Sunday, January 27, 2008
Australia Day Training
Australia Day marks the celebration of a nation! This is the day when the nation stops to celebrate and today this marked the time for me to step up the training programme. Following a intense spin class at the Stadium Fitness Centre in Moore Park, I decided to take in a scenic run across Sydney. Heading through Darlinghurst through the morning cafe scene I made my way down to Woolloomooloo past the Australian Navy ships and the home of Russell Crowe and John Laws then up to the NSW Art Gallery and along the amazing Sydney Harbour foreshore, up the stairs of the Opera House and past the masses of tourists at the ferry terminal. I then headed up across the Sydney Harbour Bridge with the ferries and cruisers passing by under me. What a great way to take in the nations birthday ... Making my way down to Luna Park and past a number of national heritage stalls such as the Scottish, Irish and Dutch with the bagpipes getting in the way of my iPod tunes! It was great to get back onto the Harbour Bridge and then make my way back through the centre of Sydney CBD and through Hyde Park up along Oxford Street and back to the gym for a round trip of a little over 20km. Australia Day 2008 will go down as one of the best ever and provide the inspiration for future days training for this very proud Aussie!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Centennial Park Afternoon Training
Following another busy day at the office I made my way down to Centennial Park at the end of the day to meet up with Rob McGovern for a catch up and gentle training run. It was great to meet up with Rob and complete the 15km mid week training run. Now looking forward to spin class and getting in further distance training later in the week ...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Addicted to Spin ...
Following a very large day with work it was great to escape at the end of the day to head off to my spin class at the Sydney Football Stadium.
There must be something to New Year's resolutions as the class was overflowing with a number of new faces seen tonight. It will be interesting to see if those same people are still around in a few weeks time.
It was so great to push out 20km during the class and sweat up a storm like never before! Bring on the next spin class I am totally addicted ...
There must be something to New Year's resolutions as the class was overflowing with a number of new faces seen tonight. It will be interesting to see if those same people are still around in a few weeks time.
It was so great to push out 20km during the class and sweat up a storm like never before! Bring on the next spin class I am totally addicted ...
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Most Beautiful Run In the World!
Well with rain set in for the weekend in Sydney I thought that I would make the best of the weather and decided to set off for my weekend run through some of the most scenic parts of Sydney.
Heading out from Bronte, I made my way down through Centennial Park and then up through the weekend cafe set in Darlinghurst down to Woolloomoolloo and then up to the NSW Art Gallery & Mrs. Macquarie's Chair to then make my way along the beautiful Sydney Harbour.
The highlight was arriving at the Sydney Opera House and being face to face with the stairs. I could not resist doing a 'Rocky' impersonation and running up to the top of the stairs amongst all the tourists.
I then continued on past the Sydney ferries up to George Street and then through Martin Place before making my way through Hyde Park and then up Oxford Street before heading back through Centennial Park and then back to Bronte for a awesome 22km run.
It really was a buzz to get out in the rain and see so much of this amazing city that I call home! There is a long way to go in my training as this is one of the longest distances that I have covered in my training to date.
Heading out from Bronte, I made my way down through Centennial Park and then up through the weekend cafe set in Darlinghurst down to Woolloomoolloo and then up to the NSW Art Gallery & Mrs. Macquarie's Chair to then make my way along the beautiful Sydney Harbour.
The highlight was arriving at the Sydney Opera House and being face to face with the stairs. I could not resist doing a 'Rocky' impersonation and running up to the top of the stairs amongst all the tourists.
I then continued on past the Sydney ferries up to George Street and then through Martin Place before making my way through Hyde Park and then up Oxford Street before heading back through Centennial Park and then back to Bronte for a awesome 22km run.
It really was a buzz to get out in the rain and see so much of this amazing city that I call home! There is a long way to go in my training as this is one of the longest distances that I have covered in my training to date.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Welcome to marathonman.com.au
Well finally after considerable effort the marathonman.com.au website is up and running!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Miss. Carolina Cepeda from www.urbanosdesign.com for all her great work in making this brilliant website come together.
I look forward to sharing my stories with you of the preparations in the lead up to the biggest adventure of my life to date.
The journey through the Sahara desert is sure to be both physically and mentally challenging though the opportunity to make a difference and contribute back to Facing Africa together with your support is sure to provide the necessary motivation to see it through to the end of the 243km.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Miss. Carolina Cepeda from www.urbanosdesign.com for all her great work in making this brilliant website come together.
I look forward to sharing my stories with you of the preparations in the lead up to the biggest adventure of my life to date.
The journey through the Sahara desert is sure to be both physically and mentally challenging though the opportunity to make a difference and contribute back to Facing Africa together with your support is sure to provide the necessary motivation to see it through to the end of the 243km.
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