Saturday, August 29, 2009

It's Been Five Weeks

A friend pointed out to me last night after dinner at the "Small Poppy" that my blog has not been updated since 22 July. Why? I do not know as I have increased the intensity of my walking.

Daily Walking

I had planned to walk every street in Dunedin but this has been put on hold since doing contract work for the Ministry of Education.
July - 241kms with 5 missed days, August (to date) - 197kms with 3 days to go.
Year total - 1612 which is on target to do 2400kms for the year.

Club Walking

I have not missed one club walk since the last post. They have been between 5-10lms. The club is having great turnouts with good numbers. On two occasions we either joined with Civil Service or Hill City clubs.

Clyde to Alexandra

I have not particpated in this event previously. Last year I got tendonitis in my foot so had to pull out. The Caversham Club hired a bus and it was full when harriers and walkers headed off to Clyde. There were 25 walkers entered from the club.

I decided to really go for it. I was 3rd off the bridge and stayed that way until I was passed by Colin Dick. Everything was going well and Gordon Cameron caught up with me. We managed to pass the 5km mark under 35 minutes which was a PB for me but I started to wilt. I managed to finish 9th in 1:12:18 and was the 5th man home. It was a PB for me but I was hoping to do 7o mins for the race.

Link: http://alexandraharriers.orconhosting.net.nz/2009clyde2alex_results.pdf

Moro Marathon Committee

I was so pleased with my Moro marathon effort last year I decided to join the organising committee from the start of July. My job is to help with the Spot Prizes. I manged to get prizes from Filadelfios, Millers, Netball Otago and Whiley Golf Shop.

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