Thanks to Tesso and Clairie for your help with the Ipod. Basically I couldn't install Itunes, it kept coming up with installation interupted please try again later. Very frustrating! I tried installing from the CD-Rom and from the apple website but the same outcome presented itself.
As suggested I downloaded updates which I didn't know existed but anyway they wouldn't work either. I then stumbled across the forum section of the apple website where I found another person having the same issue. But as luck would have it no one suggested on what the cause would be.
After 1/2 an hour of searching I decided to go back to the first page of the Forum where someone had just posted 5 mins earlier the solution. Thank God or so I thought until I read what I had to do........................... uninstall Windows XP service pak 2 contents. Nooooooooooooo!!! everytime I log on to the computer I seem to be installing new updates and now I had to delete them.
So commonsense took over for a second and said dont be stupid there must be another way, all that to listen to music. I weighed up the options and with a click of the button, bye bye service pak.
After that the program installed without a drama, apparently the program will work once the service pak is reinstalled which will take god knows how long.
So the story has a happy ending, although my computer is know as secure as........ well an unsecured thing the main thing now is that I can now experience music whilst training for the first time.
More to follow...
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Not Keen!
Week - 16k
Month - 32k
YTD - 655k
After some catching up on some home duties that have been neglected over the past few weeks such as lawn mowing I was buggered today. I dont tend to drink alot of water when it is cooler which is why I felt lethargic this afternoon.
I wasn't really that keen to go and it is so easy to blow the training off but I need to keep on top of it although I didn't run very far it was better than nothing. I had a drink just before I left at 5pm which caused some slight stomach cramps along the way but I think it was alot better than having nothing and doing a face plant 20 mins into my run.
A fairly basic out and back run where I tried to introduce some hills, although they are quite scarse in my neck of the woods the ones I did find raised the heart rate a little.
A total of 6km was all I ended up doing in a time of 26.46 so just under 4.30 pace.
I am also trying to sort out the Ipod, for some reason all our songs disappeared off it and now the program will not work and wont install. So at the moment we have a little metal box that looks all pretty but is useless. We even bought a holder so we can wear it for exercise, I would like to give music ago whilst training so hopefully I can figure this out before my next run.
Month - 32k
YTD - 655k
After some catching up on some home duties that have been neglected over the past few weeks such as lawn mowing I was buggered today. I dont tend to drink alot of water when it is cooler which is why I felt lethargic this afternoon.
I wasn't really that keen to go and it is so easy to blow the training off but I need to keep on top of it although I didn't run very far it was better than nothing. I had a drink just before I left at 5pm which caused some slight stomach cramps along the way but I think it was alot better than having nothing and doing a face plant 20 mins into my run.
A fairly basic out and back run where I tried to introduce some hills, although they are quite scarse in my neck of the woods the ones I did find raised the heart rate a little.
A total of 6km was all I ended up doing in a time of 26.46 so just under 4.30 pace.
I am also trying to sort out the Ipod, for some reason all our songs disappeared off it and now the program will not work and wont install. So at the moment we have a little metal box that looks all pretty but is useless. We even bought a holder so we can wear it for exercise, I would like to give music ago whilst training so hopefully I can figure this out before my next run.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Duty Calls!
Week - 10k
Month - 26k
YTD - 649k
This morning I was rostered on to help out with the BRRC race. The day was going to start early to begin with but then Sam decided he wanted to get up an hour before the alarm for his feed. Prior to this I have an addiction to the Tour de France and hate missing the stages if Im not working so I sat up beyond midnight watching the TT.
So with 3 odd hours of sleep under my belt Cass, Sam and myself ventured on down to West end. I ended up marshalling , keeping an eye on the runners making sure they didn't cut any corners :)
Being in a dosile state I forgot to bring a jumper, I think the race director notice this and put me in the coldest sunless spot there was on the course, I was damn cold! Just kidding, but it was very chilly to say the least.
It was a good morning and nice to see Tesso and Hannah again, who I haven't seen for a few weeks.
The morning finished about 8.30am, once home I assumed the position and racked out for 2 hrs, Ahhhh wonderful!
Fast forward, after watching everyone in the morning I needed to get out for a run, I was in no state to do this earlier so I headed off for a run about 4pm.
