16th September 2013 - My first 20kms

During work today I decided that tonight I would run my first 20kms. Tonight I came through with the goods and made it happen and I'm glad that I did. Looking back it took me 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete the 7km Nightcliff circuit, now it's getting done in under 50 mins.

I'm hoping this opens up the doors for an opportunity to run 30+km marathons. I'm going to put in another one of these runs on Thursday while consistently running 10kms on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday and another 20km run next Tuesday in the hope I'll be able to run 30kms early on Saturday morning. Fingers crossed.

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5th September 2013 - Nightcliff in Reverse

Today I missed out this morning (due to being exhausted) so I ran Nightcliff in reverse in the afternoon.

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4th September 2013 - Nightcliff Mornings and what I'm learning

This morning I pulled myself out of bed and against the wishes of my body to continue sleeping I laced up and headed out to hit the pavement for another morning.

What I am finding is that though it's only the 3rd day I have covered over 30kms within the last 48 hours and my hips are killing me - I think it's time to have a session in the pool as a mini rehab this afternoon if I'm going to stand any chance of lasting the rest of the month. I'm also finding that I need to eat alot of protein to build lean muscle and not use it for fuel (duh) and as from Monday I've realised that I've already dropped 1.3kgs which is insane, but I'm going to have to now watch my diet as strictly as ever (might even start taking body measurements) and will have to invest in a heart rate monitor at some point.

Having said all this the goal is to cover 10kms a day by foot (at any cost) and I'm not going to give in easily.

32.14kms down, 167.86 to go.

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2nd September 2013 - Nightcliff Extended

Today is the start of my September Challenge. It felt great to finally put some decent distance down. Cannot wait to get up tomorrow morning and do it all again.

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24th August 2013 - 80kg weight goal reached!

I jumped on the scales this morning and to my surprise, I've hit my 80kg weight goal. To celebrate, I went running around Nightcliff because there's no rest for the wicked of course.

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3rd August 2013 - Nightcliff - back to formish

Got up this morning and thought it was time to get back to form. It's getting there as I'm tweaking my diet.

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30th July 2013 - Nightcliff...and I think I've hit a wall

This afternoon I pushed as hard as I could but for some reason I couldn't beat my old pb for this circuit and I think that I may have hit a wall.

This' great news though because I now get the opportunity to lock down my diet and fine tune it for maximum results. 

I'm also researching the possibilities of doing a 19 day vegetarian challenge for the first 19 days of August leading up to my birthday. It's just a thought at this stage but the more I research it, the more it seems a possibility.

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19th July 2013 - Nightcliff on a Friday Afternoon

This afternoon Rob and I decided to take it easy given the amount of running we have done over the last 2 days. What a great way to end the week.

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14th July 2013 - Nightcliff Loop Time Trial 48:05

After yesterday's effort I woke up this morning and thought I need to smash my record for this loop.

Bang! I did :D

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13th July 2013 - Saturday Morning Nightcliff Loop

This morning Rob and I decided to get out and put a quick run in to start the weekend. Though we were a little sore and tired from Aaron's Bday the night before, it was a great way to kick it off.

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9th July 2013 - Nightcliff Loop 50:22

Saturday morning I thought I was on top of the world when I ran the Nightcliff Loop in under an hour - something that Rob and I have been working towards since we started running the circuit. Tonight I did it faster in 50:22. Everything hurts but it's well worth it.

Like last time I know I can go faster, and as I work towards the 40 minute mark, the gains are literally going to be shaving minutes off at a time.

Once we hit the 40 minute mark however, out come the weighted vests and we begin the second phase of training - doing everything while carrying weight which will tone and shape us in preparation for Kokoda.

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6th July 2013 - Nightcliff Loop 54:16 - The 1hr mark has been broken!

After yesterday's stair day I woke up this morning and thought "I need to run" so I headed out to Nightcliff and gave it my best.

Finally I managed to crack the 1 hour mark and though I know I can push a lot harder, it's definitely some thing that I can push for.

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1st July 2013 - Nightcliff Loop 1:07:54

Okay so we've been a little slack with our progress over the last fortnight but it only means that next week we're going to push harder.

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TIME TRIAL - 1:05:48

Tonight our time decreased. High fives all round!

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TIME TRIAL DAY - 1:09:40

Today, Justin came along and Rob and I still beat our old time of 1:10:21. Today it was 1:09:40. it's getting there. Next week we'll be right up against the 1 hour mark I think.

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Nightcliff Circuit - The New "Time Trial" Day

Okay so Rob and I got to thinking that the route we usually run around Nightcliff would make an excellent time trial track. Every week we're going to try and get faster and faster over the 7.29km stretch. A little way to benchmark our fitness. I'll create a page shortly with our times and add to them each week this week it was 1:10:21. the last time it was about an hour and a half. Our goal is to finish this in 40 mins which I believe is something that is completely achievable.

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21st May 2013 - Nightcliff

Not much to report here, I wasn't feeling well tonight and tried to power through this the best I could.

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14th May 2013 - Nightcliff Loop

We meet again Mr Nightcliff Foreshore.

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This' getting easy now so we're going to up the ante and start decreasing the time we spend running this, another 7.61km down as we etch towards the 100km mark.

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9th May 2013 - Nightcliff Foreshore

This afternoon, Rob and I decided to tackle what we call the "Nightcliff Loop", a 7.22km trek that takes you past the Jetty, Nightcliff swimming pool and the Beachfront Hotel.

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