Bod Pod Blog

Training Log 11-17 Apr 16 This week had a couple of interesting runs. A friend of mine and her two year old son joined us for our 10km & 5km runs. Sarah is in training for the Ultra Trail Australia 22km being held at Katoomba NSW next month, as well as the Townsville Running Festival. I volunteered to push Cooper so she could get a decent run in and as all the mums and dads would know, it’s not easy running behind a pram. Not sure what was worse though, a 10km flat run or running up Castle hill pushing the pram. Either way we both got a good workout and I learnt some new two year old vocabulary from...Read More

Training Log 4-10 Apr 16 Well folks, its blog time. This is one thing I never thought I’d be doing, just like I never thought I’d be running a half marathon. Just goes to show, we’re never too old to try something new. This week saw the official start of my training for the 2016 McDonald’s Townsville Running Festival. With my running partner (my wife Geraldine), we set a plan to run Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with weight training Tuesday and Thursday. I’ve registered for the half marathon and Geraldine is yet to register, but I think she’s up for the 10km, so watch this space. Monday was a 10km run from Rose bay to Pallarenda and back (the first...Read More