Hi
Yesterday evening was TT at the running club. We had quick warm up run before hand with the dogs. Right from the start I could feel that I had no "kick" in the legs. The TT went well from a time point of view (33:12 I think) for 8km but not close to my PB. I was hoping that on the off chance I could come close or beat it. O well hahaha you cant always do that.
After the run I had a nice cooool beer - funny thing is that If I have one beer I start getting light headed ... a cheap date.
I need to run 20km - I think this will have to be a slow one.
Chow for now
R
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Run without a pack
What an amaizing feeling to run without a pack!! You kind of get used to running with a pack over the weekend but WOW when you take it off and run you feel so light! A great run today in the morning - about 11km I guess(which is now just a little over a warm up - hahaha). Andie and I met Sandra along the way whos just come back from Sani a kick ass mountain bike race where she kicked ass. Nice one!!
Tonight is TT (time trial) - The Question is - do I run hard or save legs? mmm I guess Ive got the rest of the day to think about that.
Cool news from the organisers that Andie posted earlier - Ryan Sandes name was missing I'm a bit pissed off about that - I mean he has won two of the races already!! I see that they only mention the Canyon for one day - I hope that doesnt mean that the long stage is gonna be on day 1? The Canyon is about 80km long but there are one or 2 emergency exits.
Chow for now
R
Tonight is TT (time trial) - The Question is - do I run hard or save legs? mmm I guess Ive got the rest of the day to think about that.
Cool news from the organisers that Andie posted earlier - Ryan Sandes name was missing I'm a bit pissed off about that - I mean he has won two of the races already!! I see that they only mention the Canyon for one day - I hope that doesnt mean that the long stage is gonna be on day 1? The Canyon is about 80km long but there are one or 2 emergency exits.
Chow for now
R
We got some facts regarding the race this morning:
RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 Competitors
Some interesting facts:
There are a record number of female competitors entered for RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 – a total of 57, including six past champions:
Lia Farley of the United States (Gobi March 2008), Stephanie Case of Canada (RacingThePlanet: Vietnam 2008), Nina Breith of Germany (Sahara Race 2008), Sandra McCallum of Canada (Sahara Race 2007), Lucy Marriott of the United Kingdom (Atacama Crossing 2006) and Sissell Smaller of Norway (Atacama Crossing 2006).
Private banker, Laura Corti of Italy, who has completed the 4 Deserts will be competing. She is one of only four women in the world to complete the 4 Deserts.
Best-selling children’s book illustrator Yukako Hayashi of Japan will be competing in her sixth RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts event.
Jennifer Murray of the United Kingdom, who is the first woman in the world to fly a helicopter around the world, will be competing in her first RacingThePlanet event.
Annabelle Bond of the United Kingdom, who has completed the Seven Summits, will be competing.
There are a total of sixteen past RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts champions, male and female, in the field.
Several who have completed the 4 Deserts will also be competing: Dave Kunhau of the United States, Joel Burrows of the United States, Alasdair G. Morrison of Scotland, Martyn Sawyer of the United Kingdom, Ji Sung Yoo of Korea, Vincent Carroll of Ireland, Matt Chapman of Australia, Carlos Garcia Prieto of Spain, Evgeniy Gorkov of Russia, Jacob Hastrup of Denmark, Joe Holland of the United States, Yoshiaki Ishihara of Japan, Derek Kwik of Hong Kong, Harold Roberts of the United Kingdom, Chuck Walker of the United States, Kazuo Isomura of Japan, Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden and Paul Liebenberg of South Africa.
4 Deserts champion Francesco Galanzino of Italy will be competing.
Bush doctor Paul Liebenberg, who became the first in the world to complete the 4 Deserts in a calendar year, is competing.
RacingThePlanet is also pleased to welcome 60-year-old Marco Olmo of Italy. Marco is one of the most famous ultra-marathoners in Europe who has won many prestigious ultramarathon events. A major movie is currently being made about Marco. I can just see this dude sprinting coming past...
RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 Competitors
Some interesting facts:
There are a record number of female competitors entered for RacingThePlanet: Namibia 2009 – a total of 57, including six past champions:
Lia Farley of the United States (Gobi March 2008), Stephanie Case of Canada (RacingThePlanet: Vietnam 2008), Nina Breith of Germany (Sahara Race 2008), Sandra McCallum of Canada (Sahara Race 2007), Lucy Marriott of the United Kingdom (Atacama Crossing 2006) and Sissell Smaller of Norway (Atacama Crossing 2006).
Private banker, Laura Corti of Italy, who has completed the 4 Deserts will be competing. She is one of only four women in the world to complete the 4 Deserts.
Best-selling children’s book illustrator Yukako Hayashi of Japan will be competing in her sixth RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts event.
Jennifer Murray of the United Kingdom, who is the first woman in the world to fly a helicopter around the world, will be competing in her first RacingThePlanet event.
Annabelle Bond of the United Kingdom, who has completed the Seven Summits, will be competing.
There are a total of sixteen past RacingThePlanet / 4 Deserts champions, male and female, in the field.
