistical resources to take on the challenge, and to work out how this fits with Kathryn,Jacob and I, plus of course what God wants me to do with my life here and now...

On the horizon maybe my 6th consecutive Freo Half Marathon in June, perhaps my 5th consecutive Perth Marathon in July 2007 (although I think maybe it would be interesting to try the GC marathon for something different, but maybe not in 2008), maybe go back to the Melbourne Marathon again, would like to try the Sydney Marathon, perhaps the Alice Springs Marathon, so all variables considered, hoping of course my knees hold up...

So see where it all goes from here....