A new marathon personal record (PR) of 3:43:55 . In hindsight I probably made the rookie mistake of going out too fast at the start of the race … I was certainly telling myself that around the 30k mark (where I found it increasingly hard to hit my target pace). It was great to see …
I’m running the Auckland Marathon on Sunday. I’m looking forward to it, and it should be fun. A few weeks later, I’ll be in Kerikeri running the KeriKeri half marathon. I’m doing the run at KeriKeri to raise awareness about Epidermylosis Bullosa and to raise money for debra New Zealand, a support group for sufferers …
I have revisited The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier and in particular his post on the Teacher’s Oath. Louis has been writing his random thoughts for decades, and he has been active in the OB Teaching Society (and probably many other things) for way longer than I’ve been teaching. So, I’m a little bit surprised …