Firstly, let me apologize to Josie in advance for this post... not a sincere apology... just a regular one!!
BUT she keeps suggesting that we do wild and crazy things... so far the suggestions are:
- Telstra Triathlon - actually this one is not so bad as the plan is to do it in a team... which means I don't have to run which is a very, very good thing!
- 200km ride to cure cancer - great cause I agree, and 200km is a doddle, but it only over 2 days, and it might be hard! And the biggest sticking point of course is that it involves tents! Now I have proven that I can manage 3 star accommodation, but I really think it is important not to have too many new experiences all in one go!
- An ultra marathon across the Sahara - now this made wee Hamish snort lemonade out his nose. Running a marathon in the desert. For me the sticking point was more "Ultra" and of course "Marathon"
- Doing a Stampede : http://www.thestampede.com.au/#show - now I thought this related to cattle, maybe something along the lines of the movie city slickers. Turns out it is an obstacle course run over 5 or 10km. I may have made the mistake of expressing that the only good thing about this was how short it was... and perhaps the refreshing beer at the end. I may also have said I would only do it if we wore cocktail dresses! I don't know how it happened, but apparently that constituted me saying "Yes Josie, I would LOVE to do that!" Apparently we only live once... Yada, yada...
I notice crazy emails generally start with the heading "Thought for the Day". This trend started with the original email suggesting riding 399km in Cambodia and Vietnam! Now I have to admit that this actually turned out to be so totally fabulous... but as we all know, the past does not predict the future!
I suggested that we do a cheese making class. That was met with what can only be described as complete derision!
But cheese goes so well with wine!
I have included the photo below which I think clearly shows that Josie is crazy! Let's call this Exhibit A.
Actually, speaking of Josie... this reminds me of one of my favorite bits from the ride....
Josie and I were riding in the lead pack chatting about kids, school and other really important stuff. It was a lovely day. Perfect for riding. Anyway the peeps in front of us started to fall off the lead group. The speed was varying a bit, and all of a sudden Josie says "I can't do this anymore" or something of a similar meaning and just zooms off up the hill. Leaving me behind!
I hear you gasp! Oh no! What happened next??
So I had two options... just to toodle along with this group OR catch up. I decided to catch up. As I rode past the group of girls, I was calling out J-O-S-I-E! J-O-S-I-E! Really loud. Just like a kid at the fair who has lost their parents (without the tears!). Obviously, this was not necessary, but it amused me... and apparently amused the other girls! I said to Sherry Shrub "She has left me behind! What do I do? What do I do?". Now Sherry told me there was no way I would catch her... and again something about short legs!
But guess what! I did catch her. May have said something sassy about Josie having to try harder if she wants to ditch me!! Anyhoo we continued with our lovely ride and chat!
I was told later that it looked kind of funny... little legs flying up the hill to catch up...
OK, so I had better get on and either:
- start coming up with excuses to get out of the Stampede; or
- accept the inevitable and start training and trying on cocktail dresses.
Haven't decided which!
Later Gators!
W xx
