Sub 1:30 Half Marathon in 2019 (Read 641 times)

Well now that you're not drinking beer anymore, think of all of the business class you can fly!

Steve sorry about your dog. Those black labs are so nice although one bit me on the job once 

We don't have a dog but opted for the 3 cat option. Kids love them. My daughter is going to Christchurch university next year so I'm finally coming to the south island for the first time.

Corey OKC looked shakey but actually took the lead a couple of times and made it close. Unfortunately my man crush Steven adams only got 3 points and looked out of sorts. He missed 4 out of 4 free throws which delighted the whole crowd who now get free chicken fillet...

Flavio my wife overfills the jug with water so when I go to boil it I tip most of it out to make it quicker. I should be saving the extra water though....

Jmac good luck this weekend. How is your injury holding up ?

Had a proud dad moment this week. My 15 yr old daughter won the youth prize in a big art competition in Rotorua.

She gets $1000 for it. My wife and I were holding back the tears at the prize giving.

This is her painting acrylic on glass

Piwi - is that your daughter's rendition of you wearing the Gaga costume after a failed 5K attempt? Either way, that's seriously amazing work and you should be proud.

Regarding my injury, it's just now chronically sore. It's sore in the morning, great in the afternoon, and then sore after my run. But it's not even remotely close to as bad as it was. I think it's going to be one of those tendinitis issues that lasts for a few months and just nags me at random points. So it's officially in "niggle" category at this point that needs to be actively managed.

Also, OKC gonna be real bad this year. Get ready.

Keen - Makes complete sense on the treadmill in the garage. It's been SO nice here lately, every run has been between 55 and 60 degrees. It's my perfect training weather, I love running days where I'm wearing a light long sleeve.

Flavio - Forgot to mention something I thought you would enjoy. I went to another PT session this week just to get some muscle work done due to my chronically sore calf, which I think was driving the tendon issue. Anyway, he started checking out my hip and said my right hip is a disaster compared to my left, so he thinks that may be the underlying cause. Makes complete sense as almost every single issue I've had over the past 2 years has been in my right leg.

Goes to show how important it is to have a good PT/doctor as they will often find what's truly going on. Going to spend a lot of time hip strengthening after my race before CIM.

Steve - I'm so sorry about your dog. I lost my dad a couple of years ago and I completely understand what you mean about this being just as hard. Nobody without a dog will understand how much they really mean to you. My wife always says "why do you seem so much happier to see the dog than me?" and I always tell her "well, every day I come home from work, I don't see you being so excited to see me like you haven't seen me in months." Dogs can make any bad day so much better, bringing joy in a unique way that is hard to explain. Give her everything she wants, including all the human food she always craves.

Thanks JMac (and all).

She'll be getting every treat she wants.  I'm glad we have a long weekend with her.  She does brighten everything - after the cricket world cup final which finished at 7am, I was still in bed at 3pm and couldn't face getting up.  She barged down the door and jumped on the bed (usually a no no) and cuddled right in.  She also now growls whenever she hears the name "Ben Stokes" (a big part of the robbery that was the cricket world cup - we can discuss the merits of being so affected by a sporting match, let alone cricket, another time!).

Watson software engineering at Canterbury omg she's turning into one of you guys  she got a scholarship for 2nd year fees and working on a math paper for scholarship for 3rd year fees. 1st year paid by government. She just has to pay $16000 per year for catered accommodation.....

Keen - Isn’t it like dangerous to run in a room with no air circulation?

Piwi - that’s a beautiful painting, full of emotion. It looks like you’re set for life. The daughter working on software engineering will make bank super fast, like in 6 months. Tell her I said to pay a lot of attention to algorithms and data structures classes during the first year.

Jmac - it looks like we’re on the same boat. A niggle that is annoying enough but still let us run, for now.

As for the strength training, I’m sure you will do whole body strength training, not just the hips.

If you work just the hips your body will become unbalanced and something else will break soon enough.

Watson/Steve - come on guys, chin up. You've lost a match you're supposed to lose and it was by the tiniest of margins. It was a great campaign, akin to Croatia in the last World Cup (on that other sport). It's not like you guys lost 7x1 at home while hosting the world cup 

Piwi - Your daughter shows some real talent!

Flavio - It's not that the garage air is stagnant or bad at all - there's just not anything to force movement of the air or create a breeze to cool me off. The result is that I end up building a "cocoon" of self-heated air around myself.

Seeing as how JMac brought up the forecast for his upcoming race (good luck, buddy!) I'll bring up the (extended, and quite likely to change) forecast for mine: ~45 / 7.2*, with a slight breeze and little chance of rain. Easily the best forecast for a race I've had in almost a year!! <<< completely true, though somewhat misleading comment as it has been almost a year since I've actually raced a race.