Yomp #04 0710-1215 on 04 05 2023 = 305 mins 18kgs of weights in the backpack Well, that's the longest yomp I have done since about the middle of 2021, when I was relatively SuperFit. I am not yet SuperFit - it will take another 6 months of regular yomping at this distance/time on a... Continue Reading →
Yomp #03 0730-1110 on 27 04 2023 = 220 mins 18kgs of weights in the backpack Hmmm. This was supposed to be the one where I breached the 240 minute mark (See Yomp 2 here btw). But that would have involved actually leaving the house when my alarm went off, instead of faffing. And then... Continue Reading →
Yomp #02 0645-1020 on 19 04 2023 = 215 mins 18kgs of weights in the backpack A mere 24 photos, the least unusable of which are below. The second yomp was just as much fun (and even more knackering - up hill and a bit further) than the first one. Some very loud and colourful... Continue Reading →
Yomp #01 0755-1105 on 13 04 2023 - 190mins 18kgs of weights in the backpack 60 photos taken (the least unusuable ones are on display below). Galahs, moorhens (WHOOP), sulfur-crested cockatoos "etc" The first yomp of the Adelaide visit is done, and it was a corker. What follows is a bunch of photos, digressions and... Continue Reading →
Today I did another 10 lap yomp around the Alexandra Park, with my backpack of bricks and weights, while, er, talking to myself. The reason I blog about this one, and not all the others, is that I hit a couple of milestones that I’ve been struggling towards today. I feel a little bit proud... Continue Reading →
It was partly dehydration. I know this. But so what, you take your wins and your milestones where you can. And I did not weaken and allow myself the reward of a veggie fry-up. That sucker is still 700 grammes away. Maybe Thursday, maybe next week. It will be, in Paul Keating's 1993 words, the... Continue Reading →
I am doing a LOT of yomping around Alexandra Park (2km perimeter, according to GoogleMaps). Mostly with 24 kilos of bricks and weights in a backpack held together with duct tape, while talking to myself on an ancient phone: I run the files through an online converter, and then through Otter.ai which transcribes my words... Continue Reading →
I re-read Levy, D. and Scully, M. 2007. The Institutional Entrepreneur as Modern Prince: The Strategic Face of Power in Contested Fields. Organization Studies, 28(07): 971–991. while slogging around Alex Park with my backpack full of books and weights this morning. I had forgotten just how damn good it is, and how damn useful it will... Continue Reading →
Day three of my policy of writing about each paper/book I read under three categories (in escalating importance a) highlight interesting theory/facts b) relate the reading to other (academic) reading, and c) how it helps me move forward on my Thesis, (Handing Over M-phatically August/September ’17) (aka "THOMAS"). Today's article (and yes, having... Continue Reading →
Day two of my new policy about writing what I read. a) highlight interesting theory/facts b) relate the reading to other (academic) reading, and c) how it helps me move forward on my Thesis, (Handing Over M-phatically August/September (’17) (Thomas). This paper below came via my supervisor and it is bloody fantastic. Smink,... Continue Reading →
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