Tag: running
-
Annual Leave
Every professional gets 4 weeks of annual leave a year. Teachers get even more. I’ve taken that same approach to my running this past week and a bit. Annual leave, off-season, holiday period. Has many names but a simple aim. Enjoy the other parts of life a bit more while making running a second priority.…
-
Back on the trails
Kkkkk, I’m done with the road running for a bit after the Adelaide Marathon from two weekends ago. Time to get back on the trails for spring and summer. In the seven days since last Saturday I’ve run on the trails every day but one. In the peak of my marathon prep, it was the…
-
Marathon debrief thoughts
It’s Sunday. One week on from the Adelaide Marathon. I’m outside at Huia Park because it’s not 10 degrees for once. I put down some rough thoughts on my marathon straight after the race, on the drive home, during the week at school and up until Thursday really when my body started to come good.…
-
Adelaide Marathon Round 2
It’s beginning to look a lot like Spring. Cold temps have ended, the sun is up before 7am and it’s MARATHON TIME. Twelve months ago, I entered and raced the Adelaide Marathon. It was a race I only entered because of my good result at the Pichi Richi Marathon a few months earlier and the…
-
The Art of the Weekend Warrior
Last year I lived with a man named Guangyi. For a few months, Guangyi worked on the solar farm at nearby Port Augusta in order to satisfy his Visa conditions and apply for permanent residency. Up at 6:00am, out the door by 6:30am, back in the door at 6pm and then into bed by 9pm.…
Fraser Darcy 