Next challenge is an old challenge
I’ve had a few people ask me what is next in terms of running and I’m going to be doing the Adra Half Marathon on the 29th of November.  I’m going to run this with my wife and I’m really looking forward to it as it will be her inaugural half marathon. However, my next big fitness challenge is to get the 100 push-ups challenge out of the way. I was very fortunate in that Steve Spiers, who is the mastermind behind the 100 push-ups craze, sent me a copy of his book:

Auckland Marathon 2009 Race Report
I did not sleep much last night.  I guess I was a bit nervous about the event and that got my brain buzzing.  After a lot of tossing and turning I finally fell asleep about 2 minutes before my alarm went off.  Well that’s what it felt like! I have this thing about always being on time and so I like to be ready early so I think I did really well to catch the second ferry of the morning rather than the first – unlike last year! I was in Devonport at about 5am and I almost immediately bumped into fellow blogger Aaron. We had a good chat about the upcoming event and then headed our separate ways. The star

Last Minute Marathon Tips
I saw this on Ted’s blog and had to share: Last Minute Marathon Tips: shot with Nikon D90 from Mike Kobal on Vimeo. © ebsfwan for Andrew is getting fit, 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Add to

The final countdown
Well, 6 days to do to my first Auckland Marathon. I have to admit I’m starting to really look forward to it. My marathon training program called for a gentle 8 miles as my long run yesterday.  It feels a bit ridiculous to be calling 8 miles a long run now but that’s the way it is.  I had a great run with my wife.  She was having a step back week (her half marathon is at the end of November) and I of course was in my last long run of the taper. I was full of beans and raring to go which is a bit of a relief after my nasty long run last week.  I

A bad week and a bad run
It’s been a pretty busy week at work and I’ve also had the manflu so I skipped a few of the midweek runs.  It also hasn’t helped that my little girl has been having sleep issues so my wife and I have been getting very little sleep. Anyway, today we wanted to do a half marathon but when my alarm woke us up at 5 we were both rather bleary eyed.  There was also a rather ominous howl of wind and the sound of torrential rain so my wife turned around and went back to bed!  I was sorely tempted to follow her but I was wide awake so I decided to have breakfast and catch up on the news instead. We eventually managed to get out at about 1:30pm and the conditions