christine's blog

What a sensational weekend!

I had the best time the whole time – starting with Greg letting me know he was excited so what time would I be ready to get picked up? We met with Sam at Hornsby where I left Sean and Greg and defected to Sams hoon mobile... People were calling and texting to say they had left home and it was all just great!

We had lunch at the pub on the Saturday where we ran into Ladytoast and Kat and the greatest concern for the afternoon was whether Greg and I would start on the beers too early and over indulge – we did not I am proud to report!

On the Friday I had the day off and worked from home – I had numerous texts from friends asking if I was still REALLY (?) going to the race – being the only girl I could hardly pull the pin and knowing the boys I was with I doubted very much any of them would. So, I did the thing that most women do – I packed enough clothes for about a month and enough food for about a week – I got a lift with Junkie, who called to say he was running later than expected – every time he said that I packed more clothes...