In my last blog post I hinted at what the next few weeks of training looked like for me. Right there, at the very end, after all my feeling sorry for myself, it's there.
I wrote that I still need a few good hard training sessions before The North Face 100.
I can now say that I've got one of these under my belt. Over the weekend I completed the 55k event at the Wild Horse Criterium.
Six months to six weeks. I still need help.
Late last year I enlisted the services of a personal trainer.
This was a confronting thing for me to do. I have the core strength of a dead fish and the coordination of a fence post. This was not going to be easy.
But this is why I hired a trainer. When was the last time you heard about a dead fish, or a fence post, or with someone of the attributes of these things, finishing mountainous 100 mile ultramarathons? The comparison is perhaps ridiculous, but the point is, I needed help.
This was a confronting thing for me to do. I have the core strength of a dead fish and the coordination of a fence post. This was not going to be easy.
But this is why I hired a trainer. When was the last time you heard about a dead fish, or a fence post, or with someone of the attributes of these things, finishing mountainous 100 mile ultramarathons? The comparison is perhaps ridiculous, but the point is, I needed help.
Need a cure for ornithiphobia? Don't ask me.
Those of you who follow me on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter would already have seen this photo. I snapped it part way through my weekly run to work.
Nice isn't it?
I have a confession to make.
Taking this photo got my heart rate up more than the run did. I think I'm ornithophobic. While sneaking up to take photos like this might be considered therapy, I don't think my fear of birds is going anywhere, anytime soon.
Beerwah @ Night
This weekend saw the first of the Run Queensland day/night series - Beerwah@Night.
It was my first event of the year, first trail run for a while, and first time out in the dark since the Glasshouse 100. I was happy to find out last week that for once I'd have some reinforcements. Daggy and Matt, who both trained in the same triathlon squad as me many moons ago, were having a hitout too.
How to do a one legged burpee
Firstly, don't ask me. I didn't even know they were a thing until this week's PT session.
Suffice to say - I'm pretty sure I didn't look like this.
Obviously I don't really know what I looked like but I felt like I looked like a cross between these next two videos.
(I've always maintained that I have the coordination of a dead fish so the title of the second video is apt.)
Suffice to say - I'm pretty sure I didn't look like this.
Obviously I don't really know what I looked like but I felt like I looked like a cross between these next two videos.
I promised my trainer I would practice. I will. Tomorrow.
Runner's high / runner's low
What, never heard of a runner's low?
I've had one for about the last month. And I had even a few acute attacks on this morning run.
Nobody ever talks about the runner's low but I'm pretty sure it's a thing.
I've had one for about the last month. And I had even a few acute attacks on this morning run.
Nobody ever talks about the runner's low but I'm pretty sure it's a thing.
My guide to Brisbane's best* parkruns
For the last few months I've been enjoying time off serious training and spending many Saturday mornings being a parkrun tourist.
By my calculations, Brisbane has 18 park runs, including west to Ipswich, south to Logan River, and north to North Lakes. I've done 11 of them now. So the * in my blog title is a disclaimer that my ratings are based on *most* but not *all* parkruns in Brisbane.
My training now has to get a little more specific for what lies ahead, which means I'll have less time to parkrun in the near future. While I intend to get to the rest of the parkruns as soon as I can, I thought I'd summarise my time as a parkrun tourist with my awards for the fastest, the friendliest, the hardest, most scenic, best community atmosphere, and the most surprising.
By my calculations, Brisbane has 18 park runs, including west to Ipswich, south to Logan River, and north to North Lakes. I've done 11 of them now. So the * in my blog title is a disclaimer that my ratings are based on *most* but not *all* parkruns in Brisbane.
My training now has to get a little more specific for what lies ahead, which means I'll have less time to parkrun in the near future. While I intend to get to the rest of the parkruns as soon as I can, I thought I'd summarise my time as a parkrun tourist with my awards for the fastest, the friendliest, the hardest, most scenic, best community atmosphere, and the most surprising.
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