New Years resolutions

It's been a while since my last post, but this time that doesn't mean I've been a bit slack. The week after the Big Kid/Goat race I was the runner in a team for the Rotorua Half Ironman, which involved a predominantly off road half marathon on tracks and gravel roads around Blue and Green Lakes in Rotorua. The day was warm, at times ridiculously so, and one 10km section in particular, as well as several other sections were in direct blazing sunlight, but in all it was a really fun run, with lots of support.

Since then  my training has continued. Most of my running has been near home, with a few runs a bit further afield up the Kahutarewa Valley and Mountainbike  Park, and one 21km run pushing Luke in his Mountain Buggy around the Round Palmerston North walkway.

And so on to resolutions for 2014. I'm going to try and not make an time based resolutions: as I found last year they are subject to conditions on the day often beyond my control. So:

1. I would like to complete Tarawera 100km race

2. I would like to complete one other 100km race. At the moment it is looking as though this may be the North Face 100 in Katoomba, in mid May

3. I will pass my end of year General Practice Exams

4. I would like to lose 10kg that seems to have crept on over the past few years.

My next planned race is the Kaweka Challenge mid distance race on February 1. This promises to be real mission, but hopefully an enjoyable one. The weekend after I may try and run around Mt Taranaki, depending on how the legs feel. In the meantime I'm trying to get as many hills into my training as possible.