Month: August 2012
Imposible is nothing: Oscar Pistorius
Kudos to Oscar Pistorius. This week in the Olympics he qualified through into the semi-final, against all odds and against a load of prejudice. That takes guts and commitment.
“He can appreciate how long the journey has been to get to these starting blocks, and he appreciates not just the opportunity but the moment”.
See his form in this video. It tells the story.
He still has the 400 metre relay to compete in, so this is not the end of his competition in the London Games.
No more words are needed. I am inspired. How about you?
Training Schedule: Preparing for 10 October Start Date
Here it is. This is the final training schedule. The dates have changed a little bit since first hatching the idea in March 2010, and there have been many failed attempts along the way. Plenty of lessons learnt, but for now what remains is to do the work and focus on training.
If you want to run together any night (or morning), let me know, and we can meet up and go for a team run together.
The schedule is taken from Tim Noakes’ book Lore of Running, and is the marathon preparation used by veteran coach Bob Williams from Portland, Oregon. The key his training is twice-weekly speed sessions.
| Date | Running |
| Training Schedule | |
| Training Week 1/12 | |
| Fri, Jul 20, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Jul 21, 2012 | 5 x 800 m |
| Sun, Jul 22, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Jul 23, 2012 | 5 km on machine |
| Tue, Jul 24, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Jul 25, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Jul 26, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 2/12 | |
| Fri, Jul 27, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Jul 28, 2012 | 3 x 1600 m |
| Sun, Jul 29, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Jul 30, 2012 | 16 km |
| Tue, Jul 31, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Aug 1, 2012 | 20 km |
| Thu, Aug 2, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 3/12 | |
| Fri, Aug 3, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Aug 4, 2012 | 4 km on machine |
| Sun, Aug 5, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Aug 6, 2012 | 8 x 200 m |
| Tue, Aug 7, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Aug 8, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Aug 9, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 4/12 | |
| Fri, Aug 10, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Aug 11, 2012 | 4 x 1600 m |
| Sun, Aug 12, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Aug 13, 2012 | 9 km on machine |
| Tue, Aug 14, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Aug 15, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Aug 16, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 5/12 | |
| Fri, Aug 17, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Aug 18, 2012 | 6 x 200 m |
| Sun, Aug 19, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Aug 20, 2012 | 5 x 1000 m |
| Tue, Aug 21, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Aug 22, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Aug 23, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 6/12 | |
| Fri, Aug 24, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Aug 25, 2012 | 8 x 400 m |
| Sun, Aug 26, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Aug 27, 2012 | 7 km on machine |
| Tue, Aug 28, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Aug 29, 2012 | 20 km |
| Thu, Aug 30, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 7/12 | |
| Fri, Aug 31, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Sep 1, 2012 | 5 x 1600 m |
| Sun, Sep 2, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Sep 3, 2012 | 16 km |
| Tue, Sep 4, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Sep 5, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Sep 6, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 8/12 | |
| Fri, Sep 7, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Sep 8, 2012 | 8 km on machine |
| Sun, Sep 9, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Sep 10, 2012 | 8 x 200 m |
| Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Sep 12, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Sep 13, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 9/12 | |
| Fri, Sep 14, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Sep 15, 2012 | 6 x 200 m |
| Sun, Sep 16, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Sep 17, 2012 | 5 x 1600 m |
| Tue, Sep 18, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Sep 19, 2012 | 24 km |
| Thu, Sep 20, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 10/12 | |
| Fri, Sep 21, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Sep 22, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sun, Sep 23, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Sep 24, 2012 | 6 x 800 m |
| Tue, Sep 25, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Sep 26, 2012 | 10 km on machine |
| Thu, Sep 27, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 11/12 | |
| Fri, Sep 28, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Sep 29, 2012 | 5 x 1600 m |
| Sun, Sep 30, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Oct 1, 2012 | 16 km |
| Tue, Oct 2, 2012 | Rest |
| Wed, Oct 3, 2012 | 20 km |
| Thu, Oct 4, 2012 | Rest |
| Training Week 12/12 | |
| Fri, Oct 5, 2012 | 8 km |
| Sat, Oct 6, 2012 | 5 x 1600 m |
| Sun, Oct 7, 2012 | 8 km |
| Mon, Oct 8, 2012 | 5 km |
| Tue, Oct 9, 2012 | Rest |
What exactly is ‘bridging’?
Thanks to the inspiration of friends who just keep me going. Most of the time, you never see the difference you make. Especially, a big thank you to Mahei Foliaki for sending this video around which gives a good demonstration of what I am calling ‘bridging’.
Things don’t always work out the way you would like…
We can’t always go it alone. We are stronger together. Sometimes, reaching out for help comes easily, other times not so. A bridge needs supports on both ends…it is not just about one side taking all of the load.
In this case, it is about child mortality. I have been watching things unfold for the last 10 or 15 years, and there is good progress, but too much leaning on too few people doing the work. And too much potential and opportunity going wasted. What if we were to bridge together- our ideas, our resources, ourselves. Could we make more of a difference?
Here, the father comes to the son’s aid. “We’re going to finish together.”
In September 2010, I set out to run the 10 City Bridge Run. So far, things didn’t work out as I had planned. I have learnt a lot in the process, about myself and about how to do/not to do something.
I ended up in 2010 physically damaged so that it was not possible to run through overtraining, and also financially stretched…both situations that were unintended and undesirable. Many people had supported me to that time, and I also believed that the issue was worth pursuing.
So here I am again, lining up and ready to undertake this task commencing 10 October this year.
Never give up. There is work ahead for all of us to do. Join me on this journey. Please do. I am asking you to build a bridge together with me and the rest of the world. Are you in?
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