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The start of the end....

 

The start of the end.....


Well not the actual end, in fact this was not suppose to be the end at all, this was just to be a stepping stone in the journey to the end. 


If you are a regular follower of our YouTube, Instagram or Facebook you will have known we took on the #DragonDuathlon, a race we never finished, a race that runs every two years, alternating direction, north to south, then south to north, I say it runs....It ran....
We made the decision after having to pull out of the race that we would wait the 4 years, so we could redo the race we targeted, north to south, We had already spent a little under 2 years training for the first one then a further 4 training and working toward the second, around the pandemic, restrictions, broken collar bones, a year of no running with a hip injury and just keeping on top of day to day life. 6 years, a lot of our life we put on hold so we could go back to #DefeatTheDragon. Long story short the Dragon isn't happening any more officially, so #SeriouslyBrutal has now gone from our stepping stone race to our end race. 


Well its not actually the end, I say that like we are hanging up our shoes and never racing again, but it is the end to our 6 year long journey.


Friday 9th September 2022, 13:03 pm

Its the day before race day, we have been driving a few hours, we have to check in today and head to the briefing-no briefing, no race. The weather is great, then rains, then okay, I don't really know what the ground holds for us tomorrow. We have everything we need and more and the evening to mentally prepare for tomorrow. 

Do I feel ready? no...but the logical part of me is telling me i can do it, and that i just need to do my best. I have my kit, i need to get my bags set for tomorrow and organise my food. "If you can't shake the fear, just do it scared" a thought that keeps popping into my head. Tomorrow we start the race at 7 am. 

I'll update you after the race, for now, i need to settle my brain a little.
Thanks for reading, 
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xx
Jessie

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