White Continent do-over.

Day 9.  First FULL rest day since New Zealand.  Three meals.  No travel.  And a bag of groceries purchased in the airport.  Woke REFRESHED.

8am hotel lobby.  Tent 5 – that hadn’t changed.  Buses outside.  Same drill.  ‘Don’t get over excited, don’t get your hopes up.’  Heard the words, let them talk.  TODAY’s the day.

Ticketed.  Gate One.  Flight DELAY.

Tell ya… just wasn’t worried.  Race clothes readied – wearing ‘em.  Layered up.  Multiple bathroom tries – I remember last year.  Black pot & a white pot 💩  YUCK!

Coke, HUGE bag of chips, bar of chocolate.  Crazy to yo typical Antarctica traveller – I’m marathoning today.  26.2 miles of trail, no formal roads.  Provisioning for SUCCESS.

Group Announcement.  Plane’s fueling up now – 15 minutes, on our way.  GATE ONE outpour of EXCITEMENT!  Pilot say they see a window.  It’s a GO!

Lotta introspect.  Soooo much more than running.  Push, push, push.  Think I’ve experienced every HUMAN EMOTION.

WHITE.  3 hours in, first sight of land.  Jagged, volcanic rock.  Patches of coloured moss.  Antarctic SUMMER!

Landed with a BANG.  SHOUTS of excitement.  Whatta journey!

I’ve literally travelled AROUND the entire GLOBE.  ONE to go!

All SMILE.  I’ve got this.  ANTARCTICA Day! 🐧

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