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Sunday, 7 September 2008

Even more too tired for words after the Moray Marathon...

Now for event number two of this past weekend - the Moray Marathon. This run was split into three categories; the first one being the full Marathon, the second being the Half Marathon, and the third being a 10K run. With six of us on duty, the day was quiet and relatively casualty-free, excluding the three that myself and my colleague had.
Each pair of first aiders honed a vehicle, with Red Echo 6 - aka "the Bucket" - joining our Elgin fleet for the day. The "Bucket" is so called because it really is like a rickety, rusty old bucket; it's old and falling a part slightly at the seams, but it's still useful. Also in the fleet was our beloved Red Echo 2 - aka "Thunderbird", or the "Bouncy Castle" - and Red Echo 8; the new Renault Ambo which isn't really that new anymore, especially as it now has a dent after the excitement of HBOS the previous day, so I should stop calling it "new".
My fellow first aider and I were in the Thunderbird on a side road leading to Lossimouth, and twice we received a call on the radio; once to say someone somewhere had stumbled and fallen, cutting their face and various other body limbs, and the second time to go and retrieve a man who had pulled a muscle and needed a lift back to the start line. On both occasions we sped off from our position at the start of the 10K run to tend to our casualties, and to zoom along the road with a sense of purpose added some excitement to our long and dragging day. Our third casualty came to us voluntarily because she had strained a muscle in her knee. Other than that, there was nothing else, with Red Echo 6 and 8 remaining quiet all day.
Perhaps the perk of today's duty was finishing an hour earlier than planned, which meant we could all go home and sleep, because all of us, a part from one, had been at HBOS, and I don't know about anyone else in the team today, but I know I was desperate for my bed and a hot bath.

So where am I now?

Sitting in front of my laptop, up-dating my blog, unable to pull myself away from checking various e-mail accounts and Bebo/Facebook profiles incase I miss any interesting comments.
I think I need to prioritise; my health and mood over my internet accounts. Or the other way round?

Yup, I'm gonna go to bed now...after I be a computer geek for one last time.

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