The Secret Life of Kris

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

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Boston!

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Am I sabotaging myself? Tuesday I lose my shorts. Wednesday I forget to pack fresh underwear. Today I’ve forgotten to bring any towels for drying off after the post-run shower. And every night I fail to get enough sleep. How much do I really want to go running after work? Enough to run despite these [...]

I have never been dependant on caffeine like so many of the people in his modern world are, and I have always been proud of that fact. Ok, there have been a few times in my life when I chose to take a no-doze tablet at work every day for a week because I was [...]

Friday’s Run & Caches

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After a very filling work lunch, I headed out for my long run just before 4pm. This was my first long run for my HM training, and I was aiming to get 10km done, however that work lunch at one of my favourite lebanese restaurants had been very filling, and didn’t finish til well after [...]

Tuesday’s Run

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Went for a run today -first one in a week and a half. 9 weeks to my first Half Marathon. It was good -quite slow, but then I was stopping to take photos as well as being a bit slower than usual due to the time off training, so that’s ok. Here’s some of the [...]

Well now is as good a time as any to introduce my crazy timetable. I am currently working a full-time office job, plus studying part-time (evening classes, 3 nights a week). Add an hour’s commute each way, and half marathon training (or tri training in the summer) and I don’t have a lot of time [...]