On the agenda was 10km where I quickly settled into a 4.30-4.40 pace and remained there for the entire run. I put the orthotics back in my shoes which didn't really bother me too much this time. Apart from that not much to report, overall a comfortable run which was covered in 45.32
Month - 26k
YTD - 649k
This morning I was rostered on to help out with the BRRC race. The day was going to start early to begin with but then Sam decided he wanted to get up an hour before the alarm for his feed. Prior to this I have an addiction to the Tour de France and hate missing the stages if Im not working so I sat up beyond midnight watching the TT.
So with 3 odd hours of sleep under my belt Cass, Sam and myself ventured on down to West end. I ended up marshalling , keeping an eye on the runners making sure they didn't cut any corners :)
Being in a dosile state I forgot to bring a jumper, I think the race director notice this and put me in the coldest sunless spot there was on the course, I was damn cold! Just kidding, but it was very chilly to say the least.
It was a good morning and nice to see Tesso and Hannah again, who I haven't seen for a few weeks.
The morning finished about 8.30am, once home I assumed the position and racked out for 2 hrs, Ahhhh wonderful!
Fast forward, after watching everyone in the morning I needed to get out for a run, I was in no state to do this earlier so I headed off for a run about 4pm.
On the agenda was 10km where I quickly settled into a 4.30-4.40 pace and remained there for the entire run. I put the orthotics back in my shoes which didn't really bother me too much this time. Apart from that not much to report, overall a comfortable run which was covered in 45.32
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Watch out Asafa!
Week - 16k
Month - 16k
YTD - 639k
Firstly Happy Birthday!!! to my lovely wife who turns the old age of 24
I have sent my application away for the City to Surf, I left it to the last minute and sent it via express snail mail hoping it got there before July 5. The reason for this was because I didn't run last years event and wanted to get into the A group so I had to send some evidence that I could run a certain time. Anyway the question has been posed by some lovely fellow bloggers wanting to know if I have a goal time. So here goes;
A GOAL= SUB 58 (4.08MIN/K PACE)
B GOAL= SUB 60 (4.17MIN/K PACE)
These goals will fall to pieces if I am not allowed in the first group to set off. So Tesso you were pretty much on the money with your prediction, I think my A goal will be tough which will make it that much more satisfying if I do get it
With work lately I have been finishing a little later than usual, so by the time I get out for a run it is dark. Last night was no different so I decided to remain close to home and follow a bike/footpath that loops around the sporting fields. The local council over the past few days have put in treated pine posts around the loop indicating the distance in 100m intervals. The total loop is 2.1km.
I decided to run 3 laps before it got too dark and cold, however while I was running some of the 100m intervals came up rather quickly. I was, according to the garmin running at 4.30 pace or there abouts, but didn't really think much of it. It wasn't until may last lap I decided to time how long it took me over some of the intervals. To my suprise I was completing some 100m intervals in a little over 10 secs :-0
I couldn't believe it, why bother putting in the posts if they didn't even measure the intervals, the overall distance is fairly accurate but there is no way people can judge how they are going throughout their run/walk.
So if you want to feel good about yourself come over to Bray Park and run this track, you may even be able to experience how it feels to run sub 10 secs for 100 metres :)
Total Time 28.20 for 6.3k, I think!
One last thing I promise this is the last time that I will be altering my blog, a change is as good as a holiday.......I've needed a few holidays over the past few weeks.
Month - 16k
YTD - 639k
Firstly Happy Birthday!!! to my lovely wife who turns the old age of 24
I have sent my application away for the City to Surf, I left it to the last minute and sent it via express snail mail hoping it got there before July 5. The reason for this was because I didn't run last years event and wanted to get into the A group so I had to send some evidence that I could run a certain time. Anyway the question has been posed by some lovely fellow bloggers wanting to know if I have a goal time. So here goes;
A GOAL= SUB 58 (4.08MIN/K PACE)
B GOAL= SUB 60 (4.17MIN/K PACE)
These goals will fall to pieces if I am not allowed in the first group to set off. So Tesso you were pretty much on the money with your prediction, I think my A goal will be tough which will make it that much more satisfying if I do get it
With work lately I have been finishing a little later than usual, so by the time I get out for a run it is dark. Last night was no different so I decided to remain close to home and follow a bike/footpath that loops around the sporting fields. The local council over the past few days have put in treated pine posts around the loop indicating the distance in 100m intervals. The total loop is 2.1km.
