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The older I get the better I was... but after many years of idle burrowing the candle of desire is still burning and I have come to realise that running is as much a part of me as my heart and lungs... In Christmas 2008 I was 82kg and was not running a step..This is my journey , the journey of the wombat...Dogged...determined...persistent...and maybe a little grumpy.. but like the wombat my journey is territorial, its about running and I am going to work to protect it...Come along for the ride and see if I can become the wombat warrior. 2009 was a mixed bag for the wombat's journey.A top ten placing in both the Bridges and the City Surf brought a small sense of achievement but also a degree of frustration.... I think I can do better and better I will in 2010. A better run in the Busso Half iron man in support of TV in his swim and bike ride and that was about the extent of my racing. Lets see what happens in 2010 as "My journey Continues". Now in 2011 the wombat will continue his journey, but not alone the wombat has a youngling who knows how to dig. 2015 and its a new beginning , time goes on and the journey to the 2016 World Masters is under way.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

I saw the Ark

I'm not saying that its been very wet over the last few days but I saw this on the run this afternoon, down on the lower playing fields with the GGS Boys.

Easy warm up tonight, light 3km down to West Swan Bridge and back to the lower soccer fields. Moving well and no calf issues, could this be on the mend.

A large group and we set out for a solid half Mona Session (10 minutes) around the bottom soccer fields. In layman's terms this was 90 seconds hard, 90 seconds easy, 60 seconds hard 60 seconds easy x 2, 30 seconds hard, 30 seconds easy x 2 and finally 15 seconds hard 15 seconds easy x 2. For the wombat this was basically a solid consistent surge. For the boys is was a structured fartlek session. Unfortunately the calf twinged at 6 minutes however by adjusting my style , as old people tend to do , I managed to continue with the run and finish off.

The cool down was a very easy run , past the Ark and back to the Gym.

Even though I was disappointed with my own run, the boys worked hard and again demonstrated the spirit that makes training with them more a pleasure than a chore. In general this young group have bonded really well and each year the dynamics of the team has improved which is leading to a real team culture with a strong work ethic.

Barrel on Wombats...


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