Tag: Training
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Things are coming along nicely
The plan from last week’s blog was to continue another 180+km’s for the week and run a 10km race. Tick and tick. Things are coming along nicely. The end. What else do you want to know? What else do you expect? Wait, you can’t answer these questions, this is a one-way conversation so I guess…
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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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Getting out of my comfort zone
Following on from last week’s successful Belair race it was back into training this week. With a bit of a twist. For 99.99% of my running career I have trained alone. It’s simpler that way because I only have to organise one person’s schedule, I can hold myself accountable to my own standards and I…
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Annual Belair Race
Another day, another dollar, another year, another Belair Race win. Yep I’ll start from the mid-point of this blog post, Sunday the 14th January’s Belair race and colour in all around it. Pre-race: My body was feeling good as I headed down to Adelaide on Thursday afternoon. I’d gotten my haircut, had my car serviced…
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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…
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