you may think so in a second or two.
I wulod lkie to try an exepriemnt, I saw an emial decsirbnig how yuor brain prcoesosrs olny a few leettrs in ecah wrod wihlst we raed. Msot poelpe wlil be albe to raed tihs as lnog as the frist and lsat leetrs are in the crorcet postioin. I tohught tihs was perety cool and amzanig how our bdoy wokrs.
OK, back to normal, well if you call my ramblings normal I guess. I haven't done anything since Pats TT however I plan to go for probably my last run before Kurrawa on Sunday. I am pretty excited about this weekend which basically begins tomorrow for me. I have taken a few days off work so I don't have to be back until next Wednesday. Yippeeeeeee!!!! Now I can sit back and relax and enjoy my last run. I will then head down the coast on Saturday for what will be a great weekend all round.
With no expectations, no real goals for this event I just hope to get through it in one piece and enjoy the weekend made up of the stuff I love doing.
Oh, and to all my family that read this, I know what you are thinking.....Crazy Fool!
Peace Out!
Next Edition - The Kurrawa Adventure!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
3k TT - The last one for 2006
Week - 26.5k
Month - 26.5k
YTD - 1101k
Working the afternoon shift today meant I could make it to Pat's this morning for the monthly TT. I haven't been for a TT for what seems like an eternity, it was actually March the last time I did a TT there so Im glad I got the opportunity to do the last one for the year.
I arrived there 5.40am just in tie to register before heading off to the start line as our warmup. I met up with Clairie and Tesso of whom I haven't seen for a while either which was good.
The atmosphere is always great at these sessions which is why it is always so popular, there is heaps of encouragement from everyone before, during and after the session. Pat had also organised two bongo drummers to play at the startline which added to the atmosphere.
Lining up at the starting line Pat ran through the course, the track had changed since last time I did it with only one turn around at 1500m whereas the last one had a few more, I think 1k loops.
Anyway, I was unsure what time I would like to come in at however I did know that with a big race this weekend that I didn't want to go 100%. The race started and for the first 100-200m it is weaving and dodging until everyone finds their place and it settles down.
I quickly settled into a comfortable pace not long after and never looked at my watch until the turn around where I got there is 5.22. I thought this was a little too quick for what I wanted to achieve today and slowed the pace down for the next half.
At about the 2k mark there is a little hill that I usually gets me especially at the BRRC runs but this morning it wasn't that bad. I got over that and enjoyed the last 1k, I stepped the pace up a little towards the end to come in at 11.05.
It was a good 30 secs outside my time done in march, but it made for a good solid session. I was certainly puffing at the end but recovered pretty quickly.
We all hung around and cheered those left out on the course, some louder than others, Clairie ;-) before heading back to the Ship Inn for a nice cold drink and fruit.
At the time I didn't realise but Tesso actually ran her fastest 3k this year, not a PB but a Season Best, so it was a good end to the year and some ominous signs for this weekend. Nice one Tesso!
****Edit****
Oh I almost forgot it was my first blogging anniversary yesterday, and I thought I would never continue to do it - It's addictive, at least it's a healthy habit however maybe Cass has a different opinion :-)
Month - 26.5k
YTD - 1101k
Working the afternoon shift today meant I could make it to Pat's this morning for the monthly TT. I haven't been for a TT for what seems like an eternity, it was actually March the last time I did a TT there so Im glad I got the opportunity to do the last one for the year.
I arrived there 5.40am just in tie to register before heading off to the start line as our warmup. I met up with Clairie and Tesso of whom I haven't seen for a while either which was good.
The atmosphere is always great at these sessions which is why it is always so popular, there is heaps of encouragement from everyone before, during and after the session. Pat had also organised two bongo drummers to play at the startline which added to the atmosphere.
Lining up at the starting line Pat ran through the course, the track had changed since last time I did it with only one turn around at 1500m whereas the last one had a few more, I think 1k loops.
Anyway, I was unsure what time I would like to come in at however I did know that with a big race this weekend that I didn't want to go 100%. The race started and for the first 100-200m it is weaving and dodging until everyone finds their place and it settles down.
I quickly settled into a comfortable pace not long after and never looked at my watch until the turn around where I got there is 5.22. I thought this was a little too quick for what I wanted to achieve today and slowed the pace down for the next half.
