Month - 61k
YTD - 239k
Pretty big week just gone
Sunday 1 Mar - BRRC Half Marathon Champs - Training run, I sat on 4.30 Pace before taking a pitstop at 16.1 k. I then waited for a friend and then headed off for the last 5k at a fairly leisurely pace finished around 1.45.
Tuesday - 10 x 500 m intervals with 500 m jog recovery between each. Hard session, maintained 1.55 or below on all reps.
Thursday - Tri Training at work - 40 mins of swimming, 2 x 4k loops on bike , 2.4k run, 2 x 4k loops on bike and another 2.4k run. Very hot started at 1pm around 1.30 worth of work.
Friday - Worst PT session ever followed by a casual 4 k jog to make the PT session worth something.
Saturday 7 Mar - Ali's unofficial half marathon. Again treated as a training run wanted below 1.45 and managed that in 1.44.32. My foot pulled up a bit lame afterwards though, the same injury I have had many times before. Usually stops training for a week or so, not happy!
So in conclusion my biggest week for some time - Total 61 k
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Quickie!
Month - 102k
YTD - 178k
Just a post to add to the tally before I forget
Combo of shorts runs and interval training. Not includng some hill walks and cycling during this period.
YTD - 178k
Just a post to add to the tally before I forget
Combo of shorts runs and interval training. Not includng some hill walks and cycling during this period.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Testing the body
Month - 62 k
YTD - 138 k
Well I decided to see where I am at and actually how tough this 96 k Kokoda Challenge event will be in July by entering the Caboolture Dusk till Dawn.
I didn't want to enter a time event such as the 6 or 12 h so I decided to do the 50 k solo. On no training I knew that this was a big test and the goal was to get as far as possible with walk and rest breaks along the way. It was all about how my body will react to this type of distance and how it actually felt when it was fatigued beyond uncharted territory which is about 3 hrs.
Anyway, considering I didn't train and have run one run beyond 20k since August last year I was very pleased that I ran about 25 k without too much pain. I actually clocked about 5.10 - 5.20per km for this phase of the run. Beyond this became a struggle and I opted for a walk run combination with a variety of rest breaks allowing my wife that was counting the laps for me to get a feed and go to the toilet, while I looked after Sam.
Can I class this as an Ultra even though I didn't formally finish the run?
At 11.22pm I had enough my legs were tired I was hungry and I thought this was a good test for the body without getting any injuries. Although I am a little diappointed that I didn't do the whole 50k I still completed 12 k further than I ever have and 3 k further than a marathon. Stopping at 90 laps (45 k) in about 5.22 with a huge amount of rest periods and walking episodes is a slow time but that wasn't what thsi was about and I feel proud that I have achieved this. It is however very daunting that I will have to do double that amount over hilly country however I won't be running 5 min k pace to begin with either which should help things alot.
YTD - 138 k
Well I decided to see where I am at and actually how tough this 96 k Kokoda Challenge event will be in July by entering the Caboolture Dusk till Dawn.
I didn't want to enter a time event such as the 6 or 12 h so I decided to do the 50 k solo. On no training I knew that this was a big test and the goal was to get as far as possible with walk and rest breaks along the way. It was all about how my body will react to this type of distance and how it actually felt when it was fatigued beyond uncharted territory which is about 3 hrs.
Anyway, considering I didn't train and have run one run beyond 20k since August last year I was very pleased that I ran about 25 k without too much pain. I actually clocked about 5.10 - 5.20per km for this phase of the run. Beyond this became a struggle and I opted for a walk run combination with a variety of rest breaks allowing my wife that was counting the laps for me to get a feed and go to the toilet, while I looked after Sam.
Can I class this as an Ultra even though I didn't formally finish the run?
