Running with the ducks

We’ve had some great weather (if you ignore the odd rain shower) in Auckland the last few weeks.  This means I’ve had some great runs outside.

On Sunday I went out to the Domain with my family and as they went looking at real ducks in the duckpond I did some more laps of the mile track there and happened to see another duck (picture on the left) of my own!

Today the sun was out but there was an icey wind blowing so I wimped out and went and ran in the gym.  I wanted to just have an easy run for an hour so that’s what I did!  I did 10.6km in the 60 minutes.

I’m just about over my lurgy but not quite yet.  I still have a runny nose but I reckon another day or two and I’ll be back to normal.

I was hoping to go for a run with the Adirun Nightrunners (the duck people) tonight as they have a 10K run at 6pm on Tuesdays.  Unfortunately my wife has now come down with the dreaded lurgy so I had to be home to do toddler duty. Maybe next week.

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September 30, 2008 | Filed Under running 

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11 Responses to “Running with the ducks”

  1. AaronNo Gravatar on September 30th, 2008 8:41 pm

    Yes the weather the last few weeks has in the main part been glorious.

    Nice effort at the gym. I struggle on the treadmill and get bored too easily – do you listen to music?

    “Nightrunners” sounds pretty cool. I’m guessing that start their runs off at the shop in Newmarket?

  2. Andrew(AJH)No Gravatar on September 30th, 2008 9:17 pm

    Oh no, the lurgy strikes again. Hopefully it doesn’y do the rounds of the whole family again!

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  3. UsmanNo Gravatar on September 30th, 2008 11:52 pm

    Take lots of hot chocolate and warm milk. Wrap yourself in a quilt for a day. You dont want to get sick..do you??

  4. MizFitNo Gravatar on October 1st, 2008 12:34 am

    I second usmans emotion.

    and wanna do that too.

    can I pretend I mightcould get sick?

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  5. DaveNo Gravatar on October 1st, 2008 6:31 am

    Sry Andrew for the silly question..
    I know you are on the other side of the world, but is it really Spring there? Of course it is Fall in the US..
    Listen to Usman, hot chocolate really works, really..
    haha At least it tastes good.

    Daves last blog post..Sluggin Around

  6. AndrewENo Gravatar on October 1st, 2008 6:43 am

    Yep. We are in the Southern Hemisphere in NZ so our seasons are the opposite to yours.
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  7. VavaNo Gravatar on October 2nd, 2008 1:56 am

    On this side the blogs are starting in on the whole running in the dark dilema, soon to be followed by the running in the cold dilema no doubt. I will live vicariously through your Spring and Summer running over the coming months. Glad to hear you are feeling better.

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  8. nancyNo Gravatar on October 2nd, 2008 2:43 am

    THis post makes me look forward to my first run back. I can’t wait for that easy 10k again!

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  9. FLGNo Gravatar on October 2nd, 2008 2:56 am

    Colds suck so much. I’m pretty much 100% over mine, but still a little niggle in the throat.

    I never knew the Domain had a miletrack. That’s pretty cool. I won’t be using it any time soon, but that’s cool :D

    FLGs last blog post..STEELERS!

  10. SallyNo Gravatar on October 2nd, 2008 8:40 am

    I think it’s just about finished going through everyone in the house. At least, should be uphill from now…

    I want to go running too…..
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  11. Lenny StarkNo Gravatar on November 13th, 2008 9:09 am

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