I'M DOING THE AUCKLAND MARATHON!!!!
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What no updates this week <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />
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Hello Hello Hello.<br />
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I know what you have all been thinking. You've known that I have been out pounding the pavement and been too busy to write my journal up, right?? Well sort of right. I have been busy and I have been running but I haven't been running as much as I should.<br />
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Only managing about twenty k's per week at the moment<br />
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It's been two weeks since my last journal effort and I can let everyone know that I am running up to 10 k's at time with s few shorter 5k's thrown in. I am truly loving being out there and find it rather effortless at the moment but I know that will change. <br />
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It all sounds pretty good aye?? Well, I have also been baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. Really haven't been watching my food and beer intake. For example, I have just had 4 days duck shooting in Southland (28 ducks! Thanks for asking) and our diet consisted of Steak or Bacon sandwich's, Coupland Pies and lambchops washed down with crates and crates of beer and a bottle of Sambuca. Heaven knows how we manage to drop as many ducks as we did. Anyway, although it appears I'm journalling my advocation of guns and alcohol, it's not quite true, I'm hear to lambast myself for the good work put in only to be ruined in one weekend (albeit a mighty fun one).<br />
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Back at work tomorrow and I will be running ten k's to see what type of 'training damage' I have done to myself. Don't give up me yet my dear readers as I will be completing this baby, just you watch.<br />
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Back to once a week with total k's and excuses next week. Until then it's vegetables, no beer and a general overhaul of my diet.<br />
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You're all looking well, thanks for reading<br />
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Hooroo<br />
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P.S. For those who listen to The Rock, you may have heard me talking about busting the bulge? They asked for an update in the future so you can also keep your ears peeled for that. I will give you a heads up as to when. -
Excellent, i had missed your updates.<br />
28 ducks!, is that legal <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /> you know ive never eaten it.<br />
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The Mrs has decided shes gonna do it as well, just the half though at this stage. Of course she said i should sign up as well :2funny:<br />
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[quote name='Paj']<br />
Good shit H, loving the updates too. Awesome effort on the duck shooting too. How did the the TV/Sky handle the maimai?<br />
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Awesome thanks mate. Took about 2 mins to set up and we were away. A bit hazy remembering the test match though and had to watch the replay. Took a little longer for the fire to get going. Was so cold that the deisel would take a while to light. Once the fire was blazing it was peachy. -
You remind me of an old mate of mine I went to university with, he was always to lazy to study but to arrogant to fail.. so he always told anyone who would listen how easy the course was and how he was gonna pass easy. It was all a shell and he was bricking it, and this forced him to knuckle down and study.. or face the unbearable humiliation of failing a course he had told everyone was easy and he was going to ace with no effort.<br />
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It always worked, he was always motivated to study.<br />
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The corelation with you is simply that by going public you are using the same motivational tool. It will work I think. -
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You remind me of an old mate of mine I went to university with, he was always to lazy to study but to arrogant to fail.. so he always told anyone who would listen how easy the course was and how he was gonna pass easy. It was all a shell and he was bricking it, and this forced him to knuckle down and study.. or face the unbearable humiliation of failing a course he had told everyone was easy and he was going to ace with no effort.<br />
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It always worked, he was always motivated to study.<br />
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The corelation with you is simply that by going public you are using the same motivational tool. It will work I think.<br />
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The difference is, I certainly don't think it is going to be easy and I will really struggle. Certainly not arrogant about it, just finding the shorter runs very comfortable at the moment. I definitely know that will change -
You have missed the point... he didnt think it was going to be easy either. But by telling everyone that he was going to pass, he motivated himself not to be proven as full of shite.<br />
Its actually a proven motivation technique, nothing wrong with it, and you ahve probably done it without even realising. Mohammed Ali also said he used it times. -
You should make your point clearer.<br />
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Actually my motivator is that I lost a bet ages ago and I just want to get it out of the way, also sick of being overweight. Would have done so even if i wasn't on the fern to journal and say I was going to do it. -
Good on ya , its a big effort just to hit the road. I have no intention of ever hitting the road again. Even in my fit days i did just enough preseason to get through and never ran after the 1st game. I despise running and admire anyone who does it.
