Month - 59k
YTD - 163.5k
But I got through it. I finished about an hour ago and I have to say that it was tough to actually stay out there and finish what I'd planned. My legs are now completely drained and I am looking forward to having a day off to recover. I am pretty pleased with my training over the last few weeks as I have completed 3 long runs, one each week. Anyway I finished around 1.04 for 13.5k.
That's all time for chillin out, until next time.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Intense!
Month - 45.5k
YTD - 150k
From my previous post reference clocking the 10 years in the Army, I do get long service leave but at this stage I haven't even thought about taking it. I also have the ability to take a 1/2 pay option making it 6 months of no work, I guess that would be pretty boring but.
I am looking at changing jobs though and I am considering transfering to the RAAF, just for a change of scenery. I have been enrolled in a Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree for a while now and just haven't had the opportunity to really get stuck into it. I am considering transferring to the medical field which will allow me to study something that is relevant to my employment. The other perk is that the defence for will also help in paying for the course, not all of it but a nice percentage which is certainly helpful. I also have another avenue that I have just found out about, my boss is doing some investigation for me which may help in getting into the pathology side of things directly which is what my degree will enable me to do rather than going the long way about it through the RAAF, we will see.
Anyway back to the training, I have been doing some hard PT session at work which has involved alot of high intensity running mainly due to the boss's desire to win the upcoming 5 x 1k relay. We have an awesome chance of winning quite comfortably really as our team comprises of 4 runners that have or are close to clocking under 8 mins for the 2.4 k. One of the members in our team has run between 7.20 -7.30 for the distance so he is pretty speedy. In saying that he is the Physical Training Instructor and his job is training all day everyday.
I have knocked off early today and am about to head off for my long session for the week before the family gets home. I feel pretty drained as I have already done an hour session this morning with a tough interval session yesterday. After today I will be definetly having tomorrow off with probably sunday being a run of about 7-8k. Monday we have another interval session scheduled followed by another on thursday. So as I said it has been high intensity and at this stage doesn't look like slowing down.
I hope I get through it in one piece I just have to ensure that I take the time to have rest days and not get to keen.
YTD - 150k
From my previous post reference clocking the 10 years in the Army, I do get long service leave but at this stage I haven't even thought about taking it. I also have the ability to take a 1/2 pay option making it 6 months of no work, I guess that would be pretty boring but.
I am looking at changing jobs though and I am considering transfering to the RAAF, just for a change of scenery. I have been enrolled in a Bachelor of Biomedical Science degree for a while now and just haven't had the opportunity to really get stuck into it. I am considering transferring to the medical field which will allow me to study something that is relevant to my employment. The other perk is that the defence for will also help in paying for the course, not all of it but a nice percentage which is certainly helpful. I also have another avenue that I have just found out about, my boss is doing some investigation for me which may help in getting into the pathology side of things directly which is what my degree will enable me to do rather than going the long way about it through the RAAF, we will see.
Anyway back to the training, I have been doing some hard PT session at work which has involved alot of high intensity running mainly due to the boss's desire to win the upcoming 5 x 1k relay. We have an awesome chance of winning quite comfortably really as our team comprises of 4 runners that have or are close to clocking under 8 mins for the 2.4 k. One of the members in our team has run between 7.20 -7.30 for the distance so he is pretty speedy. In saying that he is the Physical Training Instructor and his job is training all day everyday.
I have knocked off early today and am about to head off for my long session for the week before the family gets home. I feel pretty drained as I have already done an hour session this morning with a tough interval session yesterday. After today I will be definetly having tomorrow off with probably sunday being a run of about 7-8k. Monday we have another interval session scheduled followed by another on thursday. So as I said it has been high intensity and at this stage doesn't look like slowing down.
I hope I get through it in one piece I just have to ensure that I take the time to have rest days and not get to keen.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
A day of Milestones
Month - 33.5k
YTD - 138k
Today marks 10 years in the Army which has coincided with my 200th post.
