10 days to go

Running
12 Km in 1:01:57, and average pace of 5:09. A bit stiff to start off with but eased into it nicely after about 2 Km.

Life
I haven't mentioned it for a while but I still keeping up with the Pilates. I gotta confess I am not loving it, but I persist because it really is paying dividends. I have developed some killer abs, don't get too excited though, they are not visible and frankly the effort I would need to make to drop enough body fat to make them visible is just too great, I like my food waaaaay to much :-) Anyway, It's done wonders for my core strength and I can notice the positive impact it has had on my form.

I finished The Wasp Factory (Iain Banks) yesterday, it had a wicked little twist in the end, I have moved right on to another book by the same author. Unfortunately I am coming close to finishing everything he has written thus far which will be a bit sad. The amazing thing about him is that no two books are alike, it is very difficult to pigeon hole his style.

I am a bit teary eyed now. I just finished watching a show on ABC called Nerves of Steel, it was about the AIS's decision to take 4 girls and train them for the skeleton. This is an insane winter sport where you hurtle down an ice track FACE FORWARD on a tiny little sled at up to 130 KPH. I assume it is called skeleton because it is so basic, very little protection and a tiny sled. I think it is called skeleton because if you come off the sled that is all that will be left of you. Anyway, they took 2 sprinters, a surfer and a gymnast and had 5 months to get them to the world cup events, then had to qualify in the top 8 to get 1 team member to the 2006 winter Olympics. It was a very moving doco, just seeing the agonies of such amazing athletes as they try to do their best when only 1 person can get through. They managed to get Australia a 6th place ranking and the tiny little gymnast was our representative. I could barely watch the runs, it looks absolutely terrifying!!