Month: January 2024
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5000m on the track
Before we get into the race and reflection on the previous six weeks of training I’m going to tell you a little story about a climb called Fingernickin so excuse the waffle if you just want the good stuff and skip to here instead. Up at Moonarie, the almighty cathedral of climbing in SA in…
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Getting out of my comfort zone
Following on from last week’s successful Belair race it was back into training this week. With a bit of a twist. For 99.99% of my running career I have trained alone. It’s simpler that way because I only have to organise one person’s schedule, I can hold myself accountable to my own standards and I…
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Annual Belair Race
Another day, another dollar, another year, another Belair Race win. Yep I’ll start from the mid-point of this blog post, Sunday the 14th January’s Belair race and colour in all around it. Pre-race: My body was feeling good as I headed down to Adelaide on Thursday afternoon. I’d gotten my haircut, had my car serviced…
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Progression
The Port Vic holiday had to come to an end at some point. It was getting to the point I was almost ready to start talking to the neighbours. That’s an alarm bell for getting too comfortable in one’s environment and almost crossing the threshold to becoming a ‘local’. Or just needing more stimulation than…
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Curiosity killed the cat but not me
Greetings! This post come to you from Port Vic, a destination I alluded to last week. It’s been juuuust over a week between blogs though and I have a good reason for the day delay! Towards the end of last year my weekly writings became very habitually structured. Monday-Sunday, this is what I did, this…
Fraser Darcy 