Hey look! It has stopped raining. For now. But the Christchurch metservice tell us that things are looking pretty good up until about Monday next week, wahoo! As I've mentioned earlier, The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest will be going ahead come rain or shine, so you may as well get out and do some training in the mud. Come on, mud's fun! Remember as a kid making mud pies? Granted it probably wasn't winter, but that's what thermals are for. Being in a forest, the tracks at Bottle Lake are quite protected from wind and sun, but this also means they take quite some time to dry out. So if you head there for a blat in the next couple of days, expect some serious puddles and lots of mud spraying up your back. Then you come out looking like a hard ass and everyone will think you're tough. If you're not keen on a bit of training in the elements then take advantage of these next few days of predicted reasonably fine weather. Even if you're getting exercise in spurts, at least your'e
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"Right, the Olympics have finished. We're going to have to accept it. We've just seen the closing ceremony with all the dancing and the costumes and the fireworks and the Spice Girls (WTF?), and now TV is back to normal boring programming (well, mostly). SO it's time for you to stop watching fit people and become one yourself! So put down that remote and get off your comfy sofa, it's time to do some training for The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest. You can be your very own Olympian! You won't have to train for eight hours a day, just go for a jog around the block, head out on your bike for half an hour, that's all it takes, and you'll be surprised how good you feel afterwards. Ok, there might some slight muscle tension the day after if you haven't done any exercise for a while but that will pass. You've watched it, you've seen the glory and adoration those fit bastards get, now it's your turn! The setting will be a little different and The Who won't be playing at the end of it all, but that feeling of doing your absolute best and finishing a race is universal and yours for the taking! So brave the elements, get a little dirty, go splash in some puddles because come rain or shine The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest will be happening and we want you to OWN IT." - Usain Bolt. I hope your radio is better than mine. We here at Quickie Events (which is just me, Morgan pretending to have a team of staff) are absolutely stoked and blown away with the love 'we' have been shown by two radio outfits - MediaWorks and Christchurch's very own RDU 98.5FM. Both networks have offered an extensive advertising campaign for The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest, which is outstanding in itself, not to mention the exposure the event will receive. RDU is the Canterbury stalwart in locally produced content, and purveyor in independent music, constantly driving for the latest sounds. The MediaWorks stations where our ad will be played are Kiwi FM, Mai FM, Radio Live and More FM Christchurch. So here's hoping people who hear the call, take action and get involved! A MASSIVE thank you to James Meharry and his awesome team at RDU 98.5FM, and to Ben Harris and Marcus Gabrielle at MediaWorks for their fantastic support of our wee event! I got to write, voice, record and produce the ads myself, so take a listen, I think they turned out quite well! RDU 98.5FM Quickie Events adMore FM Quickie Events adWhen I started plotting The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest course, I thought I'd make it a decent length - what I thought would be quite a grunt for a lot of people. In all honesty my only real point of reference was my own fitness, which at the moment isn't great. Although if you read the previous blog you'll understand it's gotten a bit better thanks to spending so much time getting lost in Bottle Lake Forest Park. I woke up one morning and realised the way I had it set up, the Quickie event could end up taking three and half hours to complete at least. That's not a Quickie! I wanted to make this event appeal to all levels of fitness - the guns if they want a blow out and folks who just need a realistic goal to work towards in the next few weeks. So that's why the distances are reasonably short. Please be aware, I'm in no way a certified coach or have any official knowledge about training programmes and such, but I'd like to think if you're considering taking part in the duathlon, it is definitely achievable for the entry level multisporter or runner/cyclist. If you've never competed in a duathlon this is a great opportunity to try it out, the tracks are pretty easy, terrain is flat and you'll get to experience the exciting world of transitions. So get out, go for a jog around the block, jump on your bike and pump those legs, it'll all help in the lead up. Quickie Events are design to act as the stepping stone to bigger and better multisport events, so if you've always wondered about how to get involved in the awesome world of multisport, then here's your chance to give it a crack! On the day, take your time, or go for gold it's up to you, just get amongst it. Finally the pages dedicated to the 6km run, 15km bike and 3km run are completed. You may think that's nothing special, and in the whole scheme of things it's not, but the amount of time it took me to plot those bloody courses was phenomenal! I must be missing that internal compass, or any skill to navigate my way around any forest like environment. Even with a aerial photo which I had with me on my iPhone I still got slightly lost, took wrong turns and frequently blew out the course distance by a good 4 or 5km. Ridiculous. But now I'm very happy to say it's all sorted, and you can view the course routes in map form, as a video of the entire track (sorry to any walkers or runners which I encountered on their tracks on my bike) which also details any possible hazards as well as a cool 3D flyover courtesy of mapmyride. You'll need to install the google earth app on your computer or it won't work, but it's an interesting way to watch the route. |
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