Back to Physio

So it was a trip back to the Physiotherapy room this afternoon, thought I would try another clinic and was fairly good. Had some more acupuncture ... and a little massage. Have been told I NEED to do more stretching and some more strengthening exercises.

This injury will be a recurrence from the one where I ripped my calves just before Christmas in 2009, so not strengthening them hasn't done my running any good.

But I'm allowed to cycle to my hearts content!!! Thats a great thing, because I have a couple of cycling events coming up.

Tomorrow night (wednesday) I have the pukete summer series mountain bike race again, where I'm coming 1st at the moment in the open mens class.

On Saturday I have the rev120, a road race starting in Hamilton, heading out to Karapiro, Cambridge, Matamata and heading back into Hamilton.

The weekend after that I have the Pukete Spaghetti, a 6hr mountain bike race at the Pukete mountain bike park!!!

Blueberry Fun Run 17km

Ran the 17km Blueberry Fun Run today in a time of 1hr 35mins. A lot faster than I thought I would run it!

Ran at a fairly steady pace, used to drink stops to my advantage and managed to find someone to run with, that helped a lot.

At the end, I indulged  in the Free blueberry pie, YUM!

I managed a spot prize of a $10 Robert Harris cafe voucher, might have to take Jocelyn out to lunch.

The Black Stump

Wow, this is going to be a ripper weekend!!!

Have the Black stump on Saturday, and the Blueberry Run on Sunday.

Black Stump 30km adventure ride.

Rode the black stump on the single speed today, with gearing of 34/18. Was great, but might go for a 19 or 20 tooth cog next year. I rode a time of 2hrs 18mins, and that was with a flat tyre/tube change, half way around the track!

Blueberry 17km Run tomorrow ...