Farmer’s Market Wonderland

Posted by on Nov 29, 2010 in Healthy Eating | 0 comments Buying produce at a supermarket is a crazy alternative We had visitors coming for dinner on Saturday night, so in the morning, we decided to go to the markets to get some fresh produce. Normally we would have gone to the supermarket but these are friends who like their food, so this time we decided to go to the Farmer’s Market. As we entered the Capital Region Farmer’s Market, we were swept...
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City2Surf 2010 – The World’s Biggest Fun Run

Posted by on Aug 11, 2010 in City2Surf | 0 comments Two weeks before the start of the 2010 Sydney City2Surf, the organisers had to close entries when numbers reached 80,000. To manage a crowd of 80,000 on foot 14km through city streets and then get them back home is no mean achievement – congratulations to the Sun Herald and all of the organisers, sponsors and volunteers. This was a personal milestone for me – my 40th City2Surf...
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Cut minutes off your City2Surf time in only 24 hrs

Posted by on Aug 6, 2010 in A New Beginning, City2Surf, Lifting Your Game | 0 comments Well, here we are Saturday morning on the day before the 39th City2Surf and it is time for my Number 1 tip to strip minutes from your City2Surf time. How to avoid the Vindaloo Line I just made that up’¦ (I had a particularly hot vindaloo last night, and I know you don’t want to feel like I did first thing this morning!). The Vindaloo Line is what I call (as of now) all those people...
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One week to go – Relax

Posted by on Aug 4, 2010 in Lifting Your Game | 0 comments The City2surf is only a week away. If you have been able to stick to the training plan, you are now about as ready as you are going to be, so this last week is a relaxing one. That doesn’t mean you do nothing, it just means you do a light workout every second day. If you are to perform at your best next Sunday, you don’t want to stress your body too much this week, but rather give...
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Your Style Can Make the Difference

Posted by on Jun 15, 2010 in A New Beginning | 0 comments If you intend to run the City2Surf, then with seven weeks to go, you’d be getting into the serious part of the training where we start to look at improving your running technique. See ‘Lifting your Game – Week 7‘. If you are just starting out on a fitness routine and planning to either walk or perhaps jog some parts of the event, now that we are starting to use a bit more...
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City to Surf training plan – Stage Two

Posted by on Jun 12, 2010 in A New Beginning | 0 comments With seven weeks to go, you should be feeling a starting to feel a sense of achievement and hopefully you’ll also be getting comfortable with a the idea of monitoring the how far you walk. So, in stage two, we need maintain the routine but it is time to get a little further out of our comfort zone again: In the next three weeks we will focus on increasing our speed and conditioning by...
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