Archive for February, 2010

So, one of the reasons I haven’t been updating the blog of late is because I have been too busy training for the Round the Bays half marathon in Wellington. I set myself a goal of being able to complete it without stopping in under 2 hours. I got my tactics a bit wrong at the start and cruised the first 10km a bit too much (never thought I would write a sentence that said ‘cruised 10km’). I finished with a time of 2 hours 5 minutes but I did get round without stopping and in temps of 23 degrees plus. The Wellington wind played its part too!

Thanks to Rick and Noel for being excellent training partners. Thanks also to the Kings of Leon, Foo Fighters and the Killers for providing rip roaring rock anthems to keep me going. Favourite running tune is now Cold Desert by the Kings of Leon.

The other reason I haven’t been updating this blog is I have been busy having far too much fun! In the last two months we have travelled most of the South Island, been Sea Kayaking in both Milford and Marlborough Sounds, walked up to a glacier, climbed a mountain at Lake Takepo, been flooded out of our campsite in Milford Sound, attended the Marlborough wine festival, took part in the festivities that are the Wellington rugby sevens (still got a hangover!), found my new favourite micro brewery (Moa – just a shame it is on the South Island), flown twice to Nelson on the same plane (hairdryer – refer to previous blog in June last year), broke our car, bought a new car, and all that whilst trying to train for a half marathon. I’m lucky I finished at all! I’m exhausted but can’t wait to get back on the golf course…. it’s been quite a while.

This afternoon we are off to watch the mighty Wellington Phoenix take on Perth Glory in a crucial elimination game for the A-league play offs (football).

Below are some photos of our recent activities (by the way, the people you see walking while I am running at the end only walked 7k)….. I’ve got another bus story to tell, but will save this for the next blog. Promise to do better from now on……

You will see a photo of Lake Takepo below – definitely the most beautiful place on our travels so far and that’s saying something when comparing to Milford Sound.