I'M DOING THE AUCKLAND MARATHON!!!!
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OH, I thought that was for anyone - I have set up a date for this weekend with the big guy - [b]get some running done in around the hills of Whangamata. There might be the odd uphill climb...[/b]  :coolsmiley:<br />
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Jaysus, i found it bad enough driving round that part last year, fuck running over them! <br />
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ended up on the end of a splitting axe last night sorry Hooroo, with many logs attacked!! Will look at trotting the track tomorrow morning - walked up the initial hill this morning, (13 minutes walk), and then walked on for 20 minutes, and then 20 mnutes back, SO am pretty sure it will be two laps come Saturday.<br />
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Will try and time the light right tomorrow - is still dark at 6:30!! But if I walk up the first hill an then start running, it should be right... -
51 minutes and 1 second for a lap. That includes a 12 minute walk up the first hill, which we would run the second time around, which would chop of about 5 minutes, which would then be lost by fatigue, so reckon both laps would be much the same time wise.<br />
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Took around 25 minutes to the 'top', then is all downhill, but for a couple of little upward slopes (300 metres or so). You finish with about a kilometre downhill on the road, before back into the forestry 4wd tracks.<br />
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And it bloody hurt this morning, so two laps on Saturday will kill me!! Hamstrings feel like coiled springs - although splitting wood over the last two days probably has more to do with that, and the deadlifts last night, than the run...!!<br />
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51 minutes and 1 second for a lap. That includes a 12 minute walk up the first hill, which we would run the second time around, which would chop of about 5 minutes, which would then be lost by fatigue, so reckon both laps would be much the same time wise.<br />
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Took around 25 minutes to the 'top', then is all downhill, but for a couple of little upward slopes (300 metres or so). You finish with about a kilometre downhill on the road, before back into the forestry 4wd tracks.<br />
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And it bloody hurt this morning, so two laps on Saturday will kill me!! Hamstrings feel like coiled springs - although splitting wood over the last two days probably has more to do with that, and the deadlifts last night, than the run...!!<br />
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All good to go though for the weekend, bring it on!<br />
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Fantastic!!! Any idea how far a lap is in total?<br />
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Excellent stuff Bart, if you guys want to see how far your running try this site out.<br />
Think someone must have mentioned here at fatbuster some time ago.<br />
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[url="http://www.mapmyrun.com/"]http://www.mapmyrun.com/[/url] -
7am or soon after would be cool - I will pick you up.<br />
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here's a map of the run.<br />
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A:Â Start<br />
B:Â End of the opening uphill cliff climb<br />
c: End of mainly uphill running - I think undulating would be best term, but going up most of the way. From here to D is all downhill but for that one little uphill stretch.<br />
d:Â onto the road for downhill back to start.<br />
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from d to a on the road is about a kilometre - so can roughly work out whole run that way...?? -
Not for the common man, but there is a mixture or moderate running mixed in...... or was that just a well placed dig about why I haven't turned up to touch rugby on Sundays???  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />
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[quote name='Hooroo']<br />
Not for the common man, but there is a mixture or moderate running mixed in...... or was that just a well placed dig about why I haven't turned up to touch rugby on Sundays???  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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Was thinking more of WTW's advice, but it could also have been a dig! -
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[quote name='Hooroo']<br />
Not for the common man, but there is a mixture or moderate running mixed in...... or was that just a well placed dig about why I haven't turned up to touch rugby on Sundays???  <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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Was thinking more of WTW's advice, but it could also have been a dig! <br />
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Nah, I'm sticking to the plan provided from the pro. So far so good -
Serious question here H, and don't take it the wrong way but, how are your nuts and tits? When I had a lapse of concentration once years ago and decided to try out the London Marathon I was running on a tread mill for an hour a night. I had to vas up the inside of my legs to prevent ball rash, got very painful before the vas.<br />
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Ages ago when on a fitness kick and I was doing 10 and 12k runs my gym trainer told me to put sticking plasters on my nips and because of that I didn't have a problem except when I forgot to and then it really smarted.<br />
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For the two veg my running short have sort of bike pants sewed into them so it keeps everything in place <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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Looking good Hooroo. Re: the chafing, I've never had an issue on shorter runs but after the HM last year my nipples were chafed as all hell. You don't really notice it while you're running but it stings like buggery afterwards! At least mine weren't bleeding like some other poor bastard's who finished behind me <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' /><br />
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I'm told that wearing natural fibres as opposed to synthetics will lessen the degree of chafing... -
Proud to report that the Hooroo Whangamata mountain climb / run was completed this morning in shitty weather, wet and windy, but pretty sheltered in forest.<br />
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First lap 53 odd minutes, second lap 54 minutes.<br />
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The first lap could have been 53:59, I just glanced at watch and saw the 53 minutes, did not note the seconds, dammit. Second lap seemed much quicker though!!<br />
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Longest time and no doubt distance I have ever run! -
Hello! Hello! Hello!!!<br />
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Why is everyone looking so down today??? AB's/Schmaybees!!!! Who cares when you get a WOW! from a lady you haven't seen in a while!!! That made my night last night. The results are really starting to show physically and mentally as I am absolutely amping to go for every run. I'm just so stoked I booked the marathon. One thing that blows me away in all this is that I will be runnig half marathons as training runs!!! Booking the Whangamata 1/2 on the 13th of September thanks to Barts advice.<br />
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A fairly good week food and excercise wise but I missed my first run from my training programme due to time management and a friggen frangin cold!! <br />
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So a week in summary:<br />
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22 Jul 36mins inc 2 sets of 3min Moderate and 2 minutes easy COMPLETE Went down to the river again and ran in the rain. Slight strain down the side of my calf that was hard to shake but got through OK <br />
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23 Jul 22mins Hilly easy COMPLETE Round the block and up and down hills. Easy Peasy<br />
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24 Jul 36mins Hilly easy INCOMPLETE!!!! Arrrrrggggghhhhh I owe a mate a sushi lunch as I said I wouldn't miss one run unless injured. I was supposed to run in the evening but didn't realise the Waikato match was starting at six and I needed to pick up a mate for the game and the next day I had a cold and thought it would be better not to run. Gutted at myself<br />
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26 Jul 90mins Hilly easy on grass. COMPLETE This run was a whole lot of fun!!! It was up around the logging tracks in the hills behind WHangamata. Some quite steep gnarly bits but manageable. Ran with Bartman who tells me that this was his longest activity he had done on his feet and he looked remarkably fresh after. 1 hour 50 mins running which is 20 mins longer than required but the beggining of the track is a very very steep uphill that we needed to walk up before we started. Need more runs like this as they are so much more interesting than running on the beach etc. Feeling good today tough, no stiff muscles<br />
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This week:<br />
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29 Jul 48mins Easy flat<br />
30 Jul 48mins Hills<br />
31 Jul 48mins Hills<br />
01 Aug 100mins Hills<br />
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Really starting to get some good runs in this coming week. Over 4 hours running which is fairly sharp I reckon. I think that's about all for this week. <br />
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Now ladies, I know I gave my 0800 number out willy nilly last week, but could you please keep the messages clean. I like to think I keep a clean and pure mind!! :happy: Oh OK, keep 'em coming..................<br />
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Okey dokey that's all for this week. Chin up re the AB's, NPC starts this week so forget about the All Blacks for a bit and get out and support your local team at your local rugby park. Much more satisfaction to see boys close to home win. Come on Waikato!!!<br />
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Cheers<br />
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Hooroo xx