One month down, eleven to go. Now is the time to reassess those goals, new year’s resolutions, plans or whatever you had made at the beginning of the year. How have you gone? Are you still on track to achieving your training goals, your ambitions and with the aims you have set out for 2012?… Read More
I was watching the 2011 World Championships in Kona today. It happened by chance as I was flicking through TV channels. It was eye-opening to watch champions like Chrissie Wellington and Craig Alexander go through each leg of the race but what was even more moving and encouraging were the age groupers. Women, men, young,… Read More
It’s Australia Day today, a day for leisure, pleasure and relaxation. Unfortunately, the last week of torrential rain has left certain events cancelled, I’m certain that Aussies all over the country will still find ways to celebrate today – usually with a lot of booze and bbq’s in the local parks or in their own… Read More
So, I finally tried out the turbo trainer today. It is FANTASTIC. Jarek setting up my new toy When we set up the bike on it initially and I tried riding it felt really uncomfortable, like riding one of those old school exercises bikes at the gym that feel unnatural with each revolution. For a… Read More
It usually takes a lot to leave me speechless. I’m rarely lost for words. But when I got home from work this evening I was in for a shock… a good one. This fine piece of equipment was waiting for me; Now I have no excuse not to fit in my bike training. Rain or… Read More
Waking up this morning to the sounds of pouring rain, the last thing I wanted to do was get out of bed to do a triathlon. I actually searched the event’s website to see if they would cancel it due to bad weather. I found nothing. Fortunately, by 5am the rain had subsided and the… Read More
So, um, I did it. I can’t believe I did. For a while I just thought it was talk and shit. No way that I was going to go through with it. But it is one of my goals for this year so I couldn’t disappoint myself. Besides it’s just the first step in the… Read More
I got swooped and followed for about 100m by two crows on my morning run yesterday, as I was trying to wave franticly to scare them off I cracked my lip open by slamming the phone in my face. What a lovely start to the morning. I did finish my run though. It was only… Read More
One journalist’s journey through the industrial and natural world of food… and my is there a difference. We don’t see it. Most of us are oblivious to it. We enter a store pick up a tray of packaged meat, fill the plastic bag with already picked tomatoes or cherries. We grab a carton of milk… Read More
This morning Jarek and I decided to head down to the local farmer’s market. After recently reading way too much nasty stuff on how are food is produced I’m growing hesitant to shopping at large supermarkets. Do I really want to eat hormone swarming pesticide infested food? Ok, so maybe that’s a slight exaggeration and… Read More