I’ve just been listening to two of my favourite podcasts, GeekGirlRunner by the other Kris and Hear Zen Run by Zenrunner this morning (Thanks so much for the shoutout on Runner’s Round Table by the way!) Both of them happened to touch on an interesting point: running for fun and enjoyment, instead of purely for [...]
Browsing Posts published in May, 2010
Time to start looking at the next set of races! The next lot are a bit tricky actually. I have the 7km Bay Run on August 1st, followed by the 14km Sydney City2Surf on August 8th -those go together pretty well. The following weekend I’m considering the Fun Run Pink -there’s a 5km or 10km [...]
Just a quick note to let you know how I’ve gotten on after my first HM.. On Monday, I could barely walk. Oh yeah, I had DOMS baby -real bad. It wasn’t the worst DOMS I’ve ever had, but it was pretty bad -walking was painful, walking upstairs worse, and walking downstairs was excruciating. I [...]
Warning: Long post! Wow. My first half marathon, and my first time ever running more than 18km, and I couldn’t have asked for it to go better. In preparation for the race, and in light of my weeks of painful shin splints & tight muscles, I had a remedial massage on Friday afternoon. Yesterday I [...]
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, and I ran the Mother’s Day Classic in the Domain, Sydney, for the second time. I was supposed to be meeting up with my Mum, who was doing her very first running race, and the GeekGirlRunner team, and another friend and her mother. My parents decided against making firm plans, so [...]
NaNoWriMo 2010
