Yeah thanks folks, the move to Sydney is only a week away now and life is frantic as I get myself organised.
The Sydney marathon is on September 21 and on paper looks very do-able. However the Sydney thing is going to be very messy, involving long hours of work and frequent trips to Adelaide as well, so training will be haphazard at best. What I'm saying is that I'll wait until I see what the routine is like before committing.
For the moment I am just looking forward to working in a big city finally and enjoying the warmer weather there.
Can't let the Tour de France go without a mention. I managed to watch most of yesterday's stage 10 where Cadel Evans snatched the yellow jersey by a single second - the first Aussie in the yellow since Robbie McEwan's brief flirtation with it in 2004. More importantly it's the first time an Aussie has been in yellow in the
second week (and therefore with a realistic chance of winning the event) since Phil Anderson in, oh God knows - about 25 years ago.
I've been impressed too with the Manx fella Cavendish. Not just a great rider but plenty of guts with it. He lost nearly two hours yesterday after a bad crash but got patched up and kept going - pretty astonishing since he has an Olympics campaign to prepare for and his time in the race as a sprinter is basically over.
But then that's what the Tour is all about really - and so far this has been one of the best tours I've seen for guts and glory.
Five different yellow jersey wearers so far after only ten stages ... brilliant. Let's hope they've now got the worst of the drug doping scandals behind them and this can again turn into the superb guts-and-glory event it should be.
My favourite rider though has to be Erik Zabel - 38 yo, and way past his prime but he keeps at it and still he manages to snatch points here and there to remain on the Green Jersey leaders board, though not a serious contender for it. You just have to admire his perserverence - he'd be a great marathon runner methinks. Inspirational guy!
I must away. More packing, more errands, more farewell drinks to attend to!
Sydney Marathon Campaign - Week 0 of ??
