The Final Push: Day 3
What do Mule Bars, Vegemite sandwiches, Peanut Butter & Honey sandwiches, biscotti, liquorice sticks, squashed fly biscuits, jet planes, rice crackers, ginger oat cakes, macadamia nuts, cashew nuts, almonds, dates, crystalised ginger and bananas all have in common? Answer… they’ve all been sloshing around together in my stomach during our epic 6 ½ hr run [...]
The Final Push – Day 2
I’d better hope that my organisational skills improve within the next 3 weeks. I was being joined by 4 other runners today (Greg & Paul, both 7in7′ers) and Maegan and Pete (Guest Stars). I told half of them we would start at 8am and the other half that we’d start at 9am – hmmm, this [...]
The Final Push – Day 1
We’re really getting down to the sharp end of things now, and to finish off my training in style I’ve planned 4 long days back to back, based out at my beloved Karekare. I drove out early this morning, laden down with high-carbo foods and protein-rich recovery nosh, in a state of high excitement. Following [...]
My Number 1 Supporter
She won’t necessarily thank me for it, but I thought it was time I publicly recognised the support and tolerance of my amazing wife Sally. Back in December last year Sal gave me a copy of Dean Karnaze’s 50 marathons in 50 days book, with a note attached saying “For Information Only – don’t get any [...]
Landslide victory for common sense
Thanks to everyone who gave their opinion via the recent poll that I ran on this site. I was rather taken aback by the comments of one “bockett” on my Yahoo!Xtra blog about running the Heaphy track… “Not more runners infesting the iconic walks of NZ….. How can you appreciate the beautiful scenery when you’re [...]
Own a classic, help the cause
Fancy owning a classic piece of multisport memorabilia? The Coast to Coast is of course THE iconic race and THE number plate of choice for any multisporter would have to be “C TO C”. For many years this number plate has been the property of multisport guru Neil Gellatly. But now it could be yours, [...]
Real New Zealand, Real Gentleman
Quite some time ago a generous donation came in from a Mr. Iwao Fuji, along with a request for more information about “this man Mal”. This was the first of several email exchanges during which I found out that Fuji (“call me that, it’s easier to remember”) runs a small tourism business out of Nelson [...]
Bush dog
Just testing. I can post blogs from my iPhone. Cool! And as this is the only photo I have on here at the moment I thought I’d introduce you all to Luca, Bush Dog Extraordinaire and apple of my wife’s eye!
Wanted: Running food ideas!
I have tried a lot of different running foods over the years – some with great success, others that ended up as catastrophic failures. But I’m always keen to find new foods to break the monotony of the tried and true. I have just a week left before I draw up the final shopping list [...]
