I like that, so I build them. Plus, I love the process of building them.
Here is my latest one, at Greymouth Beach:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Flume
Whenever I go somewhere stone-esque, I like to build a cairn. People used to build them to show people the way, or to mark a pathway, or to leave a sign that they were there.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Slow dancing in a burning room
Did another halfy this weekend – over on the Coast, it was extremely beautiful! Did it in 3 and a half hours again which I had hoped to beat. However, I did pretty well because kept a good pace throughout.
No photos this time! Was too horrible to look at let alone spend $10 so you’ll just have to use your imaginations.
Determined never to walk another one though, it just takes so long and that is demoralising. So, to that end, I did my first hill run last night. I’ve done a wee bit of running in the last few weeks but have started this program that Simona used. It will be good to have some structure to my running. So it was just 15 min on the hills, which isn’t much, but you start low and build up. I went up Harry Ell and just ran for 15 min and then walked the rest of the way. I was quite happy with my progress after that because I found the 15 min fine and did the whole track in an hour flat, which is half an hour quicker than a couple of months ago. Muscles a bit sore during the run because of the event on Saturday I guess.
In ten weeks time I’ll be running two hours! Well, that is the plan. So I’ll sign up for the Hanmer Half Marathon in May and should be able to run it by then.
No yoga last night, my teacher is teaching an immersion course. I hate missing it but I think Warrior II would have been totally out of reach with my muscles as tired as they are. She gets us doing these hideous lunges, man they are horrifying. Anyway, quickly improving at yoga which is very nice – nice to be good at something for a change. Running is always a tad demoralising because other people always whiz past me – I’m very slow!
Better go, do some work.
No photos this time! Was too horrible to look at let alone spend $10 so you’ll just have to use your imaginations.
Determined never to walk another one though, it just takes so long and that is demoralising. So, to that end, I did my first hill run last night. I’ve done a wee bit of running in the last few weeks but have started this program that Simona used. It will be good to have some structure to my running. So it was just 15 min on the hills, which isn’t much, but you start low and build up. I went up Harry Ell and just ran for 15 min and then walked the rest of the way. I was quite happy with my progress after that because I found the 15 min fine and did the whole track in an hour flat, which is half an hour quicker than a couple of months ago. Muscles a bit sore during the run because of the event on Saturday I guess.
In ten weeks time I’ll be running two hours! Well, that is the plan. So I’ll sign up for the Hanmer Half Marathon in May and should be able to run it by then.
No yoga last night, my teacher is teaching an immersion course. I hate missing it but I think Warrior II would have been totally out of reach with my muscles as tired as they are. She gets us doing these hideous lunges, man they are horrifying. Anyway, quickly improving at yoga which is very nice – nice to be good at something for a change. Running is always a tad demoralising because other people always whiz past me – I’m very slow!
Better go, do some work.
Monday, February 09, 2009
NOT the most flattering angle
But nonetheless. This is pre collapse and vomit stage!
Me, doing the Sarah Ulmer Brand Half Marathon (21kms) walk. 3.5hrs was my time, and one to beat.
Sing a song of sixpence
Two songs that are very meaningful for me at the moment:
Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go
O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
Brilliant. I kind of think, why bother to write songs after that one has been written. It’s so perfect.
The other song is by a band called Bon Iver.
It’s a good song but the line that gets me is this:
Come on skinny love, just last the year.
I am so into that lyric. I completely feel like my love has been worn thin, my love for God, my love for life, my love for myself…and I find myself saying,
Come on skinny love! Just last the year!
That’s where I’m at.
Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go
O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
Brilliant. I kind of think, why bother to write songs after that one has been written. It’s so perfect.
The other song is by a band called Bon Iver.
It’s a good song but the line that gets me is this:
Come on skinny love, just last the year.
I am so into that lyric. I completely feel like my love has been worn thin, my love for God, my love for life, my love for myself…and I find myself saying,
Come on skinny love! Just last the year!
That’s where I’m at.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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