Sydney 18-08-07 + New Shoes

Went to Sydney yesterday, took a while on the train. And my mp3 battery is on the blink, lasted about an hour =[

Met most people at Town Hall, where we warmed up, and just did some general movements, arm jumps, underbars etc.

Then headed over to Darling Harbour, where we met a few more people, and drilled precisions, catpass precisions, dive rolls and the like. I got a dive roll through this small gap between a wall and rail, and did some nice runs over and through these concrete cubes. I filmed a few of these things, to show the folks back home. I got about 30 seconds worth of footage, so when I next go, and train in the local town I'll film some more, for a proper video.

My Feiyues finally got a small hole in the bottom of them, had them since February, and I have been careful not too kill them. I have a small hole underneath the left big toe. Its pretty small though. My Asics had died in the City2Surf, so dad had promised me some new shoes. I leave you with some pictures of my Saucony Grid Omni 5's:

Happenings

Well, a lot has happened since my last post. I am now in Australia, the land down under.

Before I left, I had a farewell jam and party, which was immensely fun. We had a hog roast and bouncy castle at my house, which provided an awesome tricking session. By the end of the night though, it was a quite upsetting. Some people came and visited later in the week, which was nice, but then I had to say farewell again. Needless to say, I miss everyone very, very much. It's weird making new friends, but still keeping in touch with old ones. Training with different people in different locations takes a bit of getting used to, but it's all about adaption.

I have been to Sydney for training twice since arriving. It is about 1.5 hours on the train, so not too bad. There is a local town near me which is pretty good too. I am going to Sydney on Saturday, then the local town on Sunday. Will be my first full training weekend for a while. I injured my knee, I think doing an arm jump involving me turning in the air. It's better now though, took a few weeks to heal.

I ran 14 kilometres last weekend, in the City2Surf race. It was great fun, hot, tiring and exhilirating. I ran with my dad and our friend Tony. We finished it in 1hour30mins, so a good time, but with lots of room to improve next year. Asics are pretty much dead now.

Its late over here now, still need to change the times around on this thing. When I move into my new house I'll take some pictures of it, and the training area nearby. It is pretty good, and so near to my house. Cant wait.

Anyways, off to bed, still aching from Sunday's run.

J