Christchurch Marathon

my venerable hosts Rod&Carroll-anne

Well the race has been run and won as the newspaper headline said ‘Aussie Dominance” as the open marathon race was a Aussie affair as Karyen Smythes and Jeremy Horne were the victors on the day.

as for me I had to settle for a 1.31.35. Considering the problems I had getting to the start line I was happy enough with the result. The differing opinions of water running as a viable form of training was proved to me as a positive and those who have opinions that it is not a worthwhile regime I can only say are missing out on a low impact way to train if injury stops you.

I will go as so far as to say it could have a place in any training routine particularly if form work or speed work is in the schedule.

As I had to take it easy the form of active recovery before and after the race came in the form of walk in the surrounding hills of beautiful Christchurch.

We took a trek up to Mt Hutt or as the locals would say Mt Shut but to be fair these people that uttered these words were not real locals they were northlanders Auckland to be exact and as far as Christchurch people or Canterbarians are concerned you may as well be Australians if you don’t come from the right side of the Avon.
The couple I talk about are adventure racers that run an event which I will get back to later but you can find out info at www.colvilleconnection.co.nz
The Snow making machines were in full swing getting the slope prepared for the open day on the 10th June

I was going to spend time in the snow but ther wernt nuff of it so I got back early to do the race the Rattler which I will post next week.

I Have been trying to get video on the site but it is a learning curve from hell to get it all sorted but I will prevail and get a bit of action shots up here