Archive for September, 2009

Don’t panic

September 30, 2009

I’m not sure it shows on the outside but I’ve definitely reached the ‘doubts and questions’ state…  thankfully I’m fairly adept at calmly quelling any moments of panic or anxiety.  I also have lots of other stuff to keep me occupied; I’ve been organizing the support crew, sending out run invites to media, athletes, friends [...]

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Length Matters (Endurance Athletes Gone Bad!)

September 28, 2009

On Saturday Crossfit Zone held a fund raiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria which was based around a CrossFit workout called Fight Gone Bad!.
With some down to the wire scrambling our team came together on Saturday morning.  The members of Team Length Matters (Endurance Athletes Gone Bad!) were; Rob Mackay, Rumon Carter, Adam [...]

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Why I CrossFit

September 24, 2009

For the fun
For the community
For the camaraderie
For the competition
For the challenge
For the RESULTS!
WOD – “Time to Row”
Rowing intervals
20 sec x 2
40 sec x 2
60 sec x 2
80 sec x 2
Results
July 28th, 2009 – total distance traveled = 1920
September 24th, 2009 – total distance traveled = 2119
That’s a 199m improvement in just less than two months [...]

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I’ve got 300km on my mind

September 23, 2009

Packman and I are 12 sleeps away from starting our 7 days of marathoning.
Currently I’m in that state of mind where things all seem fine… 7 days of 40+km runs each day just doesn’t seem that bad right now?
Having been in this spot a few times now I know the cycle and this state will [...]

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I ♥ Frontrunners!

September 17, 2009

Packman and I had an awesome meeting with Jon at Frontrunners this afternoon!  We picked up some gear, sorted out some details for our 300km for the kids run and also had  the incredible privilege to meet and chat with Ironman Champion and 7Systems athlete Jasper Blake.
Thanks to Frontrunners my run kit is all [...]

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