Completed but very tough – toughest thing so far

We finished at 1.50 this morning – don’t talk to me about bloody sand

Its on everypart of my body

Yesterday was hot – at one checkpoint it was 47 degrees

But finished – small run around a pyramid tomorrow

Legs ok shape mainly joint pain and blisters

Cant wait for real food, cold beer and shower

Some event this with some amazing athletes like ourselves

Snig smells the most, then snoddy and I am fresh as a daisy

Thanks for all the emails

Cant wait to get back to bore you all about it all

See you/speak soon

Every morning we wake up to spiderman getting ready for the day, eat some dehydrated stuff and then walk across lots of sand

I have forgotten to mention just how stunning the landscape is - the rock formations and expanse are amazing

And I occasionally look at them when I lift my head up!

Today everything is sore – more blisters, ankle in pain and shoulders – indeed I could write a whole blog about how much pain my body is experiencing!

Now not so worried about the smell of the tent but more worried about how bad I smell!

Everyone in the tent getting on well

Found out that our other Japanese tent mate has actually super endurance man and has competed in 6 Spartahalons – 240km in a oner!

And I thought we were nuts

Actually our tent doing rather well with jack bauer, toby (fit guy from UK) and kevin (aussie airline pilot ) in and around teens and early 20s position

Indeed, your favourite team are lying in 2^nd place (out of 3 teams entered) but we were mentioned in dispatches this morning

Tomorrow is hellday squared – 52 miles! Cant quite get my head around it

If blog tomorrow is a bit odd you will understand

Snoddy and snig on good form but in lots of pain – but not as much as me!

Message to emma – snig didn’t sign up to blog package but is loving the emails thanks

Message to flakey – well done on the goals

Message to Lindsay – where is the bloody pizza?

Thanks to all for the messages

Scone cant reply to emails but tried to send one last night – hope you got it

Ah – no way I am getting soppy on a public blog!!

Day 2 and very tough – wrong kind of sand!!! Very soft

Actually there is a lot of sand here and temp at one point today at 40

Note to self – check the bloody website of the event you sign up to – good indication of what to expect!

Both balls of feet BIG blisters – funnily enough very sore to walk on

8 hrs today – lots of folk being taken off the course with heat exhaustion

Tent becoming quite fragrant with 10 guys in it, who sweat all day and cannot wash!

Think tent is actually designed for 8 – we also have spiderman in our tent

Toilets – very interesting – best to go before eating otherwise your food comes back up again

2 more marathons before the 90K day on Thursday – Joy!!

What was I thinking about?

No surprises on day one – very hot, lots of sand and the chat from snig and snoddy was pants

Started at 7am this morning and finished at 2pm

Snoddy has lots of sand in his shoes and moaning about it

I have a couple of blisters already and moaning about it

Snig has sore shoulders and moaning about it

I have never drunk so much (water that is) and peed so little

Think that’s ok

Anyway I am away to extract the sand from every part of my body – it may take sometime

Would kill for a cold beer!