YTD - 475 k
Like many people around this time of year I have had a big fortnight on the work front. 12 days straight and 110 hrs later and I got a 3 day weekend. During this time because I was working away I didn't have an opportunity to train much. I managed 1 session in the 9 days which is certainly not ideal leading up to the c2s.
On Tuesday in what felt like sub zero temps I left work at 5.20 pm and headed for 2 laps of the 2.4 km fitness test track we have at work. I didn't have much daylight left so I cracked straight on with the session and decided on the run to do 2 x 2.4 km time trials as such. Not wanting to go flat out my time trial was more specific time orientated and aimed to complete the track in under 9 mins but not excessively under. I intended to have a 5 min rest between the two sets and after a 9 day break I was pleased that i comfortably achieved what I set out to do and ran 8.56 and 8.58. The last set I needed to run 1.22 for the last 400 m as I took it too casual from the 1200 m turn around but I managed.
Having Friday and this weekend free I squeezed in 3 days of training. My intent was to do a long run today but my wife got called into work at late notice so I had to quickly head out before lunch and do what I had for the previous two days.
I have a 8.85 km loop from home that I have been running since I moved here in Dec. During the summer I struggled with lack of fitness and the dry heat. It has a long gradual hill that just exhausted me everytime I ran it. My slowest during this time was 44.18 which is shocking. I now run it comfortably in less than 40 mins.
My weekend efforts saw me run it in 37.00, 37.51 and 36.33. My loop PB is 36.23 so I was suprised that I achieved that result today. Yesterday my legs felt heavy after friday's run, today my legs felt like they were back energy wise but my quads were a little sore and are still now. I don't mind however and in fact I am glad because that proves that I achieved something that will benefit me, I put my body through some distress and that can only be a good thing especially when distress doesn't coincide with injury.
That's all, until next time
Happy Training!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
I did it!
YTD - 445km
And I must admit with ease aswell.
My aim was to run a relatively longer session and I achieved that with a steady 76 min run over undulating and at times very hilly terrain. 30% of it was on trails and I felt good the whole way.
Estimated about 16km and I felt as though I could have gone another 5 -10 km without too many issues. I woke up with a tiny amount of soreness but that was to be expected.
I also ended up doing an interval session and a short run throughout the week aswell. Not much else to write about just enjoying the training and hope it continues until the C2S next month.
Happy Training!
And I must admit with ease aswell.
My aim was to run a relatively longer session and I achieved that with a steady 76 min run over undulating and at times very hilly terrain. 30% of it was on trails and I felt good the whole way.
Estimated about 16km and I felt as though I could have gone another 5 -10 km without too many issues. I woke up with a tiny amount of soreness but that was to be expected.
I also ended up doing an interval session and a short run throughout the week aswell. Not much else to write about just enjoying the training and hope it continues until the C2S next month.
Happy Training!
Saturday, July 03, 2010
The Lone Trainer
YTD - 455 km
Over the past 8 months I have left a state that I called home for 10 years and moved back to Victoria. With this relocation came a new job or rather a new role and a massive scenery and climate change for my family. Furthermore it has also seen my training become a very lonely and solemn affair. I have nobody that I can call a training buddy or even a club that I have found that even compares to what I had come to take for granted in Queensland or more appropriately Brisbane.
Don't get me wrong I understand that I am comparing apples and oranges in regards to what is available in the two cities but I didn't think that I would notice much difference and if I did I didn't think that I would care that much.
I do enjoy the solo training session, myself versus nature versus a stopwatch that seems to click by a little faster every year I get older, however there are always times when you need the social interaction or just some company to enjoy this great sport of ours.
I am probably being a little dramatic and really the fact that my work takes up most of my time lately that I can't even train at a respectable hour anyway makes my little whinge completely uncalled for anyway. I'll will have to suck it up wait for it to heat up, wait for the days to be a little longer and then maybe I will have more of a chance to stumble across a group. Maybe I will just wait another 3 months and begin the track season again and I will get my full dose of social interaction with people that enjoy what I enjoy.
So what has come of this loneliness I hear you ask, well my inability to pace myself. My garmin has died and with no-one to chat to and run casually I find myself running every session as a tempo or worse a full on aerobic onslaught. Trying to PB my training routes is a problem that has entered my sub conscious. Before I know it I am sitting on 4 min k pace for the bulk of my run.
'why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to run fast....'
Emil Zatopek about interval training.
Not quite in his league and I wish I could train at a high intensity all the time and achieve great results but the sad reality is that I can't and need to slow down. This phase I am going through now has stopped me from undertaking any significant distances and although I am not currently training for a long race even running beyond 70 mins has been few and far between.
Next weekend I will attempt a longer run and during the week leading up to it I will be making more of a conscious effort to stick in the high 4's - 5 min/k pace. Hopefully by writing this down it will help in getting rid of this disorder I have caught.
Fingers Crossed!
Over the past 8 months I have left a state that I called home for 10 years and moved back to Victoria. With this relocation came a new job or rather a new role and a massive scenery and climate change for my family. Furthermore it has also seen my training become a very lonely and solemn affair. I have nobody that I can call a training buddy or even a club that I have found that even compares to what I had come to take for granted in Queensland or more appropriately Brisbane.
Don't get me wrong I understand that I am comparing apples and oranges in regards to what is available in the two cities but I didn't think that I would notice much difference and if I did I didn't think that I would care that much.
I do enjoy the solo training session, myself versus nature versus a stopwatch that seems to click by a little faster every year I get older, however there are always times when you need the social interaction or just some company to enjoy this great sport of ours.
I am probably being a little dramatic and really the fact that my work takes up most of my time lately that I can't even train at a respectable hour anyway makes my little whinge completely uncalled for anyway. I'll will have to suck it up wait for it to heat up, wait for the days to be a little longer and then maybe I will have more of a chance to stumble across a group. Maybe I will just wait another 3 months and begin the track season again and I will get my full dose of social interaction with people that enjoy what I enjoy.
So what has come of this loneliness I hear you ask, well my inability to pace myself. My garmin has died and with no-one to chat to and run casually I find myself running every session as a tempo or worse a full on aerobic onslaught. Trying to PB my training routes is a problem that has entered my sub conscious. Before I know it I am sitting on 4 min k pace for the bulk of my run.
'why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to run fast....'
Emil Zatopek about interval training.
Not quite in his league and I wish I could train at a high intensity all the time and achieve great results but the sad reality is that I can't and need to slow down. This phase I am going through now has stopped me from undertaking any significant distances and although I am not currently training for a long race even running beyond 70 mins has been few and far between.
Next weekend I will attempt a longer run and during the week leading up to it I will be making more of a conscious effort to stick in the high 4's - 5 min/k pace. Hopefully by writing this down it will help in getting rid of this disorder I have caught.
Fingers Crossed!
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