The training shed up in the backyard was in full action this morning with a 10,000-metre row to the sounds of Deep Purple at silly o’clock…
As much as I enjoy strength and weight training, I can’t expect to be a 100-kilogram gorilla and climb mountains, but the weight training has kept me going over these past few months…
Hey, keep your fingers crossed that my Achilles tendon that I had surgically repaired earlier this year holds up!
And it seems to be as I start ramping up the cardio exercise and I must say it makes a pleasant change to the weight training.
As part of training for the mountains I am working towards a 100 kilometre-running race (I use the term running sparingly) through the mountains that I regularly hike and that takes place in September 2014.
And I’ll need every bit of that time to prepare, and the last mountain running I did was in one of the world’s toughest endurance races, the Speight’s Coast to Coast Adventure Race in New Zealand in 2012.
And yes, that Kiwi brother-in-law of mine is hot on my heels pushing me, again!
I’m also planning to cycle the iconic Birdsville Track in outback Australia in April 2014. It is roughly 500 kilometres in length and the aim is to ride as much as I can on my Canondale 29-er Mountain Bike.
Dream big I say, and of course, live to the motto that “those that don’t think it can be done shouldn’t bother the person doing it.”
Cheers, Baz – The Landy
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You are kind of inspirational! You will do it!
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Well I’m kind of happy about that, ta 😉
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Yes you will!
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You put me to shame!
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No! Each to their own…take care sweetie! 🙂
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Fantastic set up! Happy new year!!!
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Thanks Stina…! 🙂
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Great goals! I’m looking forward to hearing about them.
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And I’m totally looking forward to it after a tough year from an injury perspective.
How is all the camping going with your family? Cheers, Baz 🙂
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No camping now, its winter here and I’m a warm weather camper! But we’re still hiking!
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Wonderfully done! Happy New Year!
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Thankyou, it is about time I was back on the rower!
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Indeed!
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looking forward to following all of your adventures :}
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A few planned, so we’ll see how many we can pull off BG!
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Those are some pretty awesome goals for 2014, Baz! I will be cheering you on the entire way!
p.s. that 100 km run sounds disgusting – and amazing at the same time! 🙂
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Well actually, we have done that course a couple of times, walking it in 20 hours covering around 92 klms, so we need to do an extra 8 klms, and cover it in 22 hours which is the cut-off time.
This is the track along the Great North Walk which is a 240 kilometre walking tracking between Sydney and Newcastle to the North. We have walked it in total taking around 8 days with 20 kg back packs. You can read about it here. And I must say, it is a spectacular all in parts, on our doorstep literally, and totally free. How good is that!
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That looks amazing! I just commented over there in that post, but just realized that I misread the route. I took the 179 kms from the sign to be the total but now I see you did 240 kms. That’s awesome!
And your pace of 100 kms in 22 hrs is crazy aggressive! I used to do 60 kms in 12 hours spread across two days. Go you!!
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This is a great walk, and oddly, we see very few people on it. The first 80 alms from the CBD of Sydney’s business district to the Hawkesbury River (our training ground) is spectacularly beautiful and is promoted offshore as a destination for walkers. There are B&B’s that you can stay in and make it a 3-4 day walk.
And yeah, make sure you make it over, you’ll love it!
Take care, and once again, to you, what a great achievement and inspiration you have been too many this past year, Baz and the crew!
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Right back at’ya Baz. You have been an awesome inspiration for me as well.
Cheers – and Happy New Year to you, Janet and TomO.
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Go big or go home pal! Fell off the following list of your blog, but I am back and looking forward to 2014! I am betting they used plenty of duct tape on the tendon, you will be fine!
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Thanks Tony, thought you might appreciate the bike bit…should be awesome, and we’ll see how much I can do of the track!
On the Achilles, yes, still al title tight, but doing lots of stretching! Cheers
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You can do it!! I’m rooting for you!
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Well I’m now year behind my original schedule, so long as I wake up each day I’m sure I will get there eventually.
Now I am blushing a bit here, and I know the term “rooting for you” is a great Americanism, but in Aussie lingo, it has a completely different meaning, but hey, whatever works! 😉
Cheers, Baz (How are the boys and the Big Fella, and Mom of course?)
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we can’t plan life, right? one beautiful day at a time. and now i’m blushing, because clearly i said something inappropriate even though i don’t know it is!! haha.
boys – crazy, snarky and adorable; big fella – getting itchy for pre-baseball training to start in a week or so and mom – hot and sweet as always.
how’s janet and tomO, anything exciting or just the usual excitment?
happy new year!!
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Sounds like your household is running as usual – and that is good!
Yes, all good here, we are celebrating the new Year in at Newcastle, a city to the north of Sydney (140klms) with Janet’s sister, and the brother-in-law (Tongio) which means plenty of activities and fun…
Blush away, but don’t worry, we get the meaning intended! But if you get a chance here is some good old Aussie Slang
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html
😉
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Well, Root!! hahaha! that gave me a laugh out loud. and boy does that sound bad! hahah
there’s so much good slang over there! i’m going back to study up! wonder why a Seppo is an american.
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thanks for the link :}
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Aim high. You’ll go farther. Rootin’ for you.
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Laughing me head-off now, after just responding to Icecreammama…is that all yo blokes and gals do over there!
Apologies, I hope I’m not coming over too crass!
Thanks Jim, that is what I say, aim big, besides it is in the dreaming and trying that counts, failure never figures in my vocabulary…
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Well…I just checked the meaning of “rooting for you”. It seems we are not meaning the same thing. I got a good LOL out that one. Thanks for clearing that up. But, if it helps you reach your goals…whatever trips your trigger.
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Good on you!
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Ta 🙂
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