At about the 2k mark there is a little hill that I usually gets me especially at the BRRC runs but this morning it wasn't that bad. I got over that and enjoyed the last 1k, I stepped the pace up a little towards the end to come in at 11.05.
It was a good 30 secs outside my time done in march, but it made for a good solid session. I was certainly puffing at the end but recovered pretty quickly.
We all hung around and cheered those left out on the course, some louder than others, Clairie ;-) before heading back to the Ship Inn for a nice cold drink and fruit.
At the time I didn't realise but Tesso actually ran her fastest 3k this year, not a PB but a Season Best, so it was a good end to the year and some ominous signs for this weekend. Nice one Tesso!
****Edit****
Oh I almost forgot it was my first blogging anniversary yesterday, and I thought I would never continue to do it - It's addictive, at least it's a healthy habit however maybe Cass has a different opinion :-)
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Regatta - Mt Coot-tha loop
Week - 19.5k
Month - 19.5k
YTD - 1094k
Still had a bit of the guilts today so this afternoon I rang my Kurrawa partner and asked if he would be interested in doing the loop starting from the regatta. It is close to 15k and a fairly tough run with plenty of hills......obviously.
We arrived at the regatta about 4.45pm and after a quick stretch we headed off. A fairly sedate pace to begin with. My partner has never ran more than 12k so I thought it was a good idea for him to be acquainted with a longer distance especially when he will be required to run 25k in a weeks time.
We were chatting most part of the first section however I did warn him that the conversation will stop once we hit the hills. We encoutered the first hill near the Botanic gardens and got through this pretty well, we had a quick break at the next water tap before tackling the main hill. This winds up for about 2.2k and is fairly constant, at times the hill eases up but the last section is probably the worst.
My mate was going really well for a virgin Mt Coot-thanite he remained close to me until the last 500m or so when he said his legs had a turn for the worst and he needed to walk.
We arrived at the picnic area just after the climb, I was feeling great I had never down that climb that easy before and while I was waiting for my partner the weather took a turn for the worst. Large lightning bolts, heavy range and heaps of thunder saw both of us stuck under a shed for the next 1/2 hour. Im not keen running when there is heaps of lightning especially when there are huge Tv antenna's around.
The rain never really cleared but the lightning eased up so we headed off. It was quite cold to begin with and the wind was strong. Visibility was down to about 50m due to the low level cloud so we had to be mindful of the traffic coming up the mountian.
Due to the delay we automatically increased the pace, we were keen to get home now, we were drenched and the legs felt a little drained. We had a quick drink at the lookout before the downhill section back to the regatta.
I was pretty impressed with how my mate went, considering he hasn't done that sort of distance before he seemed to cope well. Overall the distance was 14.59k and we completed the loop in 1.14.44 (5.07/k), obviously this doesn't include our break.
This will probably be my last long-ish run before the big day, I was pretty happy with how I went today, I seemed to run that pretty easy which is a great confidence booster. I will do another couple of shorter ones, not the greatest lead up to a big race but I rather be under cooked than over trained risking injuries.
Hopefully next post I will have some pics and the story of the Go kart race. All I can say is that is didn't go quite as planned :-)
Happy Training!!!!
Month - 19.5k
YTD - 1094k
Still had a bit of the guilts today so this afternoon I rang my Kurrawa partner and asked if he would be interested in doing the loop starting from the regatta. It is close to 15k and a fairly tough run with plenty of hills......obviously.
We arrived at the regatta about 4.45pm and after a quick stretch we headed off. A fairly sedate pace to begin with. My partner has never ran more than 12k so I thought it was a good idea for him to be acquainted with a longer distance especially when he will be required to run 25k in a weeks time.
We were chatting most part of the first section however I did warn him that the conversation will stop once we hit the hills. We encoutered the first hill near the Botanic gardens and got through this pretty well, we had a quick break at the next water tap before tackling the main hill. This winds up for about 2.2k and is fairly constant, at times the hill eases up but the last section is probably the worst.
My mate was going really well for a virgin Mt Coot-thanite he remained close to me until the last 500m or so when he said his legs had a turn for the worst and he needed to walk.
We arrived at the picnic area just after the climb, I was feeling great I had never down that climb that easy before and while I was waiting for my partner the weather took a turn for the worst. Large lightning bolts, heavy range and heaps of thunder saw both of us stuck under a shed for the next 1/2 hour. Im not keen running when there is heaps of lightning especially when there are huge Tv antenna's around.
