4 weeks until 6 foot!!!!!!!

Well its 4 weeks until 6 foot now, so getting close and as of today I am finally off the waitlist and a confirmed entrant. I was quietly confident this would happen for a long time, but its taken longer than I thought it would, and its just a relief to finally be over that significant hurdle. Ive tried not to be anxious about it, but its been a 2 month wait, that has been hard to ignore. Trainingwise this week was a bit of a wipeout, although I did do;
1. 20.5km long run saturday 2hrs 33min trails HR 120,
2. 7km on Tuesday @ 5.17 per Km...HR only 153...and
3. slow 9.5k on Friday (52min 18).
In general, between niggles and trying to step up at work, deal with 6 foot entry this week, (I had to juggle borrowing money for entry fee with work commitments) and other hassles its been a bit of a dud week, although the 37km done will ensure I dont lose too much ground.

In the 6 foot 100 day mileage challenge as of Saturday I had clocked up 84km for my February total and was on track for about 200km for the month, which gives me a chance of beating my January total of 201km, but I want to do more than that...I have 15 days to turn it around...and try and at least make it to 250km or maybe 300km...

I figure Ive got 1-2 more weeks to try and put in some good long runs, and about 3 more weeks to try and work on my hills stuff, and general fitness, speedwork etc. After that its race day and hopefully the Zig Zag run, the 35k on Australia day, the 13k with almost 500m elevation at Lesmurdie, my 6 inch PB of 5.49 in December, and the Black Swan hillreps I have done will help me finish 6 foot well...

R has constructed this awesome little vid based on his and BBC's real life experiences...see
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11084665/

My track racing plans have fallen by the wayside unfortunately. Its not too late to resurrect them, but my motivation and opportunities are dwindling each week that I fail to get on track for that. So not giving up on a return to track racing, but not sure when it will be, (could be this Friday if all goes well, or it could be in a few weeks, after 6 foot, or April, maybe wait until October or whatever)...Anyhow I have more important priorities unfortunately just now, and until they are dealt with track racing continues to be pushed into the low priority basket....

So not a good week, not a useless week, but more a hanging in there maintenance week than anything else. But at least I can plan for 6 foot now in the knowledge that my entry is taken care of...so Thanks God for that.

Thanks to everyone who has encouraged and helped me, I hope to put some good results on the board soon, and build on the 2 years of 6 inch PB's and the 4.05 Melbourne Marathon last year, the 46min Freo 10k and the 22min 5k races plus the 7.55 2k last year, and hopefully see some good results... Moneghetti camp coming soon, so that should help renew some optimism. If I had the money and time I'd be at a Physio or Chiro for both me and my wife, as we both need it for several niggles that are frustrating both of us.