Tag: Training
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Quorn Life 2.0?
Yep, I’m moving back to Quorn! Just kidding. As much as that is sometimes an appealing proposition it’s not happening. Instead, Quorn Life 2.0 is in reference to the fact I’ve fortunately had the Darcy family residence all to myself since Tuesday morning. Mum and Dad have gone to Europe and I am the Man…
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Clare Half Marathon
Coming off last week’s 210km’s worth of training I was worried Monday morning’s run was going to be painful. My ankle was still sore even though I had been icing it regularly throughout the day and I was also a little tired, understandably I hope, I mean I did run 210km the week before including…
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In the trenches
Not a good headline to start with but don’t worry, I’m not actually in the trenches in a war. It just feels a bit like the marathon training equivalent of that. Coming off a 218km week where I had hamstring tightness every day it’s probably to be expected. I took a bit longer to get…
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Time to take a breath
The fortnight of racing and cooking myself was over. Time to take a breath and change focus from track and trails to the forty two kilometres of a marathon. On Monday, I woke up feeling not too bad energy wise but my legs were very sore. I deliberated about running along the Sturt River to…
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National Mountain Championships
I’m sorry to be doing this to my devout loyal blog subscribers but some people are not as wise as you and do not follow every blog I post. Thus, they may not be aware that this is my third blog in a row of a BIG race report following on from the State 5000m…
Fraser Darcy 