I headed out for my longer session of the week yesterday sticking with the 13k loop that I did last week. I found this to be quite a good run with a good mix of terrain so I will stick with this hopefully scoping out an extension in the next few weeks. I finished in around 1.01.30.
I failed to mentioned that I also brught a new pair of shoes after trying on many different types. I branched out and got a pair of Nike Structure Triax 11. I am really liking these, I dont think I have had a pair of Nikes since my school days but I have to say that they are feeling like the best shoes I have had. I also ditched the orthotics and have had no issues without those either so it is working out just nicely at the moment.
Here's a pic of the shoes just a different colour
YTD - 138k
Today marks 10 years in the Army which has coincided with my 200th post.
I headed out for my longer session of the week yesterday sticking with the 13k loop that I did last week. I found this to be quite a good run with a good mix of terrain so I will stick with this hopefully scoping out an extension in the next few weeks. I finished in around 1.01.30.
I failed to mentioned that I also brught a new pair of shoes after trying on many different types. I branched out and got a pair of Nike Structure Triax 11. I am really liking these, I dont think I have had a pair of Nikes since my school days but I have to say that they are feeling like the best shoes I have had. I also ditched the orthotics and have had no issues without those either so it is working out just nicely at the moment.
Here's a pic of the shoes just a different colour
Monday, February 04, 2008
Quickie!
Week - 2.5k
Month - 15.5k
YTD - 120k
As the title suggests this is going to be short and sweet.
I have been plugging away with the training being fairly regular in my runs but also being sensible. I have really nothing to train for at the moment as I decided to give Caboolture the flick this year and just concentrate on Warwick in May. I am not sure if I am working this weekend aswell which also helped in that decision.
Anyway as I eleuded to I am now back at work, the start of the year is always hectic which entails the bi-annual fitness test, which was on this morning. I was feeling ready for the test which starts with the pushups. I haven't been doing too much of these and was happy to get out 60 in the 2 minutes. Next was the situps, not a hard element and completed the maximum of 100. The 2.4km run is the last discipline, I am at a new workplace and have run against some of the fellows that work there so I was really looking forward to the competition. I was not disappointed with 2 of us breaking clear of the pack within 400m. I sat right on the shoulder of the fellow with me until the 1500m mark when I lifted the pace once again. The fellow began to drop off and I heard him say go for it you're too good today. I maintained the pace until the end finishing strong in one of my best times in a few years stopping the clock at 8.09 for the 2.4km. The fellow behind me hung on to finish around the 8.15 - 8.20 mark.
I am pretty chuffed with the result and am very close to my goal of breaking the 8 mins which I haven't done since 99.
Rewind I also clocked my biggest run of the year on Saturday (13km @ 4.40 pace) just two days prior to this run. Although it is insignificant to many of the other bloggers totals I thought it would have taken something out of my legs, thankfully it didn't.
Peace Out!
Month - 15.5k
YTD - 120k
As the title suggests this is going to be short and sweet.
I have been plugging away with the training being fairly regular in my runs but also being sensible. I have really nothing to train for at the moment as I decided to give Caboolture the flick this year and just concentrate on Warwick in May. I am not sure if I am working this weekend aswell which also helped in that decision.
Anyway as I eleuded to I am now back at work, the start of the year is always hectic which entails the bi-annual fitness test, which was on this morning. I was feeling ready for the test which starts with the pushups. I haven't been doing too much of these and was happy to get out 60 in the 2 minutes. Next was the situps, not a hard element and completed the maximum of 100. The 2.4km run is the last discipline, I am at a new workplace and have run against some of the fellows that work there so I was really looking forward to the competition. I was not disappointed with 2 of us breaking clear of the pack within 400m. I sat right on the shoulder of the fellow with me until the 1500m mark when I lifted the pace once again. The fellow began to drop off and I heard him say go for it you're too good today. I maintained the pace until the end finishing strong in one of my best times in a few years stopping the clock at 8.09 for the 2.4km. The fellow behind me hung on to finish around the 8.15 - 8.20 mark.
