Month: May 2022
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Belair Marathon Race Report
If the eyes are the window to the soul then this blog is a window to my mind. For those wondering how my most recent race, the Belair marathon, went here’s a Jack Bauer-esq ‘24‘ style play-by-play recap. Important information is highlighted in bold for those skim readers wishing to save time. Shoutout to my…
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Charging Up in Race Week
The week before a race is a long time. Well, not really, time doesn’t change obviously but my perspective of it does in the week leading up to a running race. Three consecutive weeks of hard training has meant race or no race, this 4th week should be a little lighter in terms of running…
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When in doubt, refer to Friends.
There’s an episode of the TV sitcom Friends where Chandler decides to quit the gym. He’s having a bit of an issue going through with it so ropes in Ross to come and provide some emotional support. ‘Be strong‘ is Ross’s advice. Kind of ironic advice to receive when trying to quit the place that…
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Outdoor Ed?? More like bloody Life Ed.
Schools are a strange place. If you replace the word school with work and reimagine students as employees you’d be very worried about the levels of productivity going on at most workplaces/schools. What workplace has employees go from one 40 minute meeting to the next with 20 or so of their peers, usually at the…
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The Ultrarunners Manifesto
Originally this was called the Skyrunners manifesto and I found it in Kilian Jornet’s book. Look him up. He’s the ultimate mountain athlete who is a badass skier, ski mountaineer and of course runner when it’s not ski season. He found the manifesto from somewhere and had it pinned to his door so he could…
Fraser Darcy 