Tag: motorsport

June Update – trips, chillis & projects

Posted on by Baron in Monthly Blog

Hey guys, it’s been a while since I’ve posted an update, I did recently update the events and trips page with details from the trip to highlands motorsports park, all the day’s events and experiences.

Here’s a link to the you tube video i made of the day ——> link

I’ve been keeping up to date with my fitness goals, last week I ran 30km during the week and about 10km of walks too, my V02 has just gone back up to 41 which is good, so I’m getting a lot of activity happening in preparation for the Tongariro crossing later in the year. The treadmill is looking a bit worse for wear and needs a new belt sooner than later.

Chilli season has all finished and we had a great harvest this year, i ended up giving a lot away to workmates as I already have plenty in the freezer and preserved.

Carolina Reaper

I’ve been working on the cnc machine, changing over the mainboard that I’ve been using, tidying up the wiring, designing and printing up some parts.

I managed to go on a short-day trip to Auckland last month to pick up some pedals for my sim rig, on the way back I stopped in at Hampton downs racetrack for lunch and a look around their car showroom. Was nice food, not very busy on the day.

The new sim pedals
Burger for lunch at Hampton Downs

Anticipation

Posted on by Baron in Monthly Blog

Only 5 days away from my trip to Christchurch and then to Central Otago, getting pretty excited about it. The itinerary is pretty much all buttoned up, I think there is one free day and all the rest filled up, we have a full day at Highlands Motorsport Park, a 3-hour ziplining adventure, luge, paintball, gondola, a boat trip, a hill trek, daily walks, brewery trips and more. Very busy.

I’ve been a bit sick in the last month with the flu of some sort, so exercise had to slow down for a week while I recovered, back into it now, doing a walk and a run each day totalling over an hour most days. Possibly planning on doing the Tongariro crossing in November with a group, so I’ll have a goal for my fitness.

Chillis are growing well, we had quite a dry spell here, but have had some good rain in the last week, so lawns have bounced back, so far we have had about 10 jalapenos off the plants, really good sizes.

Hectic January

Posted on by Baron in Monthly Blog

January for me was flat out, exercised every day except the day I went to see the super sprint event at Taupo, check out the new “Events” tab above to see my coverage of that day.

January exercise consisted of 103km running, 54km walking, some weights days, and a few sessions on the bike and rowing machine. My V02 has gone up again to 42 which is awesome, going from 35 in December 2022 to 42 now this has also seen my weight go down approx 10kg, and my ability in running and weights improve a lot.

Chillis are starting to come in, we had the first few jalapenos off the plants this weekend in a curry, maybe we added too many as it was quite hot but still nice. most of the plants have quite a few chillis on them except for the super hots, but they are looking very healthy

Looking at going to the pools this week for my first session, I’ve been waiting for the school holidays to finish so it’s not too busy, planning on walking there, spending an hour in the pool and then walking home, maybe a 4km walk to get there, so should be a pretty active session.

Holiday to Central Otago is coming up pretty fast, with just over a month to go, getting pretty excited, we have been sorting through some of the final details this week. Looking forward to seeing the racetrack and getting out on it. Should be awesome fun.