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I ran the gold Coast marathon 2008 for Cancer.
Saturday,Jul 19 2008, 12:04:06 AM

The post mortem of the 30th Gold Coast airport marathon was a proper cropper for I, Tim Tufuga. I was surprised with the 4,000 marathoners who were undettered from the near gale force weather the day before the 42.195km roadrun. Over 21,000 people participated in the Gold Coast run day on the 6th July, 2008. I have recorded some footages of my Motel room, at the Sundale Motel, in southport, barely a two star rate Motel, I must admit, but, costly though, to stay overnight, and, the pre-race luggage check in, but, unfortunately, I am no longer on the internet at home, and so, I can not youtube anything anymore.
 
I ran the Gold Coast Marathon as a proxy for the Cancer Council of Queensland.
 
The results from my run was even worse than the Brisbane marathon two months earlier. I was shocked and awed with my lacklustre performance. I was lethargic at hthe starting line and ran at the same lethargic pace up and down the Gold Coast. I thought that I saw a Samoan running along with me but he faded before I did, which is surprising considering how lethargic I was feeling on the run course. What did I come in the Marathon? Well, I came 1,714, shocking heh? In fact, I came ahead of 2,221 other marathon runners though, which means that if I had a cropper of a performance, then what excuse do the 2,221 runners who were painstakingly still running on the 42.195km course? In my category, the 40-44 mens age group, I came 176 out of 366. Shocking still. In so far as conspiracy theory is concerned well, I think that someone had slipped in a Mickey in my water bottle in my motel room when I was asleep. It was the Motel Maid? hahaha. It some sheila anyway. My pre-race prep schedule was this, I was running three 34km over hills from Crestmead to Eagleby per week amassing a total of 102km per week in preparation for the Gold Coast Marathon. I had tappered two weeks out with only 50km distances in total before the 6th July, 2008. On the last week, I ran only 5km on Wednesday before the marathon on the weekend. I was averaging 14km per hour during the 34km runs. On the day, however, and, the same could be said of my Brisbane Marathon performance, I had blown a gasket running the distances. Infact, in the Gold Coast Marathon, at the 30km mark I hit the wall, 4km longer than the Brisbane marathon, when I had hit the wall at the 26km mark. So, insofar as, gauging how well my pre-race plan was like, well, I am certrain that I had prepared adequately for a respectable performance. I had been conservative in my estimation of running a 3 hour 40 min marathon, but, in truth, my pre-race times at the 34km mark suggested that I was aiming for a sub 3 hour 10 mark, or even faster, if I were to transfer my training times onto actual official race results. But, it seems that someone or something does not like me and have gone out of their way to humiliate me in my official results. Well, it kinda works, but, then again it does not! As they say, "what doesn't kill you, blah blah blah!"
 
The evidence is on the http://www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au website. No records were broken on the day, the winning time of 2 hours and 14 mins, by a Japanese runner was to be expected but what was surprising was the disappointing performances by the two Kenyan runners who looked to impress in the early stages but faded away in the last ten kilometres from the final bend from Hollywell inbound to Southport. The kiwi legend Matt Smith came in a respectable 2 hours 19 minutes for a 4th place finish, not to be sneezed at effort from my compatriate.
 
I am resting up plenty, awaiting some pictures to post later on. Reading up plenty and watching dvds and having some hard earned libation before my next ecstatic escapade. Olympics next month, I will be watching heaps of sports, at present, the Tour de France is tempting me to jump on my Specialized Allez road bike for a ride, so I will back in training again soon.  
 
Ia atonu ua lava fo'i lenei talanoaga. Ia atonu tatou toe talanoa atili i se taimi i luma.
 
Soifua
 
Tim Brian Tufuga.
 