I decided to run 3 laps before it got too dark and cold, however while I was running some of the 100m intervals came up rather quickly. I was, according to the garmin running at 4.30 pace or there abouts, but didn't really think much of it. It wasn't until may last lap I decided to time how long it took me over some of the intervals. To my suprise I was completing some 100m intervals in a little over 10 secs :-0
I couldn't believe it, why bother putting in the posts if they didn't even measure the intervals, the overall distance is fairly accurate but there is no way people can judge how they are going throughout their run/walk.
So if you want to feel good about yourself come over to Bray Park and run this track, you may even be able to experience how it feels to run sub 10 secs for 100 metres :)
Total Time 28.20 for 6.3k, I think!
One last thing I promise this is the last time that I will be altering my blog, a change is as good as a holiday.......I've needed a few holidays over the past few weeks.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
10 km Neighbourhood Run
Week - 10k
Month - 10k
YTD - 633k
Tonight I thought I would test myself and do a hard training run just to give myself an indication of how much work I need to do to get a good time at the C2S.
I set off around 5pm after a 1/2 hour walk with the dogs and Cass. I ran around a bit just to give myself a bit of a warm up before I set off. On the agenda was 10 k, no real time goal just run as fast as I could without becoming exhausted.
After friday nights effort I was a bit dubious on how I would go. The initial stages of the run felt great and to my suprise I was maintaining low 4 min k pace very easily. I felt great and just concentrated keepig my upper body relaxed. I have a tendency to become tight which seems to affect my breathing etc.
I basically followed the streets around my area in a 4k out and back course with a 1 km out and back to make the 10 k. The run couldn't have gone much better, I maintained a very consistant pace with I was comfortable with.
This was also the first real test for the new shoes and I must admit I love them, I hope this model sticks around for a while because I think I will just continue to get these. I have ditched the custom orthotics after perservering with them for a few weeks. They are uncomfortable and caused muscle and tendon inflammation on my right foot. I have seen the Pod about this and he adjusted them but I still dont feel they are helping.
Anyway overall the 10 k run was done in 41.19 (4.08min/k) which I was quite happy with. What I was most impressed with is the recovering and the feeling straight after the run, I was breathing very comfortable and could easily hold a conversation. I love runs like this, they have been very few and far between this year, so hopefully this is the beginning of something that has been lacking for the past few months. Fingers crossed.
Below are the splits as you can see I eased up on the last Km
1k - 4.10
2k - 4.00
3k - 4.05
4k - 4.06
5k - 4.04 (20.25)
6k - 4.10
7k - 4.07
8k - 3.57
9k - 4.09
10k - 4.31 (20.54)
Month - 10k
YTD - 633k
Tonight I thought I would test myself and do a hard training run just to give myself an indication of how much work I need to do to get a good time at the C2S.
I set off around 5pm after a 1/2 hour walk with the dogs and Cass. I ran around a bit just to give myself a bit of a warm up before I set off. On the agenda was 10 k, no real time goal just run as fast as I could without becoming exhausted.
After friday nights effort I was a bit dubious on how I would go. The initial stages of the run felt great and to my suprise I was maintaining low 4 min k pace very easily. I felt great and just concentrated keepig my upper body relaxed. I have a tendency to become tight which seems to affect my breathing etc.
I basically followed the streets around my area in a 4k out and back course with a 1 km out and back to make the 10 k. The run couldn't have gone much better, I maintained a very consistant pace with I was comfortable with.
This was also the first real test for the new shoes and I must admit I love them, I hope this model sticks around for a while because I think I will just continue to get these. I have ditched the custom orthotics after perservering with them for a few weeks. They are uncomfortable and caused muscle and tendon inflammation on my right foot. I have seen the Pod about this and he adjusted them but I still dont feel they are helping.
Anyway overall the 10 k run was done in 41.19 (4.08min/k) which I was quite happy with. What I was most impressed with is the recovering and the feeling straight after the run, I was breathing very comfortable and could easily hold a conversation. I love runs like this, they have been very few and far between this year, so hopefully this is the beginning of something that has been lacking for the past few months. Fingers crossed.
Below are the splits as you can see I eased up on the last Km
1k - 4.10
2k - 4.00
3k - 4.05
4k - 4.06
5k - 4.04 (20.25)
6k - 4.10
7k - 4.07
8k - 3.57
9k - 4.09
10k - 4.31 (20.54)
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