A slack week and a bit of link love
It’s been a bit of a slack week with regard to my running. Monday and Tuesday were great. 14km and 13km respectively. Wednesday I was away all day at our local Microsoft headoffice as I had some student groups presenting in the Imagine Cup finals. Thursday we had a staff retreat and on Friday I had to go in very early to catch up on the work that I hadn’t done while being out of the office. I probably could have done a bit better with my planning and gotten some runs in but I think the rest will do me good so I’m not too fussed.
This morning (it’s Saturday here in NZ) I got up early (5AM) and headed out for a run. I love the early runs as I love running along and watching the sun come up:
Conditions were great and it was really nice to get out and stretch the legs. Once the sun was up it got a bit warmer:
But it was still great!
I’ve done 252 km in February and 516 km (321 miles) for the year so far. That’s not bad if I say so myself.
In other news, Brandon over at So long, fatass has issued a Weekend warriors challenge which I think I’ll enter. He’s noticed that he’s great at healthy living during the week but not so great on weekends. That’s one of my biggest weaknesses as well. So the idea is that next weekend we live healthy as well and see what results we can get.
Kepa, from The Lazy Fat Guy (and a fellow New Zealander), met and fell in love with Mary over at A Merry Life. She’s recently been here in NZ to visit him and now that she’s back in the States he’s pining away for her. He wants to visit her but he’s a poor student so he’s asking for donations. The blogosphere has been very kind to him so far and he’s almost raised enough money for his trip. If you’ve got a minute head over to his blog and read his story. He’s quite an impressive fellow who started off at over 500 pounds and has recently hit his first goal of getting under 220 pounds. He got on the TV news for that!
Wow! That mileage is very impressive. I thought I was doing well and I have less than 50% of your total. Amazing! Good luck on the weekend healthy tip as well.
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You deserve a slack week, dude! Not too slack, mind you…
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That’s awesome! I can’t even imagine running 321 miles. Kudos!
Seems odd that it’s already Saturday there. 3:45 p.m. Friday where I am. Say, can you do me a favor and look up some lottery numbers for later tonight? I mean, if it’s already Saturday there, and it’s still Friday here… Sorry. Lame joke. I’ll stop now.
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Hey Andrew, thanks for the linkage on the challenge – hopefully it will help get more people involved!
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A bit of rest never did anyone any harm, darn work that gets in the way of running though!
Thanks for the link to Kepa’s blog, I’d lurked a couple of of times but didn’t realise what he was up to since hitting goal weight.
Have a good, and healthy, weekend
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Just love the pics!!! Good job! You still done good!
So cool about Kepa & Mary! I knew their story but did not realize Kepa got all those donations! How exciting! A true love story!
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I like how we have a circle of fitness bloggers. Can’t believe you can wake up at 5am on a saturday. That is my one day to recover from all the other early waking I do
Lovely mornings, though, when I don’t feel sick from lack of sleep 
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Thanks for sharing the link love! I hope he can make it over here to visit Mary – how romantic and inspiring.
Congratulations on the awesome runs – again – you live in a beautiful part of the world!
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Fabulous running photos! I’m totally drooling over the lush green in photo #2. I have to wait until May to see that here in Montreal!
I’m also in on the Weekend Warriors challenge over at So Long Fat Ass!!!
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First off, those pictures are BEAUTIFUL. I live so close to the ocean and a beach, so I think this may have just inspired me to wake up and take a morning jog type thing myself!
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Everyone needs a week off sometimes…
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Wonderful post – your mileage, the photos, the links. Thanks!
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This morning (it’s Saturday here in NZ) I got up early (5AM) and headed out for a run.
This just blew my mind! There’s a 5AM in NZ??? When did this happen!
You work at Microsoft Andrew?
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I work at the University of Auckland.
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That’s awesome! I think I need to will myself to become a morning person. I simply am not one. Good job on the progress!
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Really good article.. thanks for shared
Good job on the progress
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Gorgeous photos!
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That’s a fantastic track record for running! Just awesome. And congrats on onederland. I’m excited to get there.
I had my body fat measured today and I was 29.9%- that’s normal. I’ve never been normal a day in my life.
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Nice work on the mileage Andrew. And some nice shots as well.
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man..so jealous of where you live..If only I live at a place with such a nice view..anyway,crazy mileage!!!!I’m still struggling getting to 150 km for 2 months..haha..go go go!!!
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Great going Andrew. You really are inspirational. Much love as always xxx
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Very inspirational Andrew, keep it up!
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