another day in this uncontrollable cycle

unfortunately to all my friends i didnt get a run done today. But more importantly to my best friend di i let her and myself down. Ive been drinking since 1 o clock today and it doesnt matter how many major races ive won i still feel like the biggest bum. to all my friends who have rang me today (both of you) thank you for caring and i love you's both. i am determined to beat this terrible disease and i'll hopefully sign on again tomorrow...p.s if your not a dog lover get a life.

Tues

PM. 5km warm up on track Mingara, in reverse way of going - 26m46. Then 2 x 1km 3m39. 200m recovery 3m45. 1km warm down in reverse - 5m17. All up 8.5km. Enjoyed session.

felt like crap

PM...easy 7.5km run along river ,stopped at 28m and walked a bit....DO i need this,maybe more than i think......LY.DH..LY GA

2010 six foot show down

i am now starting my build up for 6foot...SLEEP TRAIN i am out for your race record ,and to become a 4 time winner..

Off the Record

*Just a hello from the webmistress, to advise that the blogger himself is still alive and kicking, still running a bit, mentoring a bit, and generally continuing life in much the same vein as the past 10 years. I will endeavor to get him to post his training again, and his reflections on life, as I think it's a good thing to try to live openly, instead of laboring to present oneself shiny-side-up to the world or hide the evidence to the contrary.

BabyG is nearly one year old. Time for the father to think about who he is, in the long line of Arthurs before him, and in what he leaves with the next and future generations. *

6FT Race Report- Finally

After cruising to victory in SStriders 10k the Sat before, I felt confident that I should run OK in the 6FT. My final hitout prior was a 3kTT on Tues at Mingara. Weather was fine, I ran 8.51 feeling very relaxed. But on the side, I had sustained a slight injury to my plantar fascia after the Striders race on Sat. It was under control, but was of concern.

The Start: Found myself going down the stairs in about 20th spot, was not concerned as I wanted to go easy at the start. Stopped to do a (edit - wee) and tie up my shoe, and lost about 10 spots, but was still not concerned at all.

The Middle: As I tried to up the pace once down the bottom, um, I was concerned as I felt like it was a real effort for me to change pace, which is not a normal thing. From that point on, my 6FT was just a slogging, grinding run. My immediate goal was just to finish, and not to walk at all. Was happy to finish 9th and not 10th (apologies to the 10th person *Webmistress*). After reading the final results, I was very surprised to find that I ran the 2nd fastest time up the hill. I had no strength at all going up that hill, and just ran easy.

Summary: A couple of good things came out of the race - one was seeing my daughter at the finish, and 2) - Still hold the course record for King of the Mountain.

PS. Can I quickly say a big thank you to my support crew, my manager, my coach, my masseur, my medical doctor, my psychiatrist, psychologist and my number one fan (*most of the time*), Di. (*Ohh, thanks*). And of course, thanks to the little garden gnome himself, Kevin Tiller (*and the firies, and all the people who handle all the other stuff that we don't see*).

run run as fast as you can..you can catch me because i am not a marathon man

have not been running much ,after 6foot...will try and start hard tarining this week,with one goal,to beat Chriss Truschot in every race we have..and take out the 2008 P.A.C.T distance runner of the year