Tag: running
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The Alpine Challenge
The Alpine Challenge at Falls Creek, Victoria is just that. A challenge in the Alpine. Simples (as those meerkats from Compare the Market say). Since about 2017 I had always been interested in pitting myself against this challenge and seeing how I measured up. With three main courses being offered at the event (60km, 100km…
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Peak Season
April. The time of great sun in Cuba and also Easter bunnies. It’s also my ‘peak’ season for this current training block and time to see what effect the training I’ve been doing has had. Starting with some stats first, I’ve monitored the last 15 weeks of running and averaged 110km in this period. From…
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Running BC, AC and the Meaning of Being an Outdoor Athlete
Covid changed a lot of things for a lot of people. One of the ways it impacted me was it pushed me into climbing more than I ever had. You can’t overfill a glass of water so to fit in the time for climbing there must have been something I let drain out. It didn’t…
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Pre-Season
After the Christmas and New Year festivities I tend to always spend the month of January doing as much exercise as possible. I treat it like my own version of an AFL footballers ‘Pre-Season’ where I get out on the ‘track’ and ‘put the effort in’. It’s really an opportunity for me to just not…
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