Hi All,
It has been a hectic few past weeks with much travel, developments, and training. Along the way:
- Sam and I have been to the Hunter Valley for Sam’s work colleagues’ wedding, staying at the lovely St Briavel's cottage near Broke (with Dirk and Sarah Melton - plus Brad, who was a late addition to the household ;) ). It was a great weekend away…'Angel' by Robbie Williams has taken on a whole new meaning for me…I don’t think I’ll ever sing it seriously again…not that I ever did;
- I wanted to do 3:10hr for the Sydney Marathon and I scraped in with 3:09hr on dead legs. Sam’s cousin Steve ran his first major half marathon and Sam felt like she had done a marathon just walking around and watching it from the sidelines (she’s not so active these days);
- I finally bought a car (from Peter Warren Ford thanks Anthony, Peter, Gabriel, Emma) for the bub (and my bikes ;) ) ;
- I bought a nice new king sized bed for some leg room and a great sleep from Sleepyhead;
- the house is speeding along and nearly complete. Sam and I are hopeless “handymen” – thank goodness we have Sam’s parents to help us with it – they’re like our own version of a renovation show – we keep expecting Scott Cam and Jamie Durie to jump out at us – but instead we have our own makeover show with Frank and Jan”;
- baby classes are almost complete - with the biggest learning curve yet to come; and
- the shop is having a sale in a big way to clear all stock for some new remodelling and it is going crazy.
Updates to follow with some nice pictures. But Sam, bub, and I are all travelling well and all spare time is being spent on the training front with the programs Mark has given me which I’m really enjoying.
Congrats to Brats for winning the Australian Team Triathlon Champs on the weekend for the 4th consecutive year!
Cheers,
Bevan.
Tuesday 30 September 2008
Tuesday 2 September 2008
Week 25-31 August and Kangaroo Valley
Training wise, a stable week of 107.2km running plus 30km of walking recovery. I also had my first hit out in the pool which felt great with the blood flowing into the arms. I will be starting to ramp up the biking and swimming again now. Sam is not able to exercise much with the bub growth now limiting her. So, Sam will be joining me for night swims at the pool which will help us both with some frequency. It will be fun to train with Sam for a bit.
We had our first 'baby class' last Thursday where we got the gist of what happens, how, and where in the hospital. Was a good eye opener for all and very informative, especially the 'how to tell you are in labour' part rather than plain old 'cruisy' Braxton Hicks contractions. Five more classes, with 3 on having the bub, and 3 on parenting/post birth. No doubt, many more interesting tidbits to come...
Sam and I headed to Kangaroo Valley with Julian and Melanie Grover for the weekend staying at the lovely 'Alcheringa' bed and breakfast which is owned by Sam's old boss. It's very relaxing and well positioned on top of a mountain on Nugents Creek Road. We lapped up the luxury. Greeted with good weather, we headed out to Berry for a day trip, into the Valley for some good food, and just generally chilled in front of the log fire enjoying the view. Julian and I however did not enjoy waiting up to watch Australia get flogged and show a dismal display of schoolboy rugby against the Springboks (albeit with some dodgy refereeing decisions ;) ). Let's hope they can turn that around for the Bledisloe and Tri-Nations decider in Brisbane in a fortnight against the All-Blacks. Kangaroo Valley is a bit of a misnomer also. There were a few kangaroos but we saw echidnas, wallaby's, many native birds, and heaps of wombats. It should actually be renamed Wombat Valley for the pure numbers of those fuzzy animals. It would be a great place to show off our flora and fauna to overseas visitors with a guarantee of viewing the above.
I also headed out each day for some hard hill running over the Valley. Perfect tracks for training those muscles. At times I was virtually running on the spot to climb up the steep inclines of tracks. My butt, hami's, and quads are a bit sore these past two days from the hill climbs and descents. Makes me think about the Comrades marathon in South Africa that I would like to complete one day that runs through the 'Valley of 1000 hills'. I would need some serious hill training to complete that one.
I found a nice quote the other day, "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve". I like finding things that help to remind you of your goals and refocus when you are drifting at times. I will be posting any that I see now at the end of each blog. The above is a nice one as I have been told many times that I could not do something or win something only to make it happen. I would rather give things a go and see how they fall, than not try at all because something/one told me it was not possible (or not possible for them). Things may take some 'extra time' but you can get there in the end or damn close ;) .
Cheers,
Bevan.
We had our first 'baby class' last Thursday where we got the gist of what happens, how, and where in the hospital. Was a good eye opener for all and very informative, especially the 'how to tell you are in labour' part rather than plain old 'cruisy' Braxton Hicks contractions. Five more classes, with 3 on having the bub, and 3 on parenting/post birth. No doubt, many more interesting tidbits to come...
Sam and I headed to Kangaroo Valley with Julian and Melanie Grover for the weekend staying at the lovely 'Alcheringa' bed and breakfast which is owned by Sam's old boss. It's very relaxing and well positioned on top of a mountain on Nugents Creek Road. We lapped up the luxury. Greeted with good weather, we headed out to Berry for a day trip, into the Valley for some good food, and just generally chilled in front of the log fire enjoying the view. Julian and I however did not enjoy waiting up to watch Australia get flogged and show a dismal display of schoolboy rugby against the Springboks (albeit with some dodgy refereeing decisions ;) ). Let's hope they can turn that around for the Bledisloe and Tri-Nations decider in Brisbane in a fortnight against the All-Blacks. Kangaroo Valley is a bit of a misnomer also. There were a few kangaroos but we saw echidnas, wallaby's, many native birds, and heaps of wombats. It should actually be renamed Wombat Valley for the pure numbers of those fuzzy animals. It would be a great place to show off our flora and fauna to overseas visitors with a guarantee of viewing the above.
I also headed out each day for some hard hill running over the Valley. Perfect tracks for training those muscles. At times I was virtually running on the spot to climb up the steep inclines of tracks. My butt, hami's, and quads are a bit sore these past two days from the hill climbs and descents. Makes me think about the Comrades marathon in South Africa that I would like to complete one day that runs through the 'Valley of 1000 hills'. I would need some serious hill training to complete that one.
I found a nice quote the other day, "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve". I like finding things that help to remind you of your goals and refocus when you are drifting at times. I will be posting any that I see now at the end of each blog. The above is a nice one as I have been told many times that I could not do something or win something only to make it happen. I would rather give things a go and see how they fall, than not try at all because something/one told me it was not possible (or not possible for them). Things may take some 'extra time' but you can get there in the end or damn close ;) .
Cheers,
Bevan.
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