Marathons anybody?

One of the great things about this place is the staff, especially the trainers and guides. They are so enthusiastic, unceasingly motivating, positive, and active, it's really all quite too
much for an Englishman! I can see that my citizenship of 6 months now has no chance of displacing that centuries-old, inbred distrust for anybody that energetic. Take for example, one of the guides, Debrah: this morning, she had to say goodbye to us all because she's off to run a marathon on Sunday. And not just any marathon - it's her 193rd - yes, 193. That's close to the mileage on my last car. And these are just warm-up races for her real passion: ultra-marathons - 100 miles. Too, too, much to even contemplate.

Ironically, We're actually going to come quite close to such silliness tomorrow. The St.George Ironman Triathalon is being run on Saturday:
2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike ride, and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run, raced in that order and without a break, and most Ironman events have a time limit of 17 hours to complete the race.

They will run right past Fitness Ridge. You'll be pleased to know that we will NOT be taking part. However, as a modest doffing of the cap to their incredible endurance, we will be participating in a 6.2 mile (10K) fun run at 6:00 am tomorrow morning. I will be finishing my sixth mile in roughly the same time as they will be finishing their 26th mile.

It's been a great week here and I'll wrap up my final thoughts over the weekend.