Disappointment

My next challenge was a 2nd half marathon. And for some reason I thought that Wellington, in winter would be a good choice. Myself and 2 friends went drove down to attempt the harbour capitol half marathon.

If I'm honest with myself I know that my training suffered following the northern crossing, so I was not expecting to set the world on fire.

However, once again in nasty, cold, wet conditions, I was still disappointed with my result. Whilst I was able to finish (and I still think that finishing is something to be proud of) I ran 2hr 30 min. 10 minutes slower than I ran in Kerikeri last year.

I guess this means I will have to go back and do another until I'm happy with my result.

Northern Crossing Done

Well, I said in a previous post I'd be training 5 times a week to get there. That didn't happen nearly was many weeks as I would have liked it to.

But, I got there, It was slower than I wanted, partly because I wasn't as fit as I wanted, and partly due to the conditions. We are looking at strong headwinds, and heavy rain for the duration. It took over 7 hours. But I completed my first multi sport event!

One job done.

Goal 1, The Northern Crossing

It Begins

As a part of my get fit program I started last year, I'm setting myself new challenges, the first is the northern crossing on May 15. That is 9 weeks and 6 days from today. So I have a lot of work ahead of me.

I'll be entering the Duathalon, so I'll be doing 2x 8km runs, and over 80km cycling.

To get there, I'll be training 5 times a week. At least that's the plan.

The blog is to record my progress training, dieting etc. and by publishing what I'm planning like this, it makes it harder to back out!

photo dump

Need to upload some photos: