Author: Fraser Darcy
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Training. Lots of it.
This blog comes to you on a Tuesday after one of the bigger training weeks I’ve had of late. That statement is based on the volume of training I completed last week and not necessarily the intensity in the week. The prior two weeks were probably more intense weeks with races on the Sunday’s, however…
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TRSA: Kuitpo Forest
Last week’s blog finished off with an indication I was 95% sure of running in the TRSA Kuitpo Forest 24km. Well, if you read the title, it’s pretty bloody obvious I did in the end. Was it a ‘get in the pain cave, put some headphones on and go running through the forest for 1.5hrs‘…
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Barossa Half Marathon: Doing It With Style
Pre-Race: If I mentioned climbing and running on this blog it would not be the first time. You’d even be forgiven for rolling your eyes, not another f****** climbing reference. But dear reader, this week’s revelation is a new climbing metaphor. Often I think about having to try hard, like really hard, in climbing to…
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The running(/climbing) trip to Adelaide
Excerpt from last week’s blog: I could see myself potentially hot footing it to Adelaide for the weekend for more training companions but we’ll see how that plays out. If I do, it’ll potentially mean I’m on that schedule of Thursday night – Tuesday day in Adelaide, Tuesday day – Thursday night in Quorn for the next…
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Road to Nowhere
This week’s revelation on my Sunday long run was that I am beginning to believe further in the concept that I will never be satisfied with my running and perfection is impossible, hence, treating races as if they are the end of a single training block and culmination of my efforts is a fallacy. Even…
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