Some of the special times and people in our life recently

Sisters, Charlie is a very lucky girl to have such a doting sister in Chey! She will certainly be spoilt for love!

Earlier this year, Chey's school held a telant contest. Chey & a couple of her friends entered and were 'highly recommended'. All contestants had a chance to perform in front of parents and family...here is Chey performing Taylor Swift's Romeo & Juliet. They did such a beautiful job!

For the second year running, Chey has walked in Bridge 2 Brisbane! I am so proud of my gorgeous girl for giving it a go and doing so well! 2009 she found the 5km walk a little difficult, but this year, she LOVED it! Must have been the fact that her Nanny walked with her this time! Each year, her Poppy has walked with Chey & her cousin Cai; this year they were joined by Chey's dad & Nanny, which made the day even more special. Well done my beautiful girl, I am very proud of you for giving it a go again!

I ran the race with my Loop team again this year, finishing in 59.26 minutes.

My birthday, August 2010

City 2 Surf

It has been a while since the big event and as per usual, I have failed to update my blog and so much has happened since City 2 Surf.

This event was a mileston in my life and one which I am very proud of. My goal was just to finish the race and if I came in under 90 minutes I would be happy! Thankfully, I did both! I made it across the finish line in 84 minutes which is exactly 6 minute k's. In my training I adverage 6 minute k's, but when doing a fun run like this where there are 80, 000 people racing and the track is extremely hilly, you expect to loose a bit of time. So finishing in 84 minutes was more than I expected and I have to say, crossing the finish line was a little emotional!

The worst part of the track is what is aptly named "heartbreak hill' which goes for roughly 2km and is located roughly 6km's into the race. I had heard alot about this hill from people who have done the race previously and knew that if we didn't train for it, we would struggle! So hill training is what we did....up Mt Cooth-ta! Yep! 10kms of hills and the first 2km is straight up! We worked this run into our training schedule a number of times leading up to the race and I can tell you, if I hadn't have done it, I don't know how I would have coped with Heartbreak Hill!

What was funny, was, RSVP had obviously sponsored City 2 Surf and they used Heartbreak Hill to advertise....as you ran up the hill you were bombarded with RSVP signs encouraging singles to get on line.....not sure Heartbreak Hill is a great way to advertise for a dating website, but anyway....

Everyone from Loop who raced, did amazing! I can't begin to tell you the feeling of satisfaction after the race, sufice to say, we were all buzzing and had a great time hanging out with the rest of the Loopy crowd for the afternoon/night! I do feel blessed to work for a company that not only encourages this sort of team effort, but gets behind them and pays for everything (flights, accommodation, meals, race fees....I did not spend a cent for 2 nights!!)