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Goo on you! Best of luck. I hope your day goes well.

No worries. Glad you found them useful.

Thanks ;-)

Yeah it felt good passing people on that first hill. Not so good when they passed me just before the finish line 🙂 And running through the Old Town was interesting - that end of the course just wasn't marked out or anything and it was pretty chaotic. But it was also kinda fun. Loads of tourists cheering and stepping out of your way so they don't get sweated on. My biggest problem at that point was bumping into people from the local running club who called out encouragement to keep running - so I had to keep running until they were out of sight ;-) Still, it was a good day out. Now i just need to train up for the WUU2K replacement race in October ;)

@@littleoldmanrunning105 where are you going to find. a "tip track" or some of the other trails? then the finish up Mt Vic? Crete is kind to visitors

This was a 62km race, with almost 3000 meters of elevation gain on technical trails. So not for the faint hearted 🙂 But it was a super-fun challenge, and I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to give it a go. This year was a very tough race because of my IT band syndrome. But thankfully as a result of this race, I found out how to fix it and I've not had any issues with it since. I'll miss running this race every year. It was always my 'A' race. Keep an eye out for the next installment - my first race on Crete - The Crete Marathon, in May.

@@littleoldmanrunning105 I'm wondering how you found out how to fix IT band syndrome because I have IT band issue for several months. Could you please make a video how you got rid of it or please give me tips. By the way your videos are really helpful. Thank you.

@@nylunch IT band syndrome sucks huh? How I fixed mine was a mix of things. I worked on the tightness in my piroformas muscle (a small muscle towards the top of your glute region) by rolling on a hard ball. I also focused a lot on fixing knots and tightness in my quads and hamstrings. (this will hurt!) As an example - I would foam roll my quads for a few minutes to warm the muscle up a bit. Then put my full weight on the muscle with the foam roller focused on any tight spots. Then I would articulate the muscle - bend your leg back and forth. It's not fun. 🙂 Then I use a rolling pin (don't tell my wife!) to rub down the muscle a bit. After that, do a few light squats and move the muscles around a bit. It took a couple of weeks to fix the issues, but I've not had a problem with IT band syndrome since. I do similar stuff to my calves as well to try and fix cramping issues. Well normally I do. I neglected doing this for a while before my last marathon and paid the price for it. So now I'm back to being more diligent with caring for my legs. I hope that helps. let me know how you get on.

Thank you so much for your help! I have very nice rolling pin so I'm definitely ready to fix 😁 I'll let you know how it goes.

I certainly is! Not a lot of snow left up there now though.

@@littleoldmanrunning105 A little more appears after some of the colder nights, but soon melts away again. Those mountains change every time I look at them :)

Thanks. Yeah, she was crushing it - running really strong. ;-)

Thanks a lot!

It certainly was, and I did. Back to work tomorrow, so I had to make the best of it while I could.

Yeah it works a lot better in good light. Also I changed one of the settings which probably helped as well. This could be a cool camera for you to pick up for your videos. It's really small and you can just keep it in your pocket so you've always got a video camera on you in case the kids (or animals) do something cute ;-)

The little bird is an oystercatcher. It cleared out a crevice in the rock first, then it pried off a mussel, carried it up to the crevice and wedged it in there so it could lever it open and eat the mussel. It was really cool to watch :-)

I really like running on this trail. Most of the other trails close to me are really hard on your legs, but on this one I can really push things, or take it easy. I think I can get the video more stable by playing with the settings, but it is a real improvement already :-)

Hey Papa Pepper, great to hear from you, and we're glad you are all safe and well. My dad would want to wish you Happy New Year as well. He's all good and preparing a whole lot more stories to post on Steemit ;-)

Thanks. I missed you on the course this year. I hope all is going well for you. ;-)

@@littleoldmanrunning105 Thanks! Doing pretty well this year, keep on trainning, but I didn't go the Tip track marathon due to the northly wind, the first year I did 10 loops when it was strong northly wind, like you showed in the video, the dust from the landfill was pretty bad, after that run, I had lung issue for about a month. Last year I did the 14 loops, the wind was southly, no problem at all.

