The hardest bit is getting back on my feet
The week after After the weekends Crater Rim run in the Port Hills and what seemed to be a fairly “tender free zone” physically the day after….things soon turned to ouch walking down the stairs…..damn that 1400M of descent! You know that feeling when the quads are hurting- tender and generally feeling unloved? Well, double [...]
Port Hills Crater Rim 30KM trail run
Only a few more weeks now before I start to taper off for the Kepler & I’m really looking forward to it. Since last weekend I’ve clocked up about 75KM which, as you can imagine is a first for me! The Mcleans 12hr mountain bike event last weekend found me racing flat out for 1.5hrs [...]
Nearly 50% of my target distance DONE
A bad week – I want to punch my Podiatrist (again) Last week was full of ups and downs to be honest. Last weekend found me with friends at the Wharfedale Track on the mountain bike and it was a ride worthy of my top ten BEST rides ever. It was a fantastic day and [...]
Taking back control of my running
Since my last post, the ITB issues and knee pain got alot worse. So bad that I could only run upto just 45 mins on (the flat) before the knee pains stopped me in my tracks. My head was spinning with all of these “experts” giving me their advice that was fixing nothing and to [...]
Running is rather humbling….
Week two….tick! Week two of my training has been ticked off and to tell you the truth it has been bloody hard on my body. Cardio wise things are spot on- but I’ve been aching and hurting in places I had forgot about :D It’s really easy to get frustrated when things are not “just [...]
Training, goals & ITB syndrome
This week After last weekend’s over exertion (ok ok stupidity) and the realisation that I’ve still got some issues in my right leg due to pronation and the dreaded Iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome (or runners Knee) I’ve been busy this week trying to fix it up. I’ve since had a great trigger point/ deep tissue [...]
Trail running in the Port Hills – lessons learnt
Time for a run in the Port Hills What a glorious day it was today! I left earlyish and cycled to meet with Karen at her place and then after discussing my training plan for the Kepler (eeek) I headed off to the Rapaki Track with instructions to do a two hour run :D Next [...]
Those aches and pains & how I’m fixing them
Broken? It’s hard not to get frustrated with all the aches and pains that have seemingly come from nowhere since I started to run. Some of which are totally familiar, but some not so. When I say familiar, I’m talking about general fatigue of the muscles after you have pushed them – along side the [...]
Half marathon to ultra trail in 6 months
My first half marathon It was only a few months ago that I decided to start running proper. By proper I mean longer runs at the gym and the park and then my first half marathon at the Christchurch SBS so I suppose you could call it training. A conversation with my good friend Spencer [...]
