Marathon efforts
I write not of my own but of others who deserve recognition for their efforts against considerable obstacles. Today, I went for a 7.5km jog around Deepwater Pt circuit then on to drop Dee at Jacob’s Ladder and on to do 2 x 10km laps of the Bridges. On my second of these laps I chanced upon a man , Darryl Howe who I greeted and spent a little while chatting to. He has a type of palsy that contorts his muscles to the point where it makes running very, very challenging. Darryl will also be doing the Rottnest Island Marathon, his third (and his 11th marathon overall) Some of you may have seen a TV special on Darryl. I was just about to tell him that my training effort today was nearly 30kms when he beat me to it and said he was on his final training run of some 37kms. Whew!! Time to eat a major slice of humble pie.
Lots of runners and cyclist out today. Yesterday, I was very happy with the Bikeforce Southern River ride (60kms) as , again, Luke Hardy and Richard Kelly dominated the efforts. Todd Panietz and Peter Clark are well into their Ironman WA efforts and they certainly looked strong on the bike today. Todd was going to put in around 130kms today with Peter Clark a similar load. Brendan McSweeney is up in Pt Hedland working and also putting in major bike training efforts in very oppressive conditions.
Yesterday afternoon, I thought I would give my wife some company doing her abdominal training. Boy was that mistake. She has far superior muscle conditioning to me and I just complained like a little girl doing 3 sets of abdominal exercices. Feeling it today.
Dee and I went to see ‘My Best Friends Girl’ at Hoyts Carousel La Premiere. Boy has La Premiere gone down hill. They usher you straight out of the place after the movie, you no longer get free coffee or tea…..and its $33 each. Great movie though.
Good luck to all the Cyclosportif cyclists for this Sunday at Pickering Brook. A challenging 75km course.
I am encouraged see so much support for Stephen Dunn on the Cool Runnings Rottnest Marathon threads for his upcoming 100th marathon. Looks like Perth will get something akin to summer weather in the next few days. I know I’m way underdone for the Rotto Marathon but I also know I’ll finish it.
I have to say I’ve really enjoyed some specials on Foxtel recently. First it was a great Neil Young special a couple of months back (and I hear he is headlining Big Day Out in Perth. I then say a Midnight Oil special on Foxtel and a special on SBS on The Angels. The icing on the cake will be the live ACDC concerts on Foxtel at Midday this coming Saturday.
The three bands I used to see live in my younger days. Good training to all of you. I have a bit of a granny walk at present but I am already feeling better. I must remember the purpose and value of a training taper some day.
Some relatives of mine got involved in a large brawl near Sandalfords at Spring in the Valley. After witnessing a female getting punched in the face by a guy, they naturally stepped in, only to be set upon by some goons in what appeared to be army camouflage type outfits. One of our rellies seriously injured with dental damage (lost molar) and facial fracture.
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CHRISTO