00:00So we've had a really eventful night last night.
00:04It was a little bit of carnage, unfortunately.
00:06We started off with 11 runners, probably around 9 o'clock last night, and this morning we
00:13left with 2.
00:14It was a bit of a mixture of a few things.
00:16We've got a bit of a mixture of sleep deprivation, yes, we had someone have a little kip on the
00:21course who just decided right there and there, yep, I'm falling asleep.
00:25A little bit of delirium, why are they running, where are they running.
00:31We've had some body ailments with different people and, you know, some nutrition stuff
00:36going on, because it was a really hot day, so a little bit of a mixture of a few things,
00:41yeah.
00:42Yeah, look, I had a difficult night, 1, 2, 3 to be honest, but it got really challenging
00:49for me probably about midday yesterday.
00:51I think a combination of the night starting time for us, plus 3 days worth of intense
00:57heat out on course.
00:58So I battled through to yard 70, 71, recovered for an hour or two, went to bed and then woke
01:07up and there's only 2 of us left when there was, I think, 8 or 9 when I went to
01:13sleep.
01:13So a bit of a collapse from a team perspective and now we've just got to try to hold off
01:18the
01:18US who have got 8 runners still to our 2 runners.
01:22It's been exciting the whole race, the fact that we've, we got into the lead and then we
01:27had a really good margin and it was looking really promising when we had such good depth
01:30going into last night.
01:31But a lot can change real quick.
01:34But hopefully the two boys can stay out in front and will stay in the race as long as
01:39possible.
01:40But we really need the US to start losing runners quickly because at the moment they're picking
01:44up 6 points per loop on our score.
01:49So I think by loop 86 they'll probably take the lead.
01:53But the game's not over yet so we'll see how we go.
01:56It's a long period of time, like a very long period of time to physically challenge yourself
02:02but also mentally challenge yourself.
02:03So early on in the race physically you feel pretty good and so does your mind but when
02:08your body starts to physically go, your mind can follow.
02:12So in order to run really large distances, like the two boys that are still going, they're
02:19really strong in the mind at the moment so otherwise they wouldn't have already stopped.
02:21So yeah, you've just got to find whatever, I guess, what is your reason or why to be still
02:26going and I'm pretty sure all the 15 Aussies on the team, the reason was that they were
02:30representing their country.
02:31So for me I was representing my country in Wollongong.
02:34So I stayed in the race as long as I could but there's always a point where it's over.
02:41When you get to that point, is it more of a physical thing or is it more of a mental
02:46thing?
02:47Is it kind of a bit of both?
02:48It can be a combination of both.
02:49I guess I had a physical limitation pretty much from the start of the race, like I had
02:54a bad high hamstring, I guess niggle that just came on in the first lap, which we tried
03:00all sorts of things like physio and massage and whatever we could do to keep me going lap
03:05after lap and I got through to loop 70.
03:09But yeah, it doesn't matter if your results from a recreational level, a 10 yard result
03:15or if the boys are into the 80s.
03:18It probably is a physical and a mental thing that can take you out of the race.
03:21But with a mental as well, these guys have been running for like four days.
03:26They haven't slept properly in four days.
03:28So that takes its toll as well.
03:30So that takes its toll as well.
03:30And that takes its toll.
03:33And then, we're going to find it to be more than what we do.
03:34So that's what they can do.
