Tag: Training
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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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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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Building Consistency
A recurring idea I have mentioned once or twice in the last few weeks is the personal theory I hold that if I can string two 100+km’s weeks of training together I will feel fit. I have passed that mark and now feel fit. It’s almost three weeks of running if you start counting just…
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Changing of the seasons
Mid-April isn’t a season change by most people’s definitions but in the world of fraserdarcy.com it is. Pool season ended for me a week ago, I took a ‘holiday’ down to Adelaide last week starting with the Clare 10k and then wrapped it up with the Australian Athletics Championships. The holiday in Adelaide is over…
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