from Johanna:
Just a quick g'day to say that I am alive and well and training at altitude. Well, sort of. Being in the office 6 days a week doesn't lend itself to getting out much. There's a gym with one treadmill but the competition for it is surprisingly steep. One of my lodgemates is training for a half marathon on Melbourne in July and regularly does 15km sessions on it. So on my day off, I have been walking and exploring the resort and the trails around it. We had 15cm of snow for the opening weekend and it was magic. No ski lifts running yet, though. Lots of people tobogganing. And since then it has rained all the snow away and returned the mountain to its green state.
The noise that woke me this morning was the sound of the snow making machines so there are white patches again.
Johanna
Yes, it is true that I am leaving the Ferals - for a short while. I have accpeted the offer of an IT job at the My Baw Baw Alpine Resort for winter 2010. I will keep the website going from my remote location. I will also send postcards back to you all to make you want to be here with me. You can still reach me on my usual email addresses and if you need a snail mail address for me you can send red cross parcels and other mail paraphenalia to
Johanna Botman
c/- Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort
PO Box 117
Rawson 3825
from the Melbourne Chapter of the Ferals:
Dear Ms Botman,
I refer to the slanderous comments you have posted on your website under
the 2009 postcards section, claiming that the spanna running behind
Sarah is Chris O'Neill.
On closer examination (i refer to the first picture in the sequence) it
appears that the young gentlemans legs / feet are not pointed inwards,
and therefore it is physiologically impossible that this person is me.
Please remove all defamatory remarks from your website.
Gossip - none from the Melbourne Chapter except our favorite Zimbabwean
- Hansie is doing the
marathon des
sables in marocco in 2012. he is living in indonesia now.
speak soon with some good news .... :)
cj
from Team Quade:
Hi All,
Thought you may like a
photo of our Tri ard.
Our family is extremely
proud of his unrelenting determination.
Regards - Team Quade
from Belli:
Hi all
Just been lazing around on the gold coast, have been for a couple of runs , the first was to catch the number 700 bus to surfers paradise and the second was up the stairs and into the Kirra beach surf club for a couple of refreshing beers with tony where we watched plenty of people running. He is well and as you can see from the photo looking as fit as usual has even lost a couple a couple of kilos. Very proud of his stubby holder. Anyway ,will be back on the hill very soon and with a bit of luck Tony will catch up with those who make it to City to Surf.
Brian
Jezza writes:
I ran in excess of 2000
miles last year, it took me to places I would have never reached
normally, I have seen and heard wildlife and stumbled upon beautiful
scenery only miles from my door. Traced routes of ancient Roman roads by
map and compass, yesterday I watched the moon hovering in cloud and at
the same time saw the sun rise over a hard frosted landscape. I have
been invited into a church by the vicar and offered a cup of tea and
eaten sweet cox's apples straight from the branch as I ran by and other
days run waist deep in water to reach the other side to continue, ran in
thunder, lightning, sun, rain, snow and have been hailed upon whose size
was that of broad beans.
I have run a 30 mile race competitively
but sat down at the end to a hearty meal and drank beer with my trail
rivals.
In all that time I have never grumbled (well only a
little) learnt things I never knew about myself but in all that time I
have always had a smile within me.
What is on my MP3 player you
ask? Nothing, absolutely nothing there is just too many things to see
and do when running.
You can follow Jezza's running at his blog.
And a photo from Tony reminding us all that he is still Feral.
