Life in McKellar – 22 Jun 09

June 22, 2009 in Australia, Canberra, House buying, Politics, Racewalking, Training, Walking
Tags: Canberra

Time is flying here in Canberra.  It has been a very busy few weeks!  Weather has been cold and the little boys occupying the big house on the Hill (Parliament) have been showing their usual maturity level!
My racewalking has been going well!  I recovered pretty quickly from the LBG 20 miles, competed over 10kms last [...]

A Cold Day at the Office

June 7, 2009 in Australia, Canberra, Racewalking, Walking
Tags: Canberra, Walking

I lined up this morning to compete in the Lake Burley Griffin 20 Mile Racewalk. It’s part of the LBG Racewalking Carnival that has been going for  43 years and has a proud tradition in the sport.  I competed in the event last year and didnt have a good day. You can see the report [...]

Training – 3rd Feb 09

February 3, 2009 in Australia, Canberra, Racewalking, Training, Walking

Been a bit slack with training the last few days with the heat and night shifts, but did do three hours walking all up on two of my nights.  That was also at 2am, so it works out as good 24hr practice for me.
Got onto the treadmill this morning and did 5.556km in 50 minutes [...]

Training – 29th Jan 09

January 29, 2009 in Australia, Canberra, Racewalking, Training, Treadmill, Ultramarathons, Ultras, Walking

Did an hour on the treadmill this morning.  Covered 6.44km in the hour and broke 6kms in under 57min.  Both pb’s for the new machine!  Did well anyway and it was good to spend some time going a bit faster (6.6km and 6.8km)
Going to be another hot day in Canberra. Not as hot as Melbourne [...]

Training last few days

January 14, 2009 in Australia, Racewalking, Training, Ultramarathons, Walking
Tags: Walking

My training hasnt been overly successful in the last few days, but have managed to get out three times since last Saturday.  Saturday’s walk was for 50 minutes along the Broulee Beach which was fantastic.  Myself, one fisherman and the waves coming in were the only company.
I did myself a slight injury somehow on Saturday [...]

2 Jan 2008 – Exploring new bike paths

January 2, 2009 in Australia, Canberra, Racewalking, Training, Walking
Tags: Canberra, Walking

Did  40 minutes walking this morning about 7am.  Had no real route in mind, but ended up on the bridge that crosses Lake Ginnindarra. Found some new bike paths in my travels and some potential new paths as well which was good.  Bit stiff, but did well.