Yesterday was a mini-milestone training day for me...first training day since bruising my right foot...Went to the Mingara Athletics track ( my home track ) which incidentally is the fastest track in Australia...The training session involved a Dynamic Warm-up period to test the water so to speak...then ten 100 meter runs on the grass...once again trying not to aggrevate my foot problem...The session went well and today will be a Gym day for me at the 4 in 1 Fitness Club at Erina which is a suburb on the Central coast of New South Wales about 1 hours drive from Sydney.
I have now made the decision to run in the New Zealand Masters Games in Wanganui on the North Island on 10th February as a prelude to travellling to Italy for the World Championships.
This will give me a perspective on the travel and arrangements required...Will probably travel to New Zealand the day before to register and then run in the 100m on the first day and the 200 meteres on the second day. As I have never stepped foot on N.Z soil it will be a pleasant experience.
Soooooo my World Team....look forward to having you with me in Spirit then...to carry me to the finish line...
Of course I will be running in the New south Wales Country Championships on 27th and 28th January...so stay tuned for those...
Meanwhile keep believing in me and I will charge my batteries to deliver the performance required to Win......Be Brilliant....
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Fastest Man on The Planet
So this is Christmas...the silly season...over indulgence..various excesses..a little avorice perhaps...even mistletoe tinged with sadness...For some this is the scene and I suppose you may be wondering how I might fit into this picture.
Well yesterday was a " track day " for me..it began at 6.00am when I rise to get ready to face the challenges and opportunities of the day...By 7.00am I have completed my early morning preparation..e.g. I have done my abdominal sets and additional core stability work..taken my daily vitamin supplements and brushed my teeth like a good boy.
Today my 11.00am meeting with Mark Evans ( my brilliant business partner ) was significant. Today I had already recieved many responses to my embryonic Blog..Fabulous..inspiring..encouraging..motivating responses from YOU...MY WORLD TEAM...Messages of love and support have come from the far corners..Sweden..U.S.A...Denmark..Hong Kong..Britain...Ireland...it is wonderful to know YOU are there with me..sharing these moments as I head down the track to the World Championships in Italy.
By mid-day I'm with my Physio Pat Hart..we are looking at a seemingly minor problem...While running across the road...I stood on a small stone that has bruised the ball of my right foot..Yow!
It meant no trackwork this evening...except training on the grass...ten 100m runs..instead of pounding the composition track which would be worse. Hydrotherapy in a pool heated to 32 degrees centigrade will be required over the next few days to try and heal this annoying glitch.
My next comp will be the New South Wales Country Country Champs in Newcastle on the 27th and 28th of January...my foot will have to be ready!
As the founder of Rejuvin8..I realise that there are always excuses for us as " Baby Boomers " to over eat..not exercise etc...Obesity is pandemic...and yesterday I saw a sad example of this. Two grossly overweight people eating masses of donuts at a donut shop... This is NOT the way to live a long and healthy life...but who will educate them.....I saw this and trained harder...Life is too prescious.
Well yesterday was a " track day " for me..it began at 6.00am when I rise to get ready to face the challenges and opportunities of the day...By 7.00am I have completed my early morning preparation..e.g. I have done my abdominal sets and additional core stability work..taken my daily vitamin supplements and brushed my teeth like a good boy.
Today my 11.00am meeting with Mark Evans ( my brilliant business partner ) was significant. Today I had already recieved many responses to my embryonic Blog..Fabulous..inspiring..encouraging..motivating responses from YOU...MY WORLD TEAM...Messages of love and support have come from the far corners..Sweden..U.S.A...Denmark..Hong Kong..Britain...Ireland...it is wonderful to know YOU are there with me..sharing these moments as I head down the track to the World Championships in Italy.
By mid-day I'm with my Physio Pat Hart..we are looking at a seemingly minor problem...While running across the road...I stood on a small stone that has bruised the ball of my right foot..Yow!
It meant no trackwork this evening...except training on the grass...ten 100m runs..instead of pounding the composition track which would be worse. Hydrotherapy in a pool heated to 32 degrees centigrade will be required over the next few days to try and heal this annoying glitch.