The rain never really cleared but the lightning eased up so we headed off. It was quite cold to begin with and the wind was strong. Visibility was down to about 50m due to the low level cloud so we had to be mindful of the traffic coming up the mountian.
Due to the delay we automatically increased the pace, we were keen to get home now, we were drenched and the legs felt a little drained. We had a quick drink at the lookout before the downhill section back to the regatta.
I was pretty impressed with how my mate went, considering he hasn't done that sort of distance before he seemed to cope well. Overall the distance was 14.59k and we completed the loop in 1.14.44 (5.07/k), obviously this doesn't include our break.
This will probably be my last long-ish run before the big day, I was pretty happy with how I went today, I seemed to run that pretty easy which is a great confidence booster. I will do another couple of shorter ones, not the greatest lead up to a big race but I rather be under cooked than over trained risking injuries.
Hopefully next post I will have some pics and the story of the Go kart race. All I can say is that is didn't go quite as planned :-)
Happy Training!!!!
Seedy Saturday!
Week - 5k
Month - 5k
YTD - 1079.5k
I never made it to the Mount Coot-tha run yesterday as planned, instead the night before Cass and I went to Arana Hills leagues club with a few mates and wives for some dinner and drinks. It turned out bigger than I had planned with far too many beverages going down range. In saying that I woke up feeling very ordinary and didn't really come good all day.
I ended up dragging my seedy feeling body out around 6pm for a short run. I was feeling guilty but I wasn't real sure how my body would react to running after lounging around all day. The run actually felt pretty good although I think I was still dehydrated as it took a while before a drop of sweat formed.
I think it was a good decision just going for the 5k. Along the way I saw a koala with a little one on it's back in a fork of a tree. There are koala signs around my area but I have never seen one, until today.
Around the 3k mark I was feeling great and my pace kept creeping up, I had started with a 5.21 min/k and by the end of the run I had made up that time to clock under 5min/k pace. I completed the run in 24.55. Not long after, I started to feel ordinary again, I was glad to go to bed that night, hoping that I would better this morning.
I am pleased to say that I feel good today, I am just writing this quickly as I am going to the Australian Swimming Champs this morning for Day 1 heats at Chandler. I am looking forward to it should be a good few hours. I might try and get out this afternoon for another run.
1 week to Kurrawa :-)
Month - 5k
YTD - 1079.5k
I never made it to the Mount Coot-tha run yesterday as planned, instead the night before Cass and I went to Arana Hills leagues club with a few mates and wives for some dinner and drinks. It turned out bigger than I had planned with far too many beverages going down range. In saying that I woke up feeling very ordinary and didn't really come good all day.
I ended up dragging my seedy feeling body out around 6pm for a short run. I was feeling guilty but I wasn't real sure how my body would react to running after lounging around all day. The run actually felt pretty good although I think I was still dehydrated as it took a while before a drop of sweat formed.
I think it was a good decision just going for the 5k. Along the way I saw a koala with a little one on it's back in a fork of a tree. There are koala signs around my area but I have never seen one, until today.
Around the 3k mark I was feeling great and my pace kept creeping up, I had started with a 5.21 min/k and by the end of the run I had made up that time to clock under 5min/k pace. I completed the run in 24.55. Not long after, I started to feel ordinary again, I was glad to go to bed that night, hoping that I would better this morning.
I am pleased to say that I feel good today, I am just writing this quickly as I am going to the Australian Swimming Champs this morning for Day 1 heats at Chandler. I am looking forward to it should be a good few hours. I might try and get out this afternoon for another run.
1 week to Kurrawa :-)
Friday, December 01, 2006
The wheels are in motion
Week - 23.5k
Month - 88k
YTD - 1074.5k
Cass is working tonight so usually on these nights I give training a miss as I have the little Sammy to look after. Tonight however I tried something new. I have a pram that is sort of in between a jogging pram and one that is built entirely for smooth surfaces. It has pump up tyres however it has a far amount of bells and whistles that make it not very suitable for running.
Now Samuel is 7 months old he is strong enough to support himself pretty good so I thought I would take this opportunity to conduct a few modifications to the pram and give it crack running with it.
