A happy-go-lucky English rambler dude goes to New Zealand for a year. Here he interfaces with some of those he left behind and details his nefarious activities. Or summat.
Recently clicked on MP3s - 7th June 2005 The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
Jens Lekman - When i said i wanted to be your dog
The Trashcan Sinatras - Weightlifting
Teenage Fanclub - Man Made
Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Eels - Blinking Lights
Saturday, April 26, 2003
Apart from a recent strain of my arse muscle ('Gluteus Maximus' apparently) my running's been going fairly well lately, and i'm looking forward to my next Half Marathon as much as you can look forward to doing something that invlolves a lot of pain and hard work.
My main target is to beat the time i set in my first half marathon in March (1hr 56m), though as it is a proper 'league' race, my other key motivation is to not be last like i was in my first proper league race, the 'Stilton 7'. To my credit i was actually 156th out of 176 runners, but i was indeed last in my category (The 'Men under 60 with two legs and not suffering from severe Elephantitis' category).
I also learnt two important lessons during my first dabble in the world of competitive running.
1) There's 10 minutes of paperwork to do before the race, so turn up more than 10 minutes before the off - My warm up consisted of a panicky sprint straight to the start line.
2) Don't try and keep up with the 'Flash Harrys' during the begining stages of the race. Which i rather stupidly did, despite warnings of imminent death from my Heart rate monitor. This lead to me 'blowing up' in rather spectacular fashion after two miles, and then being overtaken by most of field during the next 5miles - somewhat demoralising.
The Hinckley Half Marathon sounds like it's set in fairly pleasant surroundings, and involves a lap around Bosworth water (Though i stopped noticing my surroundings after 10 minutes of my last Half-Marathon). So if anyone fancies coming along to support my 'Don't come last' campaign, i'm sure a good day will be had by all. Especially if you're not doing the actual race :os
