This time last week i was on a coach heading back to England.

i was staring out of the window, comtemplating what i had achieved. you set your self goals in life, well i don anyway. this one being a goal that has been waiting for five years. that whole time i have waited with a pen to tick that off my list.

so how come it is over so soon? i sit here now and struggle to believe it has been a week already.

i did the 100km in 20 hours and 2 minutes. This topped off with the fact that i walked two fantastic individuals.

It is a testimony to my strength both physically and mentally that i completed it so fast. i hadn't trained at all, i had only worn the shoes that i did it in once. This is incredibly stupid, especially from someone of my experience, i just had so much going on that i never really got around that what was important at the time.

i knew that i was physically fit enough due to my triathlons and i knew i was mentally strong enough because thats just how i am and so i felt it should be ok.

One thing that helped was when i got angry at my mum. i have never known anyone so unsupportive of their kids. Upon telling my parents that i was doing the death march dad didn't say anything because he has become accustomed to me doing these crazy things that he probably knew i'd do it and so didn't feel the need so say anyhting at that point in time, he did wish me luck before i went and that was great. my mum however was the first to chip in "well you haven't trained for it!" she said in a very harsh manner, and that was it conversation over, thanks mum.

one big think in my life is about making my parents proud of me, i can't tell you why but i just feel i need to. probably because they never say it. upon completing the march my dad txted me saying how proud he was and i cried because i have waited so long to hear that and it felt magical. i didn;t even get a txt off my mum and there wasn;t even a well done when i got home, just a "did you enjoy it?" as if you care mum.

sorry i could rant and rave forever because i am so angry with her and i am desperate to move out. i can't wait to get a place of my own.

i am going to train for it next year because i want sub 17hours, that would be magic.