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RT Journals Page 2
September 29, 2009
Well it has now been 2 months since I landed back in Australia after a short European campaign and World Uni Games. After a well needed 2 weeks break I have been back into some solid winter training for...
September 28, 2009
Finished... Finished at last! I have spent the past 4 weeks on teaching prac at Belconnen high school. Every morning arriving at school at 8.15am and most days not leaving until 4pm. 6am morning runs...
September 22, 2009
After much encouragement from a few people in my local gym I decided to do it. A body sculpting contest…Not really being my thing I was very hesitant but then thought why not? It would be great...
September 16, 2009
Despite my obsession with marathon running I also like to get away from the long miles of the distance runner in the winter months to enjoy a spot of cross-country. Of course cross-country is quite a...
September 9, 2009
The last two months have flown by and finally winter training is coming to an end and the competition phase of training is nearly underway. Unfortunately, just recently I strained the side of my knee,...
September 2, 2009
Wow, incredible, amazing…..just arrived home from Germany and only now can I comprehend thinking about everything that has happened in the last 3 weeks. I absolutely had a ball on this trip. I...
August 11, 2009
This exact day last year the Olympics commenced. This exact day last year I did my first session in Hong Kong, slipped on the wet Bowen Rd path, bruised the bone in my arm and gashed my hip. Not good...
August 6, 2009
My bag's are all packed and I am rearing to go. At this stage I am feeling very confident in my preparation for World championships. I have managed 12 weeks of solid training. This is the longest segment...
August 1, 2009
What a year I have had so far...I started off the year with a reasonable run at Zatopek Classic and thought it was going to be a good year for my running. THEN I got sick! It started off as a cold, then...
July 27, 2009
Just a quick update on the running front. Now well into winter and looking forward to the longer, warmer days of summer to return. I am currently completing the 'General Preparation' phase of my training...
July 22, 2009
My bag's are all packed and I am rearing to go. At this stage I am feeling very confident in my preparation for World championships. I have managed 12 weeks of solid training. This is the longest segment...
July 13, 2009
Andrew Davidson is without doubt one of New Zealand’s hardest working athletes. A late comer to the sport, Andrew has become one of the premier performers on the domestic scene with a National Silver...
July 11, 2009
Waking up to the alarm at 4:20am was never going to be much fun, but it had to be done, if I was going to be ready to race in the Gold Coast Asics Half Marathon two hours later. I fussed around for 40...
July 8, 2009
It is only 2 days out from my heats of the 110m hurdles at the World University Games, and the excitement is starting to kick in. There is a buzz around Belgrade that cannot be described in words, but...
July 3, 2009
After a busy and successful 2008 on the track, and a well earned break of 4 weeks, it was again time to return to training for the 2009/2010 season. In the first few months, being the lead up preparation,...
July 1, 2009
It is just over one month before I depart for Germany 'World Championships'. I am feeling a little nervous but mostly excited. Training is going really well and I am feeling very confident with where...
June 24, 2009
The past couple of months have been a whirlwind, leaving Canberra, spending a few weeks visiting family and friend in Brisbane, and finally travelling back to my base in Boulder, Colorado via Sydney,...
June 20, 2009
This is meant to be a journal article about my running, my training, my racing, but since I'm relaxing in the backyard after running the SBS marathon and therefore on a much deserved break I thought I...
June 11, 2009
Hello Runners Tribe I'm only a few days away (Ed: Jason is now in England) from travelling to England, for a month of track racing in the British Milers Series. I'm looking for a 5km time that may sneak...
June 3, 2009
If at first you don't succeed, give it another go!! We've all been there...set ourselves a tough time goal, where everything must go our way to achieve it...no injuries in the lead up, no viruses, iron...
May 7, 2009
"It takes more mental toughness to stop and rest than to train." Selection for the IAAF World Marathon Championship Team is just around the corner (Ed: Lisa got the nod from selectors and will...
May 6, 2009
By Craig Huffer The Huff is back with another instalment of my US trip. Since my last report I have been busy training, racing and travelling across the country and back. After Mt. Sac Relays I headed...
May 4, 2009
Hello Runnerstribe I have just returned from the States, where I have been since the World Cross Country in Jordan, training and racing, as you have heard from other journals on runnerstribe, there were...
April 28, 2009
Hello RT Readers I am over here on a AA West Coast development trip, which will see me race in 4 races (Mt. Sac, Penn Relays, Payton Jordan Cardinal and Oregon Twilight). West to the East to the West...
April 28, 2009
We’ve now returned to Laguna after our road trip to LA for the Mt Sac meet. I had a great trip and have come back with a 12 second PB (or PR over here) and a world champs B-qualifier of 13:25.88....
April 13, 2009
It's been a week since my first journal entry and quite a lot has happened since then. I'm writing this as I sit inside our cabin at Laguna Mountain, a bit over an hour outside San Diego at 6000ft altitude....
April 12, 2009
Monday March 23 We arrived in Amman at about lunch time after an extremely long flight (by my standards anyway). We were greeted at the airport by some very enthusiastic Jordanian helpers who took...
April 8, 2009
Sunday March 22, 2009- We left Sydney, stopped in Bangkok, Dubai, then onto Amman. Monday March 23- We left the airport to go to the hotel and the bus driver took us to the wrong one!! We eventually arrived...
April 24, 2009
I've been asked to give a few updates of our trip to the USA, so here is the first instalment: I'm currently in the race hotel in Carlsbad, it's a pretty sweet place and we've been well looked after so...
December 29, 2008
The day started in the best possible manner, getting a cheeky hour out with Kiwi turned West Australian Dan Wallis in Helena Valley. D-Wal has just got back from tearing it up at Colorado State University,...
Ocotber 13, 2008
After twelve years of training; two 1500m races under the qualifying time of 3:47.5; a pre departure qualifier at Aberfeldie, Melbourne; a win in the Leonora Golden Gift Mile, W.A.; two...
July 27, 2008
Bridey Delaney is an Australian junior middle distance runner with a big future. She recently represented the green and gold at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz. By Bridey...
June 6, 2008
By Mark Tucker 'Skimpies' - a word not usually associated with a running race but on one weekend in June, in the remote mining town of Leonora, the two
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