Several who have completed the 4 Deserts will also be competing: Dave Kunhau of the United States, Joel Burrows of the United States, Alasdair G. Morrison of Scotland, Martyn Sawyer of the United Kingdom, Ji Sung Yoo of Korea, Vincent Carroll of Ireland, Matt Chapman of Australia, Carlos Garcia Prieto of Spain, Evgeniy Gorkov of Russia, Jacob Hastrup of Denmark, Joe Holland of the United States, Yoshiaki Ishihara of Japan, Derek Kwik of Hong Kong, Harold Roberts of the United Kingdom, Chuck Walker of the United States, Kazuo Isomura of Japan, Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden and Paul Liebenberg of South Africa.
4 Deserts champion Francesco Galanzino of Italy will be competing.
Bush doctor Paul Liebenberg, who became the first in the world to complete the 4 Deserts in a calendar year, is competing.
RacingThePlanet is also pleased to welcome 60-year-old Marco Olmo of Italy. Marco is one of the most famous ultra-marathoners in Europe who has won many prestigious ultramarathon events. A major movie is currently being made about Marco. I can just see this dude sprinting coming past...
Early morning run
Ran early this morning, it felt really strange to be running without a pack - a little like cheating, ok a lot like cheating....ran with Rob and met up with my friend Sandra who's just come back from kicking some mountain bike ass at Sani!! Well done again!!
Saw a couple tri bikes out and of course the ubiquitous Argus riders - it was actually a really good morning. Going to finish up the rest of the day's training later this evening.
Saw a couple tri bikes out and of course the ubiquitous Argus riders - it was actually a really good morning. Going to finish up the rest of the day's training later this evening.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Quick Note
Did a little bit of work (actual job type work) yesterday afternoon, and was playing around afterwards with some of the co-ordinates that I have from the gps.
I managed to link the data and send it to google earth via QlikView to display and track a route - check out the graphs and displays at the bottom of the page and let me know what you think.
I managed to link the data and send it to google earth via QlikView to display and track a route - check out the graphs and displays at the bottom of the page and let me know what you think.
John Legend
Howzit Guys
Well the weekend is gone, and a tough one at that! I guess you cant expect to train for a 250km desert run and not expect to hurt! hahaha. Today is an active rest - a bit of gym and a swim.
Lets talk about Sunday. Sunday was a really good run - very hard, but we ran with a great group of friends. Carla (Iron Wife),Andie (brother in arms),Trevor, Ali, JT, Ryan (Sand Crab)and John (Ali's husband). John has never run futher than 16km on the road - not today, 32km later John completed an awesome run. A bit sore but spirits high. Well done John!!. This dude scares me a bit for when he gets Ironman fit!!
Andie Ryan and myself ran with our packs and carried all the refreshments for everyone. Ryan was pure power yesterday. It was made very clear to me yesterday how he goes on to win these desert races. On the whole Andie and I coped well especially after 5 hours the day before. What amaizes me is the minute we hit the hills we get stronger. Anyway my coffee is here. Chat later
Chow for now
R
Well the weekend is gone, and a tough one at that! I guess you cant expect to train for a 250km desert run and not expect to hurt! hahaha. Today is an active rest - a bit of gym and a swim.
Lets talk about Sunday. Sunday was a really good run - very hard, but we ran with a great group of friends. Carla (Iron Wife),Andie (brother in arms),Trevor, Ali, JT, Ryan (Sand Crab)and John (Ali's husband). John has never run futher than 16km on the road - not today, 32km later John completed an awesome run. A bit sore but spirits high. Well done John!!. This dude scares me a bit for when he gets Ironman fit!!
Andie Ryan and myself ran with our packs and carried all the refreshments for everyone. Ryan was pure power yesterday. It was made very clear to me yesterday how he goes on to win these desert races. On the whole Andie and I coped well especially after 5 hours the day before. What amaizes me is the minute we hit the hills we get stronger. Anyway my coffee is here. Chat later
Chow for now
R
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Weekend 28/01
Its always a bit of a weird feeling when you come to the end of a weekend's training.
On the whole I think it was pretty much one of the better weekends, training wise.
I always try to figure out what makes one better than the other, guess its a combination of good friends, interesting training and not feeling like you want to die half way through.
Saturday was a good long run around table mountain (basically leg two of HBTC) and the climb up through Llundadno ravine is always a "treasure".... and then looping around Hout Bay, some dune work down to Sandy Bay and then back over the dunes back home.
Running through sand is quite intersting, not something that I must admit I am used to doing.
When you put your foot down and follow through with the push off, you're never really certain what you're actually pushing off against, the ground - or the sand - sometimes just isn't there to push off against. Also went over a high sand dune, on all fours basically, as you climb up - you see the sand above you start to give way and you can feel yourself start to slide back down. Its very disconcerting and tough as hell.
Sunday was a bit of a distance day, but still a good quasi marathon effort with packs, except we had one of those very few ultra beautiful but stinking hot days in Cape Town.
Today, the only real danger seemed to be not my ankle, but the myriads of Argus riders trying to get their last bit of training in. I didn't feel super great, but I felt a lot better than I thought I would, which I guess is all I could really ask for.
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