tough day!!

today we did "black shoot gully" which is about 17km all up. the main difficulties today was the 33 degree temp with 90% humidity. i have never sweated so much it was dripping off the brim of my cap. my sunscreen sweated off and now i have a great burn mark on the back of my neck and arms. this track is 500m of elevation to the highest point of the challenge at syd duncan park, where we had our break, i was tired but felt quite good until the journey home. the track has two gullies with very rocky and rugged trails (constantly having to stablilise feet) and this sent my feet into overdrive. the ups were good but the downs incredibly painful. i remember last year i felt exactly the same and even shed some tears, so i knew it would be tough. this section is the one we do during the night with our headlamps and is the most exhaustive section, so good to do it during the day and in the next few months when cooler we will walk it through the night. i have attached a little video clip, it shows where your head is at when feeling exhausted, hopefully tomorrow i will feel more confident and will continue to talk myself into finishing kokoda 2011.