Sunday, September 18, 2005
Running's great for your quads, dude
I did it! My first official run! 10 kilometres, and I ran the whole thing (no walking whatsoever)! And, miraculously, I did it without gasping desperately for air (well, not too desperately), collapsing in the dust, or sinking to my knees and begging God to put me out of my misery. In fact, it all went surprisingly quickly. It was almost (but not quite) easy.
10k might not be a huge deal to some people, but for anyone who's known me more than a few years it's a flipping miracle. This is me - the one who always got picked last in school rounders teams, the one who always threw to the wrong person in netball, the one who never played any sport unless forced to by some sadistic PE teacher in too short shorts. But now I'm hiking and running, and, incredibly, I want to do more! I think I might be turning into a Sporty Type. I just have to avoid tedious discussions about running shoes or glutes or protein bars - that's just taking it a little too far.
Anyway, the reason I did it all was to raise money for cancer research, so if you still haven't sponsored me (naughty!) then just click on the following link:
http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ENRunner/default.asp?s=1&RunnerID=13205
10k might not be a huge deal to some people, but for anyone who's known me more than a few years it's a flipping miracle. This is me - the one who always got picked last in school rounders teams, the one who always threw to the wrong person in netball, the one who never played any sport unless forced to by some sadistic PE teacher in too short shorts. But now I'm hiking and running, and, incredibly, I want to do more! I think I might be turning into a Sporty Type. I just have to avoid tedious discussions about running shoes or glutes or protein bars - that's just taking it a little too far.
Anyway, the reason I did it all was to raise money for cancer research, so if you still haven't sponsored me (naughty!) then just click on the following link:
http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ENRunner/default.asp?s=1&RunnerID=13205
Now I'm off to a friend's BBQ to get a good dose of protein (what was that about taking it too far...?)
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Thighs of rock, brains of mush
I've had absolutely no time or energy for blogging lately (hence the incomplete account of my mountain trek), as every spare moment has been consumed by sorting out our house move (only 6 days to go!!), being Joe's accountant, and training for the Terry Fox Run (only 4 days to go!).
In fact, I've been training hard for the Terry Fox Run ever since I got back from hiking. What with tough work of walking up mountains, and now two weeks of going to the gym four days a week, my legs are harder than the mountains I hiked. My brain, on the other hand, has been worn down by two weeks of number crunching and, for some reason, has got more and more tired as my muscles have built up (no wonder most weight lifters are dumb).
Oh well - only four more days, then at least my body can take a rest. If you haven't sponsored me yet (the money goes to cancer research), now 's the time! All you have to do is click on http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ENRunner/default.asp?s=1&RunnerID=13205 and the rest is easy! If only moving house were as simple...
In fact, I've been training hard for the Terry Fox Run ever since I got back from hiking. What with tough work of walking up mountains, and now two weeks of going to the gym four days a week, my legs are harder than the mountains I hiked. My brain, on the other hand, has been worn down by two weeks of number crunching and, for some reason, has got more and more tired as my muscles have built up (no wonder most weight lifters are dumb).
Oh well - only four more days, then at least my body can take a rest. If you haven't sponsored me yet (the money goes to cancer research), now 's the time! All you have to do is click on http://www.terryfoxrun.org/ENRunner/default.asp?s=1&RunnerID=13205 and the rest is easy! If only moving house were as simple...
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
We're alive!!!
Hooray! We had an amazing trip and we weren't eaten by bears! Sorry it's taken me a while to post anything - the last few days have been consumed by the slightly less exciting job of doing Joe's accounts. I've now managed to do entries for the first three days of the trip (although it won't let me put photos in). The rest will follow shortly (although the entries are so long it's probably just as well I'm doing it gradually!).
