APRIL 4, 2012 So I’ve been putting a fair bit of thought on how I have improved this year’s training and lead up to the Classic. I have put so much more time into climbing mountains and so thankful for this paradise I am living in this year to be able to do so. Well
APRIL 9, 2012 I don’t want Easter to be over and I could definately get used to a four day weekend. Speaking to friends yesterday we agreed that full time work gets in the way of many a thing in a runner’s lifestyle…..unfortunately working is required to live! Good Friday turned into Big Friday. Decided
APRIL 17, 2012 Not how I expected to spend my 27th birthday yesterday (even though it was only going to be a standard work day anyway!). Holed up at home with a bung back having already seen a sports masseuse and chiropractor. Definitely improved since the appointment but I have a few more visits this
APRIL 20, 2012 Rather intensive week with a chiropractor this week! Probably not the most ideal thing I’d like to be doing one week out from the Classic, but this guy is good and knows his stuff. Things would probably be ten times worse at this end of the week had I not been told
APRIL 27, 2012 One sleep!! Half a day of work to go then a drive to Queenstown to meet my two close friends who are also running the Classic, then we travel to Te Anau together. Can’t wait for the roadie through a beautiful part of the country. Then the run over the mountains into
MAY 1, 2012 My second Classic done and dusted. 4 minutes shy of last year’s time (Ev sorry for the F bomb at the finish line when you told me what time I’d come in at – haha!) but dang I don’t know if I had much more in the tank this year. How lucky
FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Hello! I’m Dominic Harvey. I am a radio broadcaster. You can hear me talking shit, telling yarns between 6 and 10am weekday mornings on The Edge radio station. I am a distance runner. Not a fast one, but I still love it. I love marathons. I have chalked up almost ten of
MARCH 11, 2012 As soon as my entry to Routeburn was confirmed I bought a book on trail running online then went to Rebel Sport and got some trail running shoes and a camelbak. When it comes to running on anything other than asphalt and concrete, I am a virgin. I have always been a
MARCH 20, 2012 I am a convert to off road running. I still run on roads. But it is the trails I get excited about. Now when I am road running, I kind of feel al ittle ripped off because I know how much more enjoyment I would have having with a different surface underfoot
MARCH 25, 2012 I took part in my first organized trail event last weekend. Auckland’s “The Dual.” Great event, too. Only into its 4th year but is run like a well oiled machine. No mean feat given the numerous events on offer- 10km and 21km runs, 30km and 50km mountain bike rides. The event is