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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
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
Comrades training has now commenced in earnest. Lots of long hill runs every weekend. Have a look at the profile for the course! Yes that is 42km going uphill..all the way! The next big thing is that the KEP ultra (50km, 75km and 100km) ballot entry has been awarded, run in our area on the … Continue reading
The 6 Inch 48km Trail Run. My taper week was spent on a family holiday in a beautiful resort allowing me to have daily massages – bliss. I did some taper running in the hotel gym on a TREADMILL. What an experience. I ran on the tready barefoot, which after about 5km becomes a bit … Continue reading
Wow! I have been off line for a bit. Apologies. I had network connection problems for 2 weeks, then went overseas on a family holiday, ran an ultra, bad flu, Christmas and chaos, and time has just flown! There is to much water under the bridge to catch up, so I will have a … Continue reading
Whilst in my search for a new pair of trail shoes..I am very specific.. I am failing to find the same pair that I have. Tomorrow I will be trialling a pair of Inov8’s…let see. However as one does when surfing the web, I got distracted and saw a post on “should you run in … Continue reading
Another week, another long run, another trail done! Am so lucky to be part of a very enthusiastic inclusive un-official “training group” for our 6 inch trail ultra marathon. Our group has a pretty diverse range of abilities and endurance/speed capacities. But in true trail spirit, this does not matter. Running as a group encourages … Continue reading
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