Hello readers! Well the Twomeys experiment is well and truly over, and I survived without having any extra digits start growing off my limbs and no hideous steroid type increases in muscle mass so Thanks Mum but you can stop worrying now. After a few hot runs, and initially foamy armpits over the course of the week […]
Tag Archives: running
December
23
The Twomeys Experiment – Day 2, An exercise in Colon Control.
posted by Fitmidget
So on the weekend I started the twomeys experiment, beginning with a 5km benchmark run, the colon cleanse yesterday and following up with a 5km run today. And I have to admit there have been a few surprises to come out of this experiment so far that I think are worth noting. 1. Herbs can be […]
December
23
The Twomeys Experiment – The Plan
posted by Fitmidget
So over the last few weeks I have been chatting with a delightful man named Gerrard Twomey who is the founder/director/producer of a range of natural sports and arthritis creams called Twomey’s. Gerrard, knowing I was a fitness enthusiast called me to ask me if I’d like to do a trial with some of his all […]
December
19
Dealing with my worst ultra marathon ever
posted by Fitmidget
So, here I stand at the end of a big year..having completed it by running an absolute disaster of a race. Yes my last Ultra for the year saw me finish in my worst time ever and I have to say, it’s left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Just last Sunday I was […]
October
08
The 3am Strip Show
posted by Fitmidget
So it was 3:30am and we were all awake bustling around in the tent getting our running gear together. It was only when Karen made the cheeky comment, “Look Jamie’s putting on a show for us” that I realised my amazingly bright camping lantern was casting a full body silhouette on the tent internal walls for all […]
September
19
Omega 3’s, 6’s & 9’s, 1099’s, 1 million and 2.85’s… and a Dog that eats Asparagus
posted by Fitmidget
Following on from an epic metabolic conditioning session involving butt gusting double unders, one arm dumbbell snatches, handstand push ups, sit ups, 600m sprints, decline ab sit ups and bicep curls it was no surprise I was absolutely starving by the time I got home from the gym last night! And in the words of […]
September
10
Once upon a time…
posted by Fitmidget
This a story about a happy ending. Like all good happy endings, it begins with a fairy tale. Except it wasn’t a very pretty fairy tale. It had no magic carpets, genies or fairy dust.,but it did have dirt… lots of it.. and also a little bit of special magic. This is no ordinary magic. It is the type of magic that […]
March
21
A night at Lark Hill – Part 2
posted by Fitmidget
Karen was only allowed a few minutes to stop and sit before she dragged herself back up and out on the trail again. Holy cow I admired her. It took a tremendous amount of guts to sit in that seat and be able to get back up again with functional legs and even partly functional brain. Mentally […]
March
13
A night at Lark Hill – Part 1
posted by Fitmidget
It all started on a road trip out to Cunderdin. My then new running friend Karen had invited me to tag along to participate in an event over the Christmas break and it was then during the car ride that we had got on to talking about our running goals. I had explained that I was determined that 2013 […]
January
14
Stay Puft – The tale of a ghostbusting adventure and neverending sand!
posted by Fitmidget
Sunday the 13th of January, unlucky number for the superstitious for exciting for me as this was to be the first race of the Perth Trail Summer Series! The Perth Trail series is a collection of 5 short but challenging trail races in the hills surrounding Perth with both Short and Long course options. The short usually range […]
November
29
A Weekend Of Many First’s – Part 4….A race against the clock and the winner is…The Tastiest Milo ever.
posted by Fitmidget
I wanted to be able to say I had finished 12 hours all on my own accord, and by giving her my pack felt like my statement of ‘I Did it!’ would lack credibility. ‘Give it back please, I just can’t let you do it.’ I said. Bernadette, being a psychologist, later pointed out that […]
November
27
A Weekend of Many Firsts – Part 3 – Dung, Disorientation & Dirty Dancing.
posted by Fitmidget
Ahead of us was the thickest nastiest bush we had been through yet. The land was uneven and the bushes seemed to be taller and for me – all-consuming. It was at this point that the stinging of the scratches on my legs became intolerable and the temperature was dropping so I decided to get changed into […]
A Weekend of Many Firsts – Part 2 – Spurs, sandwiches and hallucinations.
posted by Fitmidget
After not initially knowing anything about rogaining, I had consulted the oracle (google) and learnt that rogaining was done in teams of 2-5 and involved navigating your way through a mapped area, cross-country and bushland to collect as many ‘controls’ as possible. I was soon to also learn that these controls would be worth different point values […]
November
07
A Weekend of many firsts – Part 1
posted by Fitmidget
So it was to be my last event for the year, and I’d chosen to go on a 12 hour Rogaine with a world class ultra runner, and a world class rogainer. What on earth had I gotten myself into! I left home at 2:30pm and my teammate Bernadette and I arrived in Nannup around three hours later and […]
Training for the trailathlon (try saying that 3 times fast)
posted by Fitmidget
What on earth is a Trailathlon I can hear you ask? It’s an interesting concoction of weekend running thought up by Ultrarunner Bernadette Benson for the last event on the Perth Trail series calendar. It’s the ‘big mama event’ to finish up their line up for 2012 and they are calling it a Trailathlon. It consists of a weekend spent camping […]
Beginners Guide to Trail Running
posted by Fitmidget
For those of you who enjoy a break away from the hustle and bustle of a busy city, and prefer to be outdoors and amongst it, trail running maybe for you. It takes the average exerciser to places they may only ever see on a tv in a gym, and plunges them into the great outdoors. You can […]
My love hate relationship with Wally Grunta
posted by Fitmidget
I visited one of my long-lost loves today and reignited my passion for trail running. Walyunga National Park or Wally Grunta as I affectionately call him is the bad boyfriend that I love to hate and hate to love. He is at times the gentle protector, offering cool water and the shade of the trees, but other times he’s downright abusive […]
Friday Funnies
posted by Fitmidget
I was sent this earlier in the week and I just had to post it. In no way do I endorse trying any of these things at home or in the gym.
Respect The Distance
posted by Fitmidget
There’s a little bug that has been niggling at me lately, and everywhere I go at the moment I seem to be finding it. Glorified stories of people running marathons, half marathons and the 12km City to Surf after having undertaken absolutely zero training. No don’t get me wrong, kudos to those who have done it and survived […]
Sunnies, Skins and Skirts @ The City To Surf Expo – 25th Aug 2012
posted by Fitmidget
After a busy day fighting my way through the supermarket buying my goodies for the evenings cooking adventure (please see post on Roasted pumpkin chicken and spinach risotto) I also managed a stop in at the City to Surf Expo held at the Perth Convention Centre on Saturday. Arriving at the expo I was surprised […]
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