I am pretty chuffed with the result and am very close to my goal of breaking the 8 mins which I haven't done since 99.
Rewind I also clocked my biggest run of the year on Saturday (13km @ 4.40 pace) just two days prior to this run. Although it is insignificant to many of the other bloggers totals I thought it would have taken something out of my legs, thankfully it didn't.
Peace Out!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Come on!
Week - 7k
Month - 83.5k
YTD - 83.5k
An ode to Lleyton Hewitt, sometimes over past past few years he has been frustrating to watch but the match he played against Baghdatis was awesome. I didn't watch it all live this morning but when i returned home from BRRC there was a replay of the match on Fox sports. Hopfully it is not the case but I think he will be beaten in the next round. We will see.
Anyway back to the more important stuff........
I decided during the week that I wasn't going to compete in the club championships which was a 14km event but rather focus on the shorter event the 7km. Not only is this event shorter but more importantly I got to sleep in an extra 1/2 hour :-)
I managed a warmup before the event which is rare and felt pretty good. I do need new shoes though which are starting to lose all comfort, support and are starting to give me blisters.
The race started at 6.30am and started off more conservative than usual. My aim was to go sub 28mins for the 7km. In about 6 position at the 1km mark I passed the marker in 4.05 so a little too conservative and stepped the pace up.
I could see that the group of 4 in front of me were slowing and I ended up catching them by the 2km marker. I passed this marker in 7.47 which I was happy about as it gave me some seconds up my sleeve if I did slow and clock a 4+ min km.
My splits didn't really improve from there on and I pretty much maintained spot on 4 min/k pace. I didn't feel fantastic during the last 5k and there was no hope of catching the front runner who was out of sight by the 5k mark. I just concentrated on maintaining my 2nd place and keeping below 4min/k pace.
Thankfully both eventuated I held down 2nd spot and stopped the clock at 27.49. I would have wanted this time to be a little easier than what it felt this morning but you get that sometimes.
Race Splits
1k - 4.05
2k - 3.42 (7.47)
3k - 3.58 (11.45)
4k - 4.01 (15.46)
5k - 3.59 (19.45)
6k - 4.01 (23.46)
7k - 4.03 (27.49)
Month - 83.5k
YTD - 83.5k
An ode to Lleyton Hewitt, sometimes over past past few years he has been frustrating to watch but the match he played against Baghdatis was awesome. I didn't watch it all live this morning but when i returned home from BRRC there was a replay of the match on Fox sports. Hopfully it is not the case but I think he will be beaten in the next round. We will see.
Anyway back to the more important stuff........
I decided during the week that I wasn't going to compete in the club championships which was a 14km event but rather focus on the shorter event the 7km. Not only is this event shorter but more importantly I got to sleep in an extra 1/2 hour :-)
I managed a warmup before the event which is rare and felt pretty good. I do need new shoes though which are starting to lose all comfort, support and are starting to give me blisters.
The race started at 6.30am and started off more conservative than usual. My aim was to go sub 28mins for the 7km. In about 6 position at the 1km mark I passed the marker in 4.05 so a little too conservative and stepped the pace up.
I could see that the group of 4 in front of me were slowing and I ended up catching them by the 2km marker. I passed this marker in 7.47 which I was happy about as it gave me some seconds up my sleeve if I did slow and clock a 4+ min km.
My splits didn't really improve from there on and I pretty much maintained spot on 4 min/k pace. I didn't feel fantastic during the last 5k and there was no hope of catching the front runner who was out of sight by the 5k mark. I just concentrated on maintaining my 2nd place and keeping below 4min/k pace.
Thankfully both eventuated I held down 2nd spot and stopped the clock at 27.49. I would have wanted this time to be a little easier than what it felt this morning but you get that sometimes.
Race Splits
1k - 4.05
2k - 3.42 (7.47)
3k - 3.58 (11.45)
4k - 4.01 (15.46)
5k - 3.59 (19.45)
6k - 4.01 (23.46)
7k - 4.03 (27.49)
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