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Andrew's Walking
http://andrewwalking.blogspot.com/
A blog about my walking activities, particularly races and ultra distance events.
- Added on: Sep 28th, 2009
- Country: New Zealand
- Language: English
- Author: Andrew
- Listed in: Sports Outdoor Recreation
- Tags: hiking walking ultra ultramarathon
Recent Posts
Christmas Rogaine
A short four hour rogaine held in a window of good weather. Many of the tracks were familiar, but we still managed to find some new places. Scored 550 points to be 14th out of 17 teams.Up the river trail to the underpass, then up the road to #25 and...
Mount Vic "Sprint Rogaine"
Not really a rogaine because no fixed time limit, but not really pure orienteering either. Positions were based on number of controls gathered, then by time.Followed the masses down to 80, then through to 23. Rather than dropping from the road to 10...
Brooklyn Rogaine
I initially planned a reasonably ambitious route on the assumption that I would be able to run a substantial portion of the rogaine. But my left achilles became quite sore so I ended up walking most of it, and cutting my route short as a result.My i...
A slight improvement
Another 5k tonight, and at 31:54 a whole 6 seconds faster than last week! Mainly fine, but a strong cold northerly. Legs were still feeling a bit tired after Saturday's effort in the hills and 1h45 on the bike on Sunday (which my legs are definitel...
Training on the Ultra Fun Run short course
On top of Climie, the Wairarapa in the backgroundI figured it was about time to get some serious training in for Kepler so I decided to have a crack at the short course from the Ultra Fun Run that I put on a few weeks back.Up in time to have breakfas...
Something to improve on
Another 5km race tonight. Recorded just 32:00, my slowest time on that course since April 2007! Very warm, with a shifting wind that was definitely noticeable. But none of that constitutes much of an excuse, as I have walked much faster in a gale ...
