Day 269: Attacked By The Locals On Heartbreak Hill!

G'day,

That was brutal!

Today I had another "appointment" with Heartbreak Hill as the local gym (20 minutes away) here closed up shop at 11:30 am...on a Saturday morning!

Needless to say I had to fall back on my "cardio contingency plan" again by circumnavigating the whole town on foot...again.

Of course, this meant I had to haul myself up Heartbreak Hill again on my cardio journey.

The good news is that I smashed yesterday's time by a whopping 28 seconds!

How did I do it? Well, I had extra motivation today due to a double pronged attack by the locals!

Don't worry, I'm not talking about the local town folk, I'm talking about the "wildlife"!

Yes, that's right! I was literally chased down Heartbreak Hill by a big dog (that wasn't chained up) and by swooping magpies on the final run home.

It's safe to say that I'm not a big fan of large wild dogs and magpies as I still vividly remember getting harrassed by these two animals when I was a 14 year old doing the paper run on my bike.

Magpies in particular always seemed to sense my fear of them by literally stalking me for miles on end while I did my paper route.

One time this maggie actually ripped me off my bike - destroying my Walkman in the process!

Anyway, I got through unsctathed and set a new personal best in the process today so all is cool now...

Peace,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT

P.S. Happy Birthday Dave, I'm proud of you bro and all that you have achieved thus far. I know you'll go far in your pro golfing career. Love Ad.

P.S.S. Below are my Day 269 pics for August 4, 2007: Mission 3 Phase 1 - Day 39 of 60