Lowburn Rogaine
Executive Summary Ed and Terry from Highland Events did a great job, we had a fantastic weekend away and as promised to a number of people, I killed an Australian. The Truth As with all rogaines and runs we go on, looking at the potential weather forecast begins about 10 days out. Which is not an [...]
Weekend at Bernies
TWALK and NZ100k Championships (50k pour moi) all in the name of training. TWALK With the World Rogaine Champs being the main event for the year, TWALK was going to be a chance to get back out and do some navigating. TWALK (Twenty Four Hour Walk) is a long-standing Canterbury University event that involves dressing [...]
Nothing to see here.
Training 145km, 13.5 Hours 40k long run on Wednesday book marked by 20k days left me pretty tired. Lovelock Trials on Saturday showed that the strength/core exercise I’m doing might actually be helping. Comfortably ran 4:59 barefoot 1500m on grass to protect my Old Mans slot for Ponydales in a few weeks. Back that up with [...]
Opportunity Knocks
One of the things that WordPress like to do is remind you about how to build reader ship. The key message being to post regularly. Well I’m doing a fantastic job there, win win all around I think. Almost time for another “bless me father for I have sinned post” http://wp.me/p1xAkC-4L but it’s not. However for whatever reason [...]
Climate ‘cough’ Change – or not
Something completely random, different and bound to confuse. I read things other than running related websites. Not surprisingly to some, much of that reading is related to Statistics. I even carry around a ‘colouring book’ for Frosty when we are away at event. One of the authors is a runner and coach. Frosty loves it. [...]
Suunto Ambit – it is as good as you think
I’m pretty sure this is just going to be a ramble about something I’ll never get to own but did get to play with for a weekend. A few months ago it started drifting out into the world that Suunto were going to launch the watch that everyone has been waiting for. The Suunto Ambit. It was [...]
Three Peaks 2012
Another weekend done and another race I got to watch. Leith Harriers have held the Three Peaks Mountain race for nigh on 30 years. Taking in the summits of Flagstaff, Swampy and Mt Cargill the 26km course is a tour of the Dunedin horizon. The race attracts around 100-150 mostly locals but occasionally those from [...]
Northurn100
Writers Block – hah if I was a writer maybe I’d have some. Given that this was a way of writing about my running I haven’t felt much need to write anything for a few days. Mostly because I can’t run. More on that later. The Northburn 100mile is turning into a bit of an epic and [...]
Tarawera – it’s BETTER than the Kepler
If you want to know about the actual race. Skip the stuff about me. Tarawera - a journey run At the prize giving, RD Paul Charteris described the significance of the trophy. How it represented the prow of a waka that the local Okataina iwi used to travel the waterways or the area. It is a [...]
Big 2 Weeks – Tarawera/Northburn
I’m not exactly sure how I managed to get committed to the two longest races of the Summer. In the middle of January I was working on the Hack or anyone else who’d listen to get a team-mate for the Motatapu Adventure run. Frosty then got into my ear about Tarawera and on Saturday I’ll [...]
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