Making a tour of Snook family homestead. Nice morning! Wish tomorrow would be like this…

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Snookums saw something nasty in the woodshed. And I fed some chickens!

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I fed some chickens. I’m not a big fan of birds.

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Checked in at Smoky Cape Retreat. Clean, warm, dry, hydrating…

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Picked up my race gear. This may well be the lowest bib number I ever have!

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5am. I am super ready, even got some sleep. Rain has been pouring all night. (Might screw up GPS updating.) So if you don’t hear from me…

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Thank you so much to everybody who is cheering me on. I love you guys, and I’m gonna do my best to make you proud today.

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Clouds are sweeping in. #anxious

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We outran the clouds & made it to Eungai. No rain yet but COLD! Manly cardy-wearing Snook is starting a fire.

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I see now the wisdom of running the whole 42K in training, as Galloway had me do. While I’m thinking about a lot today, I’m NOT worrying whether I can do the distance. I know I can do it.

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Neat! Any Aussies want to do a combined order to save a few bucks on shipping?

• http://worldwidefestivalofraces.blogspot.com/2011/06/wwfor-shirts-now-available.html

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Last training run! Just a short one. :).

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I officially have six hours & twenty minutes of playlist queued up…. so I guess I better finish the damn marathon in less than that, huh?

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Making my playlist for the marathon. What’s your best anthem for a workout? I need something that’ll perk me up after running for 20 miles…

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Quel surprise: scandal at both USC and Ohio State. For this ND grad, schadenfreude is sweet… http://bit.ly/llJW7c http://bit.ly/lBSBlK

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If you spot a hipster-shaped mushroom cloud over Chippo tonight, it’s because I’m playing the Moldy Peaches (Juno soundtrack) on my uke.

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Current forecast for next Sunday: 19C / 65F and rain. Lots of rain. This is going to suck.

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Good luck to everybody running in the Sunburst tomorrow, especially my Mom Susan Garberick and her husband Joe. They’re going to be doing their first ever 10K race, and I just know they’re going to do AWESOME!

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AWESOME. Just hacked my old’n’busted Nike water belt into new super awesome utility water belt. This is what BATMAN wears when he runs…

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Tonight’s Jamie meal: Rib-Eye Stir-Fry w/ Dan Dan Noodles & Chilled Hibicus Tea in 30:16! Tasty but SPICY.

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Ten-day forecasts are crap, right? Because this is bumming me out: http://www.weatherchannel.com.au/WeatherMap#NSW/Mid-North-Coast/SOUTH-WEST-ROCKS. (I really, really don’t want to run in cold rain.)

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Nice easy lunchtime run at 2:1 intervals. Beautiful day! I ran with Venks, Raj, and Kunaal.

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“Oh Margie… You came and you brought me a turkey…” (Damn you, Sean Chadwick.) #earworm

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Zen run! No intervals, no headphones. Just ran, taking a few walk breaks where I felt like it. :).

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Phil, everybody’s dotty uncle…

• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/ninety-gaffes-in-ninety-years-2290148.html

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It’s 12 days from the marathon and taper paranoia is setting in. It doesn’t help that it’s been pouring rain. I worry with every step that I’m going to slip and fall down on wet pavement. I stare at my feet as I walk, dreading an ankle roll or a knee twist. On the bus, I shrink back as the girl in front of me hacks and coughs. Can’t I just work from home for the next week and a half?

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