NEXT!!!!

Wow, what an amazing few days I have had since my DNF last Sunday. The most important thing I learned out of this :

I can never go wrong

because

my family and friends

RULE.

You guys held me afloat better than any floatie device on the market. And I am more than 100% sure that I would not have come through this as well as I did ( well I think I did) if you had not all been in my life.

I don't think there is a measuring device BIG enough to demonstrate how appreciative I am of each and every single one of you.

I am already putting strategies in place to make sure that I have given it my best shot in making sure this doesn't happen again. I have already bought myself some Motion Sickness tablets - heck I bought those puppies before I left Yeppoon. So that was TICK No 1.

TICK No 2 - I am waiting to hear back from Surf Life Saving Australia to see what I can organise in terms of helping me learn to manage Ocean Swimming. If I can learn to manage rough swell and not choke on so much water then I may not get as sea sick. HOPEFULLY.

And, TICK No3 - getting back on that horse and doing a club race. Yep, this Sunday. I'm itching to use my legs. This will be my first ever Duathlon. Looking forward to some fun. I'm so glad to be back home.

So what am I looking forward to most now - catching up with friends, enjoying some down time, having fun with a few new adventures and then getting cracking on some more training for the Nepean Triathlon.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats,

so you can know who you are, what you can rise from,

and how you can still come out of it.

~ Maya Angelou ~