19th July, 2008.
I have just recovered from a virus and am back running once again. I am feeling less energetic from my convalescent two weeks at home. I did a short 4.5km roadrun with some 10kg worth of library books in my backpack. I had read four fairly heavy laden books during my rest. Very interesting topiics I might add. I had some insight in hthe present afghanistan crises from Sarah Chase an American Peace corp seconded to qork for Hazim Kazai's older brother in Kandahar. she reveals the inchoate anarchy of the warlords of the Pashtun particularly in the Kandahar provinces. I was particulary interested in the Orazkon province since this is where thne Australian troops are stationed and true to my perceptions, the Loya Jirga are a bunch of latterday Texan cowboys meets Papua New Guinea Bigman culture of Machiavellian strongmen seeking foreign powers to assist them in self aggrandisement. Notwithstanding the Taliban, who seem subsumed in the local peaking order assassinations and the odd US or Australian collaterals included. interesting enough to note that the very next province is Helmund province which is opium country, and then we see a quasi-Colombian Cocaine Cartel unfolding with a regular trafficking of opiates to foreign black marketeers. The local tribal conflicts reminds of the bouganville situation in PNG Solomon islands whereby anarchic elements from BRA and Melsol elements would clash with would be Sandline elements, ie, The Coalition of the Willing versus the Fedayeen mercenaries via the Pakistan border otherwise considered as the Taliban. To me this is somewhat as a crock since the taliban, or really, the purported jihadi-Salafists from the Sunni Hanafeite Deobandi Madrassas from Moghul India, now called Pakistan, seems to be overwhelmed with the Osama Bin Laden myth. He is the AlQaeda myth, Al Qaeda, according to Gilles Kepel translation is the Data Base, in other words, Al Qaeda is merely a network utilising the modern Intel and psywarfare technology used by jihadi Salafists via the Iridium satphone networkd from foreign commonders to order IED and remote assasinations of acquired targets in Iraq, Afghanistan, Britain or France, otherwise considered as territories of Dar Al Harb. Harb means 'war' not Jihad by the way.
Meanwhile, back in the ranch, I am recovering well from the local intrigues and avoiding, alas, the Dar al harb in a purported area of Dar al Ahd. If you are a Muslim, then you'd understand my meaning.
So lets assume, that I live in Australia and therefore, it is assumed to be a country in which we live in Dar Al Ahd. I just have to watch out for accidents and other inadvertant misadventures. Right?
Ia mo tagata Samoa, ua vevela fo'i le fala.
Ia soifua.
O Tim Brian Tufuga
 

Tim Tufuga has done the Brisbane Marathon 2008.
Tuesday,Apr 29 2008, 12:06:07 AM

Well, it was not a well run marathon, but, I did do it. There were less than 200 people running the marathon and I had run the first half marathon reasonably well and as I had planned, the second half however, I made an incredulous discovery that at hthe 22km drink station I had ingested an Endura sport drink that did not go down well and I had 'hit the wall' soon after. I had been doing over 100km to 120km per week leading up to the Brisbane marathon. I was used to doing 34km with little trouble at all since I was running to and from Beenleigh which was 34km from my home at least once a week. Strangely, though, that during the Brisbane marathon whilst I was stopping over at one of the drink stations namely the 22km drink station an old man came out to me and offered me Endura which I took and not long afterwards I had 'hit the wall' sooner than I had expected and I flet very drousy and sleepy, still I continued but running much slowly though. This is not my first marathon and I am familiar to whta my body is capable of doing. In the end my  finishtime was very unflattering. However, I did jog my way to the finishline not feeling tired at all but annoyed that I had 'hit the wall' sooner than I had expected. I was annoyed at the drink station old man who came at me with the endura drink that was not endura at all, since I was loading up with endura for days prior to the marathon. there were 179 runners doing the Brisbane marathon I came 108. I should have come in the top 40 with my expected training times. Still the marathon has been done and I am bnow preparing for the Gold Coast marathon wherethere ought to be over 2,500 runners. Yes, I have run marathons before and, yes, I do know bad eggs are out there.

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I have changed my mind.
Wednesday,Mar 26 2008, 11:41:24 PM

Well, I have decided to blog something nonsensical after my spate with telephone, mobile and internet bills.

All that aside I have reconciled all these spurious bills and arisen above the din. In the meantime, I am alive and well and I am keeping my head just above water. I am continuing running I'm training for a marathon three weeks away.

No, I have not been overwhelmed with the cost of living per se. Although, I have sacrificed many things in my life including having a family of my own.

