Last Day in Sydney

Yesterday was my last day in Sydney and I have never walked so many stairs in my life - up, down and all around at the train stations. I didn't get much exercise during my 11 days in Sydney, but all the walking definitely kept me in shape. I had a wonderful time here in Sydney and I will definitely come back here some day. I have to visit my new friend, Jeff, who I met at the Opening Ceremony, but we lost touch and then reconnected yesterday after the half marathon.

Yesterday I ran my half marathon and it was ugly. I hadn't trained for three weeks and my legs were not ready for 21 kms. I ran the race in 2:16:24 - my slowest 1/2 marathon ever. I wish I would have wore my new compression stockings on my quads. It may have helped so my legs wouldn't have got so sore. Oh well, it was a great experience running along Olympic Boulevard and in front of Olympic Stadium. Stay tuned for my official results.

The Closing Ceremony was last night and it was so much fun. I met up with friends from St. Albert and Edmonton, and I met a lot more people from different countries around the world and it was nice because we all had a common bond - the love of sport, and being here, so it was easy to approach people, and it didn't hurt that I was a little tipsy, just a tad.

I leave on my 12-day bus tour today going up to Cairns (pronounced Kenns or Canes, depending on which Aussie you speak to). Aussies don't pronounce their "Rs" after a vowel near the end of a word. I am typing this as I am waiting for the cab to take me to my starting point. I don't know how often I will get to a computer, but keep checking for my blog entries.

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Bye for now.