The Secret Life of Kris

Life and training updates, and random thoughts, from a Sydney runner.

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Using my weight as a defence.

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Hello blog. I’ve been thinking about something lately, thought I might share. I am single. I’ve been single for several years now, with barely a prospect on the horizon at any point in that time. I honestly don’t understand how other people do it -breaking up with a partner, then within a few weeks meeting [...]

Hard lessons

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I learned a hard lesson today: be prepared. It’s not a new lesson; I’ve long been aware that planning and preparing food in advance makes it easier to eat healthy, stick to your plan and lose weight. Where last-minute decisions have a high chance of being bad ones, those made in advance rarely are. Despite [...]

Welcome to 2012!

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One of my goals for this year (which is NOT a New Year’s Resolution, just something I’ve been planning for a while now) is to use this blog more. Prepare to hear a fair bit about weight loss and calorie counting, because I’m getting back on the wagon. So. It’s a new year, and for [...]

Wonderflonium

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Yesterday, two things happened. First, I baked a butter cake (aka a pound cake in the U.S.). But I can’t tell you what it’s for or what the finished product will be, it’s a surprise. Ask me again in a few weeks. Also, I’m happy and impressed with how it turned out. Reasonably flat and [...]

Walking along the Glebe Foreshore

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Yeah, yeah, long time no see and all that…     So yesterday I went for a walk along the Glebe Foreshore after work. It was a beautiful Sydney spring day, and I had already done my exercise for the day (a swim before work) but I needed to check out Federal Park in Glebe [...]