Running 4 Research

Sunday morning saw the running of the Running 4 Research fun run at Brisbane’s Roma St Parklands.  For myself and many of my fellow training partners from DAT Racing it was a great opportunity to see how our training is going at this point of the season over either 10km, 5km or 1.5km.  All in all it was a very good day for me!  I had planned on building into the run to make sure I finished stronger than what I started but after going through the first km in 3:08 and the second in 3:09 it would’ve been a very impressive effort to improve on this.  I had established a lead on the rest of the field almost immediately from the start and this worked to my advantage because I was determined to continue building on this and not even thinking about the possibility of getting caught. ...

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DAT Awards Night

The BRW World Cup might have been the race of the season not to miss but it was well and truly outclassed by the 2011 DAT Awards Night that seems to grow in glamour and stature as each year goes by.  The Grange Bowls Club again played host and first thanks must go to Roger, Webby and the crew for the venue, the food and of course keeping all those drinks filled to the brim. And with casino being the theme it was fantastic to see everyone in their finest evening attire, especially the ladies who after copping a fair bit of the mid-week banter were able to, as Sarah Deuble would say, “find inspiration for an outfit on the night,” and match...

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Time is of the essence

It has been a while since I last wrote on here and there is good reason for that.  For the last 7 weeks I have been flat out finding any time to myself, let alone the time to share any stories here.  I’ve been busy teaching as part of my uni prac out at a high school but with that coming to an end next week time will be freeing up shortly.  Unfortunately this prac has forced me to change my racing plans for the remainder of the season because not only was I sick for about 3 weeks but I just don’t have the time to fit in the quality and quantity of training that I would like to have completed in order to warrant the expense of travelling overseas to compete at the level I want to be able to.  So with this prac coming to an end I will hopefully be on here with more stories...

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