Since Comrades I have enjoyed a leisurely June. Wanting to treat my bod with a bit of respect and Love. Feral Pig Ultra on 2nd July was scheduled at a good time for a kick back into training. In June I bought a road bike and have been teaching myself to become a cyclist on … Continue reading
Wow. Wow. Wow. Comrades done! Down run complete and back to back medal in hand. This run has turned into more of an epic adventure than I would of thought. Just a quick recap for those first reading this. Comrades Marathon is 89.13km if you are a speedy runner who wins or comes in the … Continue reading
The HBF 3 Waters Running Festival, Bunbury WA, 10 April 2016. Offering race options from 5 – 50km. Each of us as a runner have certain key events we like, that we train for and or plan for. This event was planned for as part of a training run for my primary event of the … Continue reading
Australia Day Ultra , the Long Run of 100km. Another race under the belt, another ultra. 100km’s. Run in Luna sandals. Initially thought I could do it barefoot. A quick recce of the course the night before assured me this would not be possible. Thank goodness for that recce. The stretch from Aid 2 to … Continue reading
Hello, Well things have been a little on the quiet side here as I recover from my ankle injury. 9 weeks later. Today was my first run post minor surgery, and all feeling good. Just in time. I have a 50km trail Ultra to run in Saturday (3 days away..yikes!) then a steady 20km … Continue reading
Wow, this week past has been slack..yet I feel like I have worked hard… My ankle has given me so much grief that my running has been seriously reduced, and what running I have been doing has been at a much slower pace, to be gentle on my ankle. Then Tuesday I went down for … Continue reading
Well as usual another interesting week behind me. So I had a minor surgery on my left foot with a small stone being removed that was actually tapping against my foot bone. Luckily it was small and had bypassed muscles and tendons without injury. Phew. I also had some damage to my left ankle, which … Continue reading
What an eventful week I have had. I have had a few minor aches and pains, bruises and bumps over the time, what with trail running and barefoot running, there is always bound to be something. Two weeks ago I did two 34km back to back runs. epic. Saturday 34km was a thoroughly enjoyable and … Continue reading
Well on my last blog I advised just how many hills I had been doing.. The above are some of my regular battles. All in training for this: All 87.3 km of it… Thank goodness this last weeks training was a “pull back week”: So thank fully went from well over 100kms the previous week … Continue reading
Okay, me and my technology woes. Missed a blog due to volunteering, and then my pc was virus infected for a couple of weeks that got into my internet explorer and google chrome, took IT 3 days to resolve, and finally back in action. I recently volunteered at the Australia Day Ultra, which was an … Continue reading
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