Well, today I set off to get my bearings around the city, I managed to get my self totally lost and in some pretty, well interesting places!!! I guess that's what happens when you try to find your way in a new city without a map!
The hotel is lovely, the pool over looks the pyramids, I thought it was going to be a one of those clever photos when I saw in on the net, but it's true, the bar and pool really do overlook the pyriamids. I'm miles away from the centre of Cairo, as I found out to my cost today when I tried walking to the centre! Not a wise idea to give myself blisters before I even start this race!
Thank you all once again for your donations, it's great to see them coming in. Tomorrow I'll be heading to the official hotel and meeting my fellow competitors. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck into it tomorrow. Soon enough it will be sunday, and we'll be starting! WOW
It's strange, having arrived in this city, I don't feel like I'm on holiday, I can't relax like I normally would be able to. I guess it's nerves. When I landed, waiting at the baggage claim department of the airport, I've never wanted to see my case as much as I did last night. I mean, imagine trying to run this thing without all the equipment. As suggested I was carrying most of it in my hand luggage, but inevitibly there was bits that I couldn't carry on.
I think it will be better tomorrow, once I start to see the other competitors, I'll feel better once I can be sure I have everything with me. I think tonight I'll be going through my stuff, packing and re packing. I'm sure I need more room, but then equally I wish I wasn't planning on carrying so much stuff, it's a difficult balance to make. I know as soon as we start and I start eating through the food, and therefore getting the weight down, I'll wish I'd carried more of this, or that. on the up side I head that we'll be sleeping every night on soft sand, so I won't need to think about a mat. Although does that mean that the course is predominately soft sand?!!!
You'll have to forgive me with the spelling mistake, and errors in this blog. I only have 30 mins before it cuts out and I want to try to get as much of my thoughts down as I can. But I'm pretty much typing as I'm thinking, so I would imagine that this blog is a bit hikkldy pickledy (I'm sure that's not how you spell that!)
Thanks again all.