After about ten minutes I was happy with the outcome, a little air was placed in the tyres before putting the little man in to make it roll a bit better. I strapped him up waited for the garmin to lock on and then we were off. To begin with it felt a bit weird having only one arm at a time swinging but it was much easier than I thought. Sam was enjoying it alot however it was a little chilly and quite windy. The pram went great it rolled straight and was easily handing the pace, the only negative point which is minor is going up and down gutters and driveways was that I had to slow right down.
About 3k into the run Sam feel asleep and remained that way for the next 1/2 an hour. At around the 7k mark I knew I was working a bit harder just to maintain around 5min/k pace especially when I encountered hills around this point. I continued on for another 3k or so rounding the session off with 10.2k in 51.48.
I really enjoyed running with the pram, I think I will add this to my training a bit more. It will also give Cass a break aswell. I was considering buying a proper jogging pram however I am satisfied with how this one went so I may hold out and see if this one holds up with a few more k's. Along the way I was even thinking about pushing Sam for the last 10k of Kurrawa. I will have Cass meet me at some point and will take him. I will have to make sure that he is well covered and have a heap of sunscreen applied, especially if he is anything like Cass and I, we get burn't from the moons rays ;-)
Tomorrow will be a rest day, it is my Corps birthday so we have a sports day and a billy cart race. Being a light weight with a bone structure similar to a coat hanger I am behind the wheel. It should be fun, we also have a secret weapon if we are losing, we have built a canon that is attached to the cart. It is fueled by aerosol and has a ignition button that makes whatever is up the spout come out, pretty fast when it is pressed. So we don't hurt anyone we will be only using soft objects and the occasional tennis ball. I will take some pics of it and post them in the next few days.
Depending on how I feel I would like to make it to the Regatta for Hannah's monthly Mt Coot-Tha run. I have not had much sleep lately so it will be struggle but it will be my last chance to cram in a decent run before the 10 Dec.
Month - 88k
YTD - 1074.5k
Cass is working tonight so usually on these nights I give training a miss as I have the little Sammy to look after. Tonight however I tried something new. I have a pram that is sort of in between a jogging pram and one that is built entirely for smooth surfaces. It has pump up tyres however it has a far amount of bells and whistles that make it not very suitable for running.
Now Samuel is 7 months old he is strong enough to support himself pretty good so I thought I would take this opportunity to conduct a few modifications to the pram and give it crack running with it.
After about ten minutes I was happy with the outcome, a little air was placed in the tyres before putting the little man in to make it roll a bit better. I strapped him up waited for the garmin to lock on and then we were off. To begin with it felt a bit weird having only one arm at a time swinging but it was much easier than I thought. Sam was enjoying it alot however it was a little chilly and quite windy. The pram went great it rolled straight and was easily handing the pace, the only negative point which is minor is going up and down gutters and driveways was that I had to slow right down.
About 3k into the run Sam feel asleep and remained that way for the next 1/2 an hour. At around the 7k mark I knew I was working a bit harder just to maintain around 5min/k pace especially when I encountered hills around this point. I continued on for another 3k or so rounding the session off with 10.2k in 51.48.
I really enjoyed running with the pram, I think I will add this to my training a bit more. It will also give Cass a break aswell. I was considering buying a proper jogging pram however I am satisfied with how this one went so I may hold out and see if this one holds up with a few more k's. Along the way I was even thinking about pushing Sam for the last 10k of Kurrawa. I will have Cass meet me at some point and will take him. I will have to make sure that he is well covered and have a heap of sunscreen applied, especially if he is anything like Cass and I, we get burn't from the moons rays ;-)
Tomorrow will be a rest day, it is my Corps birthday so we have a sports day and a billy cart race. Being a light weight with a bone structure similar to a coat hanger I am behind the wheel. It should be fun, we also have a secret weapon if we are losing, we have built a canon that is attached to the cart. It is fueled by aerosol and has a ignition button that makes whatever is up the spout come out, pretty fast when it is pressed. So we don't hurt anyone we will be only using soft objects and the occasional tennis ball. I will take some pics of it and post them in the next few days.
Depending on how I feel I would like to make it to the Regatta for Hannah's monthly Mt Coot-Tha run. I have not had much sleep lately so it will be struggle but it will be my last chance to cram in a decent run before the 10 Dec.
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