Great to see you too ;-) I've got a Sony action cam. it was good in its day, but the new GoPro 10 looks to be way better. I'm saving hard! ;-)

Thanks for that. The background music is Beach Walk by Unicorn Heads. It's a free soundtrack from the Google library. :-)

@@trevorgeorge6174 Thanks!

Hey Papa Pepper, great to hear from you. We are all good down here at the bottom of the world. Making big plans, and just waiting for the world to open up again. How is the Pepper clan? I hope you are all well and safe :-)

Thanks very much. It was a pretty epic day out. So much fun though!

Thanks. Yeah the stream just got a bit too high, so they quite rightly decided to stop any more runners crossing. I hope you still had a fun day though.

@@littleoldmanrunning105 yes was still a fun day out apart from when I snapped the drawcord on my jackets hood. At least it gives me a reason for new kit. See you at an event soon 😀👌🏃

Thanks for watching. :-) I hope you have a good day out in July. It's going to be a pretty epic day!

You rock dude!

Hey Papa Pepper. I just checked out your latest video. Totally stoked to see the homestead still going strong and MORE little peppers! OMG! will the cuteness never end? ;-) I hope you and yours are all well and healthy. My dad is ok. We lost my mum in November, so it has been a hard time. And we lost a very dear friend two days ago. The old boy is coping as best he can. We'll be up there next weekend probably to check on him. Apart from that, life carries on as life tends to do. I'm still struggling to get through the volume of work being thrown at me (which is why I haven't been on Steemit for ages), but at least it is good for the bank balance. :-) We (my wife and me) have a cunning plan to go and live the vida loca in Greece in about 2 years time. So we are both working hard to make that happen. And I'm still running crazy distances hehe. So not a lot has changed really. I'd love to catch up, maybe on Zoom if you're up for it sometime. Until then, stay health and well, hug the little peppers for me, and keep away from cats. They are nothing but trouble hehe.

@@littleoldmanrunning105 nice, thank you for the update. Sorry to hear about your losses. We just had our seventh child, and are enjoying our simple life. It's a lot of work, but together we're making progress

Thanks for that. It IS a step up from the WUU. And that's why I wanted to run it. It's a lovely course though. I really enjoyed the day. I was just too slow and too knackered to keep going. But next year..... ;-)

Thanks for that. Yeah it's one of my favourite places to run. I have a race going over that bridge in January. I'm looking forward to it ;-)

Thanks. It was a fun day out. I think I'll be doing that course a few times to prepare for the WUU next year ;-)

Thanks. It was a really fun day out ;-)

Thanks for that. Well done you for getting a 43km finish. That's the hardest marathon (and a bit) I've ever run. Everyone who gets to the end of that deserves a bunch of kudos. And I agree - top day. I'm already looking forward to next year. ;-)

Thanks. You didn't break me, just bent me a little ;-) And I loved every minute of it (well maybe not Norbet's Creek hehe). I was doing really well up until about Kaitoke, then I started to run out of gas. I ended up running Frith 3/4 of an hour faster than on the recee. So probably a bit too quick and burned too much energy on that section. But this is all good learning for next year. And I'm going to absolutely crush the WUU2K next year! :-)

Thanks for that. It was a hard but fun day. Next year, I'm aiming for the 83km. I just need to get a little bit faster ;-)

I haven't run that part yet. It's VERY high on my list though. I'm hoping to get out in the next couple of weeks and have a look at it.

@@littleoldmanrunning105 i went totally wrong the first time of trying because it's not the obvious track leaving away from where the cars park, but a little gap in the bushline about 10m to the left of it that leads away up hill, then dips off from a switch back 1k in and gets.... difficult from there onwards :-)

@@carrotsandrunning Thanks for that. That's good to know. I'll try to make sure to film that bit so everyone else will have a good idea of where to go. How long did it take you to get to the top?

@@littleoldmanrunning105 hah ! I never got there. Leggings or something to cover legs from scratching would have helped.

@@carrotsandrunning Ah. That does not bode well..... :-)

Thanks for that. I'll pop over to your channel and check it out ;-)

@@littleoldmanrunning105 I appreciate your support! I'm looking forward to your future posts!

Thanks for that. Good luck for your birthday run. You certainly have a nice place to do it ;-)

No I'm not. This is my neighborhood.... central(ish) Wellington ;-)