Well I managed to achieve my 19.45 goal with a 19.29 in what was atrocious conditions. Stats from the BOM recorded at 7am on 30/1/16 that it was 27.7 94% humidity with no wind, by 730am the humidity dropped to 90%. Very warm and my body was drenched by the end. This was especially difficult around 3km in when I just couldn't cool myself and began to over heat.
I battled on and crossed in first place at Riverway Parkrun. My first time at the event in 6 mths only due to the fact that I run there quite often outside of Parkrun and like to have a change in location occasionally.
Also during the week I also managed a 6.5km around the hood in a sedate pace of 4.45/k. Today I headed out for a planned hour run, in drizzly hot and humid conditions yet again. Stuck to around 5min/k pace however after about 4km my shoe began rubbing on my heel and I developed a blister. I had some bandaids in my pocket which lasted all of 1min due to sweat. I battled on for another 3 odd km before I rang my wife to come and get me. Disappointing to say the least but at least I got close to 40 mins of training in, so not a complete loss. Secondly the blisters are not that bad so a little heavy duty strapping should assist better than bandaids.
The goal of 1000km for the year is progressing well I am 14km ahead of where I should be at the end of January.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Hello 2016
This is a non committal post, seeing as though I seem to have all intentions in maintaining regular posts but over the years this doesn't come to fruition.
Keeping it short for the first post my goal this year is nothing more than running well and covering 1000km for the year.
According to my training log Strava I am currently 9km ahead of my goal totaling 80km so far for January.
This month I have commenced training with Townsville Road Runners for the speed work on the track. I have been to the two sessions they have run this year and I have also competed in two Park runs, where I have managed two victories. One where I pushed based on my current fitness level and the 2nd where I just sauntered around in 19.25 and 20.25 respectively.
I also managed a 10.4km run over the weekend at 4.24/k pace, covering 10km is 44mins flat. My first 10k for 6 months and my fastest for a long time. I haven't raced this distance for many years and to be honest it is difficult to imagine hitting the 38-40 mins I could run pretty consistently 5-6 years ago.
Going back a step I am pretty pleased with the last interval session I conducted with Townsville Road Runners. It was 4 x 200m x 4 sets. We conducted this in a group of about 6 where we decided to run 36-40 secs per 200 and rest about 40-45 secs between each 200. After the set of 4 we rested for 2 mins before tackling the next set of 4 x 200m. I maintained very good splits averaging around 36-38 secs. The last one I completed in 32 secs which felt good.
This week I hope to maintain regular consistent running and have a solid hit out at Parkrun on Saturday, 19.45 or better is the plan on a course that is slightly hilly and a course that I haven't run on for over 6 months. We will see if the plan goes ahead, but I think I have the fitness to achieve this without too much concern.
Happy Training!!!
Keeping it short for the first post my goal this year is nothing more than running well and covering 1000km for the year.
According to my training log Strava I am currently 9km ahead of my goal totaling 80km so far for January.
This month I have commenced training with Townsville Road Runners for the speed work on the track. I have been to the two sessions they have run this year and I have also competed in two Park runs, where I have managed two victories. One where I pushed based on my current fitness level and the 2nd where I just sauntered around in 19.25 and 20.25 respectively.
I also managed a 10.4km run over the weekend at 4.24/k pace, covering 10km is 44mins flat. My first 10k for 6 months and my fastest for a long time. I haven't raced this distance for many years and to be honest it is difficult to imagine hitting the 38-40 mins I could run pretty consistently 5-6 years ago.
Going back a step I am pretty pleased with the last interval session I conducted with Townsville Road Runners. It was 4 x 200m x 4 sets. We conducted this in a group of about 6 where we decided to run 36-40 secs per 200 and rest about 40-45 secs between each 200. After the set of 4 we rested for 2 mins before tackling the next set of 4 x 200m. I maintained very good splits averaging around 36-38 secs. The last one I completed in 32 secs which felt good.
This week I hope to maintain regular consistent running and have a solid hit out at Parkrun on Saturday, 19.45 or better is the plan on a course that is slightly hilly and a course that I haven't run on for over 6 months. We will see if the plan goes ahead, but I think I have the fitness to achieve this without too much concern.
Happy Training!!!
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