At 11.22pm I had enough my legs were tired I was hungry and I thought this was a good test for the body without getting any injuries. Although I am a little diappointed that I didn't do the whole 50k I still completed 12 k further than I ever have and 3 k further than a marathon. Stopping at 90 laps (45 k) in about 5.22 with a huge amount of rest periods and walking episodes is a slow time but that wasn't what thsi was about and I feel proud that I have achieved this. It is however very daunting that I will have to do double that amount over hilly country however I won't be running 5 min k pace to begin with either which should help things alot.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Weekly Update
Week - 17 k
YTD - 93 k
I had started experiencing some shin soreness just with the slight increase in training I have been doing over the past few weeks. So my training has been slowed a little just to ensure that it doesn't turn into anything serious.
I have a few commitments this year that other people are reliant on so I can't and won't be stupid like in the past few years.
Anyway apart from the occasional run around the block and a cross country session my story of the week was attending BRRC for the bring a friend week. I didn't bring a friend nor did I plan to race the events on offer. I did however run the 10 k event in which I did at a 'safe' pace.
I ran the first lap of 5 k at a solid effort then taming it down for the second lap. About 20.45 for the first 5 k then crossed the line in 43.38, so 10 sec per k slower than my usual 'in form' half marathon pace. The weather was humid which would have slowed me down considerably if I had choosen to race the event.
I will be concentrating on swimming and biking alot more seeing I want to make the start line for the GC Half Ironman this year. I now have extra drive now with some friends of mine completing the Hell of the West Tri on the weekend. One of them made this event their debut with an awesome 4 th placing in their Category. Certainly proud of their achievements and cant want to achieve a massive feat like that myself.
Anyway that's all until next time.......
YTD - 93 k
I had started experiencing some shin soreness just with the slight increase in training I have been doing over the past few weeks. So my training has been slowed a little just to ensure that it doesn't turn into anything serious.
I have a few commitments this year that other people are reliant on so I can't and won't be stupid like in the past few years.
Anyway apart from the occasional run around the block and a cross country session my story of the week was attending BRRC for the bring a friend week. I didn't bring a friend nor did I plan to race the events on offer. I did however run the 10 k event in which I did at a 'safe' pace.
I ran the first lap of 5 k at a solid effort then taming it down for the second lap. About 20.45 for the first 5 k then crossed the line in 43.38, so 10 sec per k slower than my usual 'in form' half marathon pace. The weather was humid which would have slowed me down considerably if I had choosen to race the event.
I will be concentrating on swimming and biking alot more seeing I want to make the start line for the GC Half Ironman this year. I now have extra drive now with some friends of mine completing the Hell of the West Tri on the weekend. One of them made this event their debut with an awesome 4 th placing in their Category. Certainly proud of their achievements and cant want to achieve a massive feat like that myself.
Anyway that's all until next time.......
Monday, January 26, 2009
Hot Hot Hot!
Month - 68k
YTD - 68k
Not my running of course, just the weather very hot and humid making the training pretty tough
Keeping this real short, Saturday headed out to the running buddies and completed 21k with Robbie and Lee. My first run that has gone above double figures since the C2S in Aug. Happy that I got through it. Felt a little sick in the stomach and had to visit the loo twice along the way but besides that travelled pretty well. Completed it in 1.52.
4.3k today around the bike track near home. Felt relaxed and the legs were quite good considering the long run on Saturday. Completed it in 17.15 - 8.40 then 8.35 for the two laps.
Back to work tomorrow :-)
YTD - 68k
Not my running of course, just the weather very hot and humid making the training pretty tough
Keeping this real short, Saturday headed out to the running buddies and completed 21k with Robbie and Lee. My first run that has gone above double figures since the C2S in Aug. Happy that I got through it. Felt a little sick in the stomach and had to visit the loo twice along the way but besides that travelled pretty well. Completed it in 1.52.
4.3k today around the bike track near home. Felt relaxed and the legs were quite good considering the long run on Saturday. Completed it in 17.15 - 8.40 then 8.35 for the two laps.
Back to work tomorrow :-)
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