My next comp will be the New South Wales Country Country Champs in Newcastle on the 27th and 28th of January...my foot will have to be ready!
As the founder of Rejuvin8..I realise that there are always excuses for us as " Baby Boomers " to over eat..not exercise etc...Obesity is pandemic...and yesterday I saw a sad example of this. Two grossly overweight people eating masses of donuts at a donut shop... This is NOT the way to live a long and healthy life...but who will educate them.....I saw this and trained harder...Life is too prescious.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Welcome to My Journey
Welcome to my journey...and of course a very special welcome to all my K.G.V soulmates.
I guess that at sometime in our lives some of us have reached the depths...that dark place..the " dark night of the soul " where loneliness..saddness...sense of loss or even depression lurk....It is appropriate for me to confide in you that I have been " there " It is therefor even more significant now that I invite you to join me on this next stage of my Life's Journey to a brighter place...a fantastic voyage of enlightenment, discovery, and unbelievable..even remarkable events as I pack my Carabeena..my Hiking Boots...my Rope and Ice Pick as I head directly for the summit of achievement in my field ... I now begin my journey toward my ultimate goal to become The World Champion for the 100m dash for which I recently recorded the fastest time on Earth for a man of sixty years...a time of 11.97 seconds!
This as you would appreciate is no mean feat...it will require many things along the way...a journey in a sense of two parts. Firstly the World Championships in Recceone Italy in September 2007 and then the World Masters Games in Sydney in 2009.
I am training now for these two events...will encounter doubtless obstacles that some in human terms may seem insurmountable yet I believe I can overcome any of these hurdles if.....If you will come with me.
From this day forward I will attempt to share with you these moments of elation and challenges as I take these steps toward my goal. I will feel you Empower Me to Greatness...Lift Me beyond where mere mortals fear to tread...for without You...( the collective you ) the demands I place on my body...the motivational energy required to lift myself...to battle fatigue...discipline myself to maintain my dietary demands and overcome the pain of injury will be that much harder to endure...but with my Friends...You and Your Friends and our extended World Family...I know I can do it.
Follow close by my side as I work toward those Microseconds of time that I will search for...microseconds that will indellibly etch my name and Yours by your support into Athletics History....I encourage you to follow me....tell your friends and their friends to run this race with me.....and Win!
I guess that at sometime in our lives some of us have reached the depths...that dark place..the " dark night of the soul " where loneliness..saddness...sense of loss or even depression lurk....It is appropriate for me to confide in you that I have been " there " It is therefor even more significant now that I invite you to join me on this next stage of my Life's Journey to a brighter place...a fantastic voyage of enlightenment, discovery, and unbelievable..even remarkable events as I pack my Carabeena..my Hiking Boots...my Rope and Ice Pick as I head directly for the summit of achievement in my field ... I now begin my journey toward my ultimate goal to become The World Champion for the 100m dash for which I recently recorded the fastest time on Earth for a man of sixty years...a time of 11.97 seconds!
This as you would appreciate is no mean feat...it will require many things along the way...a journey in a sense of two parts. Firstly the World Championships in Recceone Italy in September 2007 and then the World Masters Games in Sydney in 2009.
I am training now for these two events...will encounter doubtless obstacles that some in human terms may seem insurmountable yet I believe I can overcome any of these hurdles if.....If you will come with me.
From this day forward I will attempt to share with you these moments of elation and challenges as I take these steps toward my goal. I will feel you Empower Me to Greatness...Lift Me beyond where mere mortals fear to tread...for without You...( the collective you ) the demands I place on my body...the motivational energy required to lift myself...to battle fatigue...discipline myself to maintain my dietary demands and overcome the pain of injury will be that much harder to endure...but with my Friends...You and Your Friends and our extended World Family...I know I can do it.
Follow close by my side as I work toward those Microseconds of time that I will search for...microseconds that will indellibly etch my name and Yours by your support into Athletics History....I encourage you to follow me....tell your friends and their friends to run this race with me.....and Win!
Monday, December 18, 2006
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