A windy run, a milestone & a fan
My wife and I have the Adra Half Marathon coming up this Sunday so we wanted to get a nice easy 12km in yesterday morning. Our babysitter (Grandma) needed to be out by 8am so we left at 6 so that we would have a good buffer.
Unfortunately it was very windy and so running was quite tough at times. I kept thinking that it was funny that I could run a marathon but still struggle on a 12ker!
There were very few other runners out on Tamaki Drive (unlike just before the Marathon!) but we did meet one older gentleman who ran with us for a few km. He managed to impress me greatly when he casually mentioned that he’d recently run his 106th marathon!
The highlight of my run had to be hitting 1000 miles for the year. I think 1000 miles is a decent total myself. 
Today I nipped down to Borders to buy a book during lunchtime today and a friendly lady jumped out and said “You won’t know me at all but I read your blog!” Funnily enough, I think I do know her. My long suffering wife immediately commented on how the highlight of the day was no longer lunch with the wife but rather recognition from a fan. I say long suffering wife as she is used to lots of people coming up to me and saying hello. I’m not famous or anything but I do teach at stage 01 at University and as such I’ve had thousands of students over the years.
In other news I did the end of week 02 100 push-ups test and I managed to nut out 41 in a row which is a good improvement.
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November 23rd, 2009 16:22
Honestly, I’d rather run in the snow than the wind. I generally find running in wind miserable. Cool that someone recognized you though.
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November 23rd, 2009 18:49
Hi Andrew,
Sorry for jumping out at you today, especially as we don’t actually know each other.
Your blog posts motivated me so much during my marathon training, and it was just so nice to be able to say “hi” even though I am guessing you don’t really know how much I followed your training schedules and planned my runs to follow yours.
Thanks again for helping get me through my first marathon, and I hope I didn’t spoil your lunch with you wife
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reply on November 23rd, 2009 8:08 pm:
It made my day!
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November 23rd, 2009 22:18
Well done, 1000km is a great milestone!
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November 24th, 2009 04:38
yeah it is weird how sometimes a little run is so much more difficult than a marathon..goes to show its all in the head. As for the wind…you’ve just gotta run in wellington…blows you backwards..makes for an exciting run-holding on to anything you can so you dont fly into the sea….enjoy!!
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November 28th, 2009 02:39
Nice work on the pushups. Those pecs will help you keep the paparazzi away!!!
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November 28th, 2009 23:08
1000 miles?! Sweet! Do you have a goal for next year?
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November 29th, 2009 04:38
Hey Andrew! You’re rockin’ the pushups. I gave up in the middle of week 3 way back when I tried it. You’ve boosted my motivation to get started on them again. Also, 1000K is awesome for the year. I don’t know how much I’ve run this year, but I’m sure it’s more than my other 34 years of life combined and I just passed 120 miles for November which is for sure my highest monthly total ever. Keep up the good work and keep motivating others!
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November 29th, 2009 08:09
Must be famous being recognised from your blog!
My only fan claim was being photographed with some indian tourists at the top of Mt Eden during a training run. They apparently wanted evidence that someone was mad enough to run up it (even though its not that bad!)
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December 1st, 2009 05:19
Must have been exciting to be recognized by a fan!
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