While I'm still scratching my head, plotting A Quickie in the Hills course up the Port Hills, I'm embarking on the city event route as well, just to really confuse myself.

This one's going to be a toughie, as I'll have to involve quite a bit of traffic management no doubt. Of course that also means forking out substantial amounts of cash...While I've considered getting my traffic controller's certificate (to Level Two) I think I'm probably best to bite the bullet and enlist the services of professionals. I'd rather get this done right than make any potentially harmful mistakes!

So the picture here shows the Red Zone as it currently stands. I rode my bike around it, staying as close as possible to the perimeter, I didn't go down the ReStart Mall though. I'm thinking this will have to be a looping course, as it's only 5.83km in total, and I'm wondering how I'm going to fit in a bike stage if I decide to go with a duathlon. Maybe this one would be easier just to leave as a short run? Would be great for attracting people from out of town who are into a bit of fitness and want to see where Christchurch CBD is at. I'm thinking out loud here...

With The Quarter Pounder done and dusted, it's full steam ahead with the next Quickie Events. Yes that's right, plural - I'm going to be working on three at once, so I can line them up in the new year. This is probably how most event companies do it, and I've been a little slow catching on, but hey I'm still new at this.

I have to say, when I turned up to South Hagley Park on Sunday morning I didn't have high hopes many people would turn up to the event. It was blowing, pelting down and freezing. An entrant text me asking if it was all on to which I replied with "we're here, but you're welcome to stay in bed". It was a rubbish start to the day weather wise.

The way I saw it was fellas had entered this race, paid money and well, runners are a hardy bunch, someone was bound to show - even one person - we'd have ourselves a run. And someone did! It was actually the dude who text me, and when he arrived lo and behold it stopped raining! As more people turned up the weather got better and the sun even came out. It was meant to be. 

Bang on 9am we fire the start gun (me saying 'start') and 20 fine Canterbury gentlemen took off on a 10.5km journey of urban foresty park goodness. Three loops around South Hagley Park sounds like a walk in the um, park but I can assure you, when you've got 19 other guys vying for that coveted 1st place spot and all that frickin sweet glory, things change man. The good news is everybody finished. Even better news is, there were some very healthy looking times! Mike Dent took out the 1st place honours with a speedy 44:24, quite a distance out from 2nd (Chris Vanderkolk) and 3rd Paul Cox who had a sprint finish 3 minutes back. For all the race results check them out at The Quarter Pounder results page. Well done to all.

Post race, Rachel from Bodyworks Massage and Doctor Rob Williams from Menz Medical were kept busy with leg rub downs and check ups of the blood pressure and blood sugar level variety. It was great to see so many of the entrants take advantage of the check ups, and I'm pretty sure no tests came back too dodgy.

All in all it was a great day. The weather came right, the runners turned up and had a great trot, sponsors were happy (thank you heaps Icebreaker for your awesome support!) and bloody hell, I think I'll put it on again - but quarterly. Thank you to all who helped out - Jon Coursey, Gretchen McKinley and Bevan Triebels Hadler, I couldn't have done it without yous.

Just a quick post as Team Quickie waits at the domestic departure lounge on our way back to Christchurch. We're hungry! So why not post about eating. Yeah that'll help.
Basically what we want to say is eat a healthy meal tonight! And then again tomorrow, give yourself good fuel to burn for Sunday morning.
Can you tell we're not nutritionists? HA it's true, but a big plate of veges & some chicken has to be good for you right?

Remember to pace yourself! Complete Performance give you some tips on what to consider when it comes to the all important pacing. Don't blow out too early, but don't hold back too much - so much to think about.

Hi there, how's that training going? Here is a picture of some delicious tuna with some cucumber. Just to the left of that piece in the front you can see some gurnard, equally as tasty. 

On a completely unrelated matter, to maximise funds raised for Movember at The Quarter Pounder I'm going budget on a few things. Don't worry, your Quickie Event experience won't be negatively effected, you may see some things from the previous event that you recognise though. For example, I'm going to use the left over race bibs from The Quickie in the Forest, so save on printing new ones - they're made out of a special water proof, tear proof paper. So that's one way I'll hopefully be cutting costs and having more to donate to Movember at the end of the day. 

p.s. If you would like to czech out more information on Movember, check out the Movember website and by all means donate some dollar bills! Can do all that online.

So you've managed to get out for a few runs now which is awesome well done, and hopefully feeling good! Complete Performance have provided us with an overview on how to recovery is an important part of any training, so make sure you take the time to have a read.

Wit woooo! Look at this guy! Now look at his cool undies (don't worry fellas it's completely normal for one guy to perve at another guy in his gruds), they're awesome huh.

They're Icebreaker's Anatomica boxers and they're freakin amazing. As in, super comfy and breathy and warm/cool when they have to be. Like when you're in a really loooong meeting and there's the potential to get all 'ball soupy' down there, but not with these puppies! Good for running in too, with or without shorts on top. And yes, when it's a little chilly, these gruds will certainly keep your tackle nice and toasty, because they're made from IB's high grade Merino and they're non itch and odour-resistant. PHEW.

Icebreaker have kindly donated six pairs of the Anatomica boxer briefs to give away, which retail at $59.99 AND for the race winner they've offered us a GT run top (retail $129.95) to give as a prize. Not bad ay? That makes just shy of $490.00 giveaways. Thank you Icebreaker!