Tag: marathon
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Runner’s Limbo
I had a lot of optimism this time by the end of last week. Yeah my ankle feels alright, it’ll start to come good soon. I had just completed the biggest week of my running career and felt very fit. The Quorn heat was starting to get annoying to train in but the body was…
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Mr.Mojo Risin’ and the Roadhouse Blues
I do a lot of running with my headphones. It means I get to listen to a lot of different stuff. When I want to be inspired, maybe it’s a running podcast or some music. When I want to learn something, maybe it’s also a running podcast but certainly not music. When I don’t know…
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Back into Quorn life
Alright alright alright. January is over and so is the dedicated 5km speed block. I put the icing on the cake with a new Belair parkrun course record (15:46) on Saturday January 27th. As I alluded to in my last blog, I was in two minds about whether to give this a crack or not.…
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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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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…
Fraser Darcy 