Training Morning

Training for an upcoming marathon I'm up ar 4.30am a few times a week to fit in my mileage before the family wakes. This morning was a short one. 14km with 6km at half marathon race pace. It was my first real bad weather training run for a while.
Anyways, early training run calls for good fuel. Buckwheat, flax and chia pancakes with honey, peanut butter, sultanas and seeds.

new shoes

New shoes for the hawkes bay marathon. looking forward to this new lacing system.

beer

War for the Planet of the Apes

A while ago I finished up on War. What an amazing project to have been a part of. The final result was truly spectacular and to have been able to work within such an amazing team to achieve this it truly inspiring. I am very fortunate o be able to work on a project like this with such amazing people, and am always amazed at what the incredible artists that I work with can achieve.

Trailer

IMDB

Cheetas

The other day I was lucky enough to meet the Cheetas at the Wellington Zoo. This was truly an amazing experience; getting to witness them so close, see how their muscles move, their tail twitches. Their fur feels very different to cat fur, and their tongues are crazy! Their purr reverberates so loudly. Such beautiful creatures, I am just so lucky to have had this experience!

Vancouver

So I just realised that for some stupid reason I didn't post about our biggest vacation for a while, back to Vancouver. This vacation was Late May to Late June, about 5 weeks. We booked an air bNb in downtown Vancouver so we could relive the similar things we enjoyed when we were living in Vancouver a few years ago.

So this was a bad idea with a baby, we should have gone for a suburban lower density accommodation because we hit Vancouver during a "heat wave", so the apartment was in the high 20's all the time, and we couldn't cool the apartment as there was no A/C and the douche bags down stairs smoked 24/7 so when we opened the windows for cool air, we also got smoke which is not preferable with a baby. F$%k-wits!

Anyways, it was great catching up with all our friends again and revisiting favourite restaurants and sights. Morning runs and swimming in Kitsalano and Second Beach Pools was amazing!

We made it into the Oakanagen to see Heis, Dev and Becky. It as a great escape from downtown Vancouver.

Then unfortunately there was bad family news back home, so we had to change plans and return to Adelaide asap. Within a few days we had bailed on that shitty Vancouver apartment and were headed to cold Adelaide winter weather. Making the best of a shit situation, having parents around to look after Beau, the holiday actually got more relaxing upon returning home.

Anyways, I can't remember it all, but here's some pics.















And then Adelaide:

Tui

First post for a while. I just took some photos of a Tui in our backyard. They are beautiful NZ birds and have the most amazing bird call.