All good things must come to end and as such we am now sitting in Auckland airport awaiting to board the Spirit of Australia…

After returning from Topo or Ta-U-po or whoever you choose to say it, we spent the night on the harbour in Auckland. A great location and well worth a visit next time we race in New Zealand.

I never thought that food would be good here but to be honest I have eaten some truly great meals, perfect for a recovering marathoner and Ironman athlete and yet again last night was one of those moments.

After a somewhat interesting race day, I received the results from the marathon and contrary to my thoughts on placing, it ended up being 14th overall and 5th in the age group, not bad for a bad running day and something I can use to drive me into the next one.

When sitting in the airport I always tend to remember the key events of the travels and as such, here are just a few of those:

  • The hire of Juicy Lucy – the little buzz box got us through the New Zealand.
  • Hilton Lake Taupo – a great place to stay but somehow I don’t think they charged us enough. We checked out the 3 bedroom apartment and could well just be the place come March next year for team Break Your Limits. The view of lake Taupo from the Hilton is unbelievable!
  • Moss Wood Cabernet – in true BYL fashion a bottle of Moss Wood 2002 Cabernet was consumed to celebrate a Hawaii slot for the big man.
  • Driving 5+ hours and over 150km extra in a hurry to miss the finish of Ironman.
  • The cheerleaders at the after party.
  • The same aforementioned cheerleaders with their costumes literally painted on!
  • The way my legs felt after crossing the marathon finish
  • The way my legs felt after seeing the aforementioned cheerleaders.
  • And finally, the Qantas Club…I will now become a member!

So, tomorrow it’s back to business as usual and back into the Break Your Limits world as we know it. Thanks to all for the well wishes via the Break Your Limits, my dead mobile and Farsebook.

Catch you soon!