A life of a devout bacholar has its shortcomings and no doubt some people would find this seemingly misanthropic existence rather enticing. I am used to being a recluse and enjoy the company of me, myself, and I. As a child I never liked mingling with others in the playground anyways, in fact, I never liked people in general. I had many school friends but I chose them and not the other way around. Being relocated in different countries made cultural shock very acute. So being a loner would make this experience very much the norm. I was undeterred with the company of others and I would never try to adapt and to assimilate to an incrowd 'clique'. I find that the gregarious nature of individuals as truly 'sheepish'. I would never make a decent soldier because I would march to the beat of my own drum. so when iot comes to sport, I was an effective team player in rugby I did my part well in the backline or with the forwards. As a schoolboy, I would prefer to do individual events, so as a muscle bound kid I tried shotput and discus. I represented Wellington regions in shotput being the smallest shotputter in my grade. I came 12th in the national championship in shotput.

In Australia, I was selected in the first XV rugby union side for a GPS school, Brisbane State High School, in 1986. I never liked my teammates and never befriended anyone. I was the first ever Pacific Islander, a Polynesian Samoan, to represent BSHS in the first XV back in 1986. Later on Tongans would pass through the first XV including Steve Kefu who would become a Wallaby in the future.

In 1988, I was selected to represent American Samoa in rugby league during the Pacific cup, then I was selected for the Samoan rugby league squad for their NZ tour in 1988. I was injured and never toured NZ. I did not like my teammates as well, even though they were all Samoans.

In 1992, I had represented Samoa during the World Cup rugby league held in Sydney, Australia. I had played my first test against NZ which we lost by 1 point. I dropped the ball out on the wing over the tryline during the first half, and I had a tear on my left knee ligament which ended my world cup for Samoa. After the world cup I returned to Wellington and continued my undergraduate studied at Victoria University of Wellington.

In 1993, I returned to Australia and continued studying at the university of Queensland where I had completed my BA degree majoring in government. It is now called political science.  I had graduated in 1994. I was doing my post graduate degree when the Queensland police arrested me for fighting a bunch of rednecks in a taxi rank in Toowong, Brisbane. I thrahsed one of my assailants and I was charged with GBH. 

Now, this is history now. I am nearing forty years of age and now doing triathlons, and running marathons. Still single and forever tormented from my past. I am still a New Zealander convinced that Australia is not worth becoming a citizen for now or even in the near future. I will continue to remain here forever though.

So, what is new with you? 

Soifua

Tim B Tufuga

 

 

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Hello,
4/17/2008 3:42 PM
sankoh, 36
Benin

Hello,
I go thru your profile and i found it lovely and interesting as well,i want you to also go thru mine and if you are interested do get back to me thru my email address.....kasankoh@yahoo.fr
Hope to read from you soonest.
BYE.

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Hi, Tim
11/14/2007 12:08 PM
samoan_abman, 33
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia

I was surprised to get an invite from you (unless it was automated by Zorpia). Anywayz, are you a fan of Avril Levigne. She's my favourite female vocalist and I have all her albums. Maybe we do have a few things in common but triathlons isn't one of them. I will start running again very soon, just to trim up and add more stamina to my weight training. Take care sole (and sorry for giving you a hard time)...

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hey tim
10/28/2007 3:00 AM
jen, 43
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

hi tim its been a while since we sppke .ive read you blog on here not good.hope you are well. its been a sad week for my househyold as one of my dearest pets died on wednesday morning had a post mortem performed. and waiting for her cremation and her box will arrive next friday take mate chat soon jen xx

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Re: Sad to hear about your pet Jen
10/28/2007 10:33 PM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

Gidday Jen,
Well it is not good reading Jen. I have had quite a week of racial torment from my own neighbours who have revealed themselves to my sister and I on Saturday night. My sister Rochelle was outside investigating a commotion and I walked outside as well and I saw and heard a bloke immitating a gorilla and saw him as one of my neighbours. I was tempted to confront him, and his mate, but, because I have a triathlon to go to I have more important matters to deal with. So, I had ignored his tauntings and called the police instead. Instead of the police arriving a ute full of drunkard white Australian louts arrived and started walking up and down my street with beers on hand and were parading around as if they owned the street. I ignored the immature juvenile behaviour of these rednecks. After all I have a triathlon to do this weekend, if you might remember.
Racism is very real and I have been crying wolf for a while now and now the white rednecks have finally revealed themselves for what they truly are. Pure vile ignoble creeps!

