Pre race

I love this pre-race period, when you know you've done the work (well, hopefully) and all that is left is to get to the start line and give it your best shot.

Did my standard pre-race routine the last 2 days - resting Thursday (I had a swim and a spa before work which was fantastic!) and an easy 3km run this morning. The only spanner in the works was the hangover! My boss called yesterday and informed me he'd be in Brisbane for one night only and was keen to catch up for dinner. I had more wine than I should have and got to bed an hour after bedtime!!! I then had an early meeting this morning so the prep is not exactly ideal.

One more sleep until race day - how exciting. Hopefully I can have a snooze on the plane tonight.

Without knowing the full field that will be lining up tomorrow, my predictions are:

1. Tucks
2. Brendan
3. The guy who won last year
4. Fats?
5. I'm getting hazy now, but I reckon the guy who won the Tough Bloke (Lachlan?) will be up there

I have no expectations really. If I can go faster than 2:55 I'll be happy (that was Ben's time last year), but the course will be wet so who knows what the times will look like.