This year I am planning to run my best City-Bay yet. After a reasonable first attempt and last year’s debacle, I am ready to have a serious go and prepare accordingly.
The first articles in The Sunday Mail have begun appearing and training is well and truly underway for many. I’ve started quite slowly, just trying to get the legs adjusted to regular running again and have been running 30-40 minutes 4 times per week.
I have been able to maintain this for a good month now and am ready to try and increase my intensity a bit to make some progress. I’ve begun running some intervals in some of my runs and am going to try incorporate some hills next.
It has supposedly been the wettest Adelaide July in some years but, luckily, I have managed to avoid most of it–finding a rain-free half and hour even on the wettest day. It has been a bit windy though but my new Brooks jacket has been a brilliant purchase. Lightweight, waterproof, hooded – an absolute necessity at this time of the year.
I also bought some new shoes because last year I wasn’t accustomed to running in the shoes I ran in. The result was blistering unlike I’ve ever experienced.
Hopefully posting my progress will help me remain accountable and persevere with my training. I know Steve is training hard and so is the rest of Adelaide.
To anyone else training, keep it up. If I can do it, anyone can.
Tags:city-bay·fitness·rain·running·Steve Ellison·training·weather
I have been making a conscious effort this year to take more time out to read and enjoy some books. It is just one of those things that I struggled to make the time for despite the pile of great books I have and have yet to read.
I’m not going to do a review of these books, just sharing with you the ones I have enjoyed and recommend. So here we go… [Read more →]
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Although I have never claimed to be an expert on the matter, I have held a keen interest in web development for some time now and recently I was able help to create a web site for Pooraka Sand & Metal, A local landscaping, garden and building supplies place.
Nothing particularly brilliant but this little site is just the beginning of Pooraka Sand’s online presence. These little upstarts will be all other the cyberspace before you know. Their trucks will be just part of the scenery on the information super highway.
OK, I think I’ve gone mad. Oh well, if you ever need some mulch, gravel, firewood and the like then check these guys out.
Here’s a couple of screenies:
Let me know what you think of my latest effort.
Tags:internet·me·Pooraka Sand & Metal·web dev
Ok, I wrote this post a while ago but I didn’t post it (for a good reason). Anyway, it was just gathering dust, so to speak, so I have decided to post it. Now is as good a time as any. So here we go…
Part of the reason for making this blog was so that when I google myself (don’t sneer ~ you do it too) there would be some relevant results. You hear it all the time, people can google you and find out all about you. [Read more →]
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October 6th, 2008 · random
You probably think you are pretty smart, right?
You know political candidates, you know not to stick a knife into the toaster.
You can read and write but are you Globally Literate? If you know anything about Lindsay Lohan’s career or the price of fuel in Venezuela then you just might be.
Well, head on over to Newsweek and take their Annual Global Literacy Quiz. [Read more →]
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