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boo
10/17/2007 6:36 AM
jen, 43
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

hows things? jen.

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Re: I have responded Jen
10/17/2007 6:56 AM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

I have just given you a tirade of almost diatribe, Jen.
Tim

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tim
9/13/2007 10:34 AM
jen, 43
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

you shouldnt agree to do somthing then back out.and you have the hide to call me negative.you have the chip on your shoulders not i. j.

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Re: woah, settle down, girl.
9/15/2007 8:38 PM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

What is this?, taming the shrew?
Settle down, I haven't even met you and already you and I are having domestics? I haven't considered the prenuptials yet, babe! Already you are talking alimony material. No I was only testing how you perceive your outlook to life, in general, whether you are optimistic or not, you are a pessimist and your reaction to my comment has only confirmed this fact.
Maybe you and I should do something in a neutral place, say going bowling with the kids sometime, provided you have transport readily available. I have a pushbike only and I can't pillion you on it, besides it'll look funny!!
Coffee will only stimulate you too much because I realise that you get excited easily.
Cheers.
heaps of love.
Tim

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Re: Re: woah, settle down, girl.
9/16/2007 12:49 AM
jen, 43
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

you were not interested when i invited you the first time ok .i get the hint .

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hello
6/3/2007 8:01 AM
jen, 43
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

just read your profile a very smart man you are.congratulations jen from brisbane cheers mate.

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Re: hello
6/15/2007 11:05 PM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

Hi Jen,

Thanks for the comment, however, whatever you are referring to, within my profile headlines, I am not too sure what you are talking about.

Im doing the Gold Coast marathon, think of doing it yourself?

I have not done it before so it should be a right shock to the system.

I have been doing my homework for the past few months so I should do it with minimal angst.

Hope to hear from you again soon.

Have a good day.

Tim Tufuga

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Re: Re: hello
6/18/2007 12:51 AM
jen, 43
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

hi tim thanks for responding i cant even remember what i said either.must have been several weeks ago.anyway no im not into marathons.but good on you for doing so.ok bye for now jen.

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halooooooooooooooooooooo
5/28/2007 10:16 AM
BRSK, 27
Bangkok
Thailand

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Re: halooooooooooooooooooooo
5/28/2007 10:43 AM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

What are you up to now? Doing anything interesting besides the internet?

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WOW
5/11/2007 5:51 AM
anon, 107
Antarctica

You are effing massive man!!! LOL

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Re: WOW
5/11/2007 5:58 AM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

In physical stature or ego or whatever? I weigh just under 80kg. My waistline is 31 to 30 inches. My height is just under six feet tall and I am muscle bound. I have abs and I have broad shoulders with wide latts and lumber. when I do triathlons I weigh around 77 to 76 kg. So what do you mean that I am massive?

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Re: Re: WOW
5/11/2007 6:05 AM
anon, 107
Antarctica

Sorry, your muscles dude...

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Re: Re: Re: WOW
5/11/2007 12:42 PM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

Must be just the pics. Im not that big at all. I am broad shouldered which does stand out when I run alongside straight up and down runners. They think that Im a body builder running marathons. I am muscle bound that is true. So what is interesting in Melbourne lately?

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HI
2/26/2007 2:10 AM
blackbird, 46Verified Zorpian
Samutsakorn
Thailand

HOW ARE YOU ?

myspace layouts, myspace codes, glitter graphics

ENJOY YOUR LIFE.

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Re: HI
5/11/2007 5:48 AM
Tim, 40
Brisbane, Queensland
Australia

Why do you identify yourself as a Blackbird for? You must be a Bevan Australian because only they know what a Blackbird means in local slang. You sound kinda weird for an Asian. In fact you sound very Australian to me.

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hi
12/30/2006 2:04 AM

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