JP Morgan is a funny old race, it is essentially a glorified parkrun albeit a weird distance yet has the feel of a school sports day. The day got off to a great start with a text from Barts at 7am reminding me that should I fail to beat him I owe him $100 after doubling or nothing our bet from last year. Race Plan Stick behind Barts (turns out everyone else in the pack had this same plan) Pre-Race…
Being a 91kg, 6’3 marathon runner is almost an oxymoron. At least it feels that way training with Hurts these last 10 years. Having run the Homebush 10k in May and the Gold Coast Half in July, falling just short of a PB in both, I was still chasing a 2019 victory! Enter Melbourne Marathon… I decided to only enter this race 3-weeks prior, as I knew how much needs to be in place for a marathon PB. …
Melbourne Marathon 2019 After f#@king up Adelaide Marathon earlier in the year by running a double on the Sunday 3 weeks before (with a LR and then a faster MLR in the evening making 59.5km for the day) it was great that another 18 week Pfitzinger program wasn’t put to waste and I ran sub2:45 in Melbourne. Now Melbourne Marathon has become a favourite race again with this achievement although there were many demons to overcome from the last race…
Prelude When it rains it can pour. Maybe it’s luck, maybe it’s all the hard yards during the summer that are now paying off, maybe it’s my self developed training regime. Managed to accomplish two major goals in recent weeks, namely a sub 50 minute City to Surf and a sub 75 minute half marathon at Blackmores, the latter being somewhat of a surprise on that course. In between these, I managed to bag a 5km PB of 16:37 at…
I didn’t think I would want to ever write a race report, but being asked and still feeling good about the race outcome it’s a now or never situation for me! 2019 has been an interesting season for me, and one that brought many positive surprises after a write off in 2018 following pelvic surgery and being told I should give up running and may never run again even if the surgery was done. But gave it a go regardless,…
Debut marathon at 42 over 42 It’s been a long road to completing my first marathon, while I’ve been a runner for many years the marathon has eluded me for many years. People would aways ask why I hadn’t done a marathon if I was a runner and while I could have made the distance it was about achieving a respectable time. Also I had many life events that had gotten in the way of me achieving this goal. Back…