Day Seven - Once in a lifetime ?

Maybe ? maybe not ? Today I finished running 7 marathons in 7 days & along the way completed the 5 day Center of the Nation series in Chadron State Park, Nebraska. Today's event saw a return to better weather after yesterdays incredibly blowy adventure in Montana. It was a chilly start but within an hour the hat was off, the fleexe was off & I was taking on ICE to cool me down. Todays course was a scenic loop with a variety of terrain & a few inclines. The clock shows it was a tough day. I hit the wall at 2 miles, the previous six days worth of marathons finally all caught up with me at once but I didn't really care. someone said to me today "Do you remember the time it took you or the great time you had ?" I have to say I chatted with some new folks I'd not had chance to say hello too & was great to see those I'd got to know a bit achieve their goals & dreams. I knew at 2 miles a 7th straight sub 5 was beyond me but I still averaged under 5 hours for the 5 day series & my total time for the seven was under 33 & a half hours. My ipod knew just which tune to chose for the final half a mile & I came home singing "Born to Run" at the top of my lungs & picked up my medal for the day & also the medal for completing the entire 5 day series. We hung out in the park with a beer for a while after finishing & got some photos with our fellow competitors. Over the week i have met & chatted with runners from Hawaii to New Jersey, Iceland to Australia & Duntable to Maidstone. The support of my fellow runners really helped me out when the going got tough & for that I'm very grateful.Hopefully I'll get the chance to see some of the guys again either in the US or back home. Garry is doing what we have done in 2 weeks time & flying into watch the NFL & Run. For us it's been a variety of states & a Broncos game for him it will be the Chester marathon & the Steelers at Wembley. There will be pre race race beers along the England / Wales border I'm sure. So many thank you's & the biggest one has to go to Race Organiser Clint Burleson & his volunteers all of which really took care of us & as they like to say on this side of the pond they were "Awesome" & did indeed do a "Good Jawb" :) I would love to come back & have a crack at one of the other 5 day series - maybe SC,NC,WV,VA & GA ? we'll see ? Safe travels to you all. Foxy in the USA !! PS : Our post race excursion took us to Carhenge !!