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SOOOO, I got half way through this last week and realised that I forgot to do a blog last Sunday!  Ugh!  So much going on, I need a million notes to remind myself to even do trivial tasks!  No fuss, life is good!This week has seen my last big week of training before a couple week 'drop back' before the big dance, Glasshouse 100miler.  Training went really well and was capped with a shotgun trip to the Sunny Coast this weekend to run the 53k (although advertised as 56k) Conondale loop with bestie dirtbags Jason, Anna, Jody and Luke.I arrived on Friday night, had a beautiful Asian dinner whipped up by Anna and Jason and hit the hay.  We woke Saturday all excited to get amongst some running.  We arrived at the trail after a nice drive and got into it once Jody decided to finish putting his makeup on (HAHAH).  The first half of the loop seemed to go forever up hill!  So much power hiking which was fun but we were all keen to do some actual running!We had a little break at one of the camps, got some food into us however were unable to get water from the tank as it was running a bit brown and I wasn't ready to risk it.  After leaving here, we still did a lot of uphill but did get a little more running in which was awesome.  We continued on, loving the day, telling stories, laughing, talking rott and enjoying the BEAUTIFUL scenery!  Incredible!  Some of the sections of trail were quite un-maintained but we kept scrambling, climbing over, under and on top of any tree, log or rock in our way.There were many beautiful running streams along the way however I just wasn't keen to drink from them as I have had giardia in the past and REALLY did not want to get it again before the big race.  So, because of that, I was REALLY low on water and pretty darn dehydrated all day.  I didn't eat a lot either so it was a tough day at the office but a really good mental builder.We finished the day out with some beautiful single track running (and a butt naked photo!  See Instagram/Facebook!) just before it got too dark.  We ended up with 53km in 7hrs 23min 26sec (moving time.  We climbed 1728m and loved every second!After a quick tub we went out for some beautiful Indian food, laughed, relaxed before I head back this morning.Thanks to my beautiful friends for a wonderful weekend away and to my smokin wife for letting me take off for the adventure.  A ripper time by all!Hope y'all had a rad weekend and lets get excited for the week ahead friends.  Much love, run free and have a blessed time!  Namaste.