MTH - 13 k
YTD - 13 k
Well it has been quite sometime since I last posted. I have had many things going on with my life over the past 12 - 24 mths that has taken priority over most aspects of my training. Many of which were and are out of my control but I feel it is now time to begin what was once my addiction.
Without going into all reasons for my prolonged absence I did sustain my first tibia stress fracture in February 2012 and it wasn't until September 2012 that I began to train again. Although it didn't take that long to heal the 7 mths that I dealt with this was due to my complacency about treatment / rest and it was until May that I was properly diagnosed with the injury.
Over the past 4 mths I have taken training very steady. To that end I am in a sad state of affairs, my fitness is abysmal, I am struggling to run beyond 5 km and I can't even imagine running this anywhere near or under 20 mins. The funny thing is and I might add my wife and family are finding this equally amusing is that I have even put on weight. My weight hadn't changed for 10 years and although it's not much I have gained over 5 kg.
Anyway I am not sure if I will ever have the dedication or passion that I used to have but I have decided to dedicate more time in getting the legs ticking over once again. If I can achieve 30 to 50 k per week over the next few months then I can begin to assess if there are any races that I would like to tackle.
Anyway I hope to continue blogging to assist in motivating me and hopefully in 6 - 8 mths time I can even write about a race I have entered.
Baby Steps......Happy Training!!
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Committed
Not in my training as I have done nothing this week, but I was talked into joining a team for the Nail Can hill run in May. I made the other team members understand that my presence in the team was nothing but to bolster the numbers and that I would be one of the slowest participating this year. I am not losing sight of the fact that I am not 100% healthy and by getting too eager it will take me back to where I was 6 months ago and that was in pain. On to another topic I may be getting transferred with my work at my own request due to some personal matters not to mention the fact that I have had enough of the postion I currently hold. I have requested to go back to Townsville the place I first ran a 1/2 marathon in 2004. I left the end of that year to live in Brisbane before moving to Vic in Dec 2009. I hope it comes to fruition so we can settle down in a place that my wife and I really loved. As a bonus the running community is alot better there than it is in Wodonga aswell. I remember struggling through the longer runs that I was not accustomed to back then during the Townsville Road Runners season. I can recall a run about 16 km around the Ross River where I crossed the line in 82 mins, only a few years later in Brisbane I ran the same distance in 63 mins after a slightly more structured training regime. Anyway that's all for now hopefully some training this week, I know my team will want me to ;-)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
8 Month Hiatus
I have a few things going on with my life at the moment some that I will not get into that have not only caused my training to be virtually non existent but caused the 8 month hiatus from blogger. I am making no predictions as to how long this return will last, hopefully for the unforeseen future but you never now what s going to get in your way.
So what has been going on in regards to my training? Well bluntly bugger all, since a trip to NZ in Nov / Dec I can count on one hand how many times I have been for a run. The reason for ths was due to an injury that I have never had before. Groin / Lower Abdominal issue that the physio stated was bordering on Osteitis Pubis. This was aggravating to train with for a many months before I decided to give it up and it was a hard decision to do so but I am better for it now. I can say that it is not 100 % still but the last 3 or 4 runs I have had no issue with pain in that region. I just don't want to push is too early.
I am not going to draw this first post of 2011 out but the previous few sessions I have conducted have resulted in times that are still ok for me consdiering my absence. I have ran a 5k TT at work and achieved 20.40 and recently as in yesterday I ran a loop that I have been training on since I moved to Victoria which is about 4k of undulating road and trails in 17.23 about a minute and a half slower than my PB.
Anyway that is all for today I just wanted to kick off blogging in 2011 when my fitness and motivation was on the improve which I hope to will continue.
So what has been going on in regards to my training? Well bluntly bugger all, since a trip to NZ in Nov / Dec I can count on one hand how many times I have been for a run. The reason for ths was due to an injury that I have never had before. Groin / Lower Abdominal issue that the physio stated was bordering on Osteitis Pubis. This was aggravating to train with for a many months before I decided to give it up and it was a hard decision to do so but I am better for it now. I can say that it is not 100 % still but the last 3 or 4 runs I have had no issue with pain in that region. I just don't want to push is too early.
I am not going to draw this first post of 2011 out but the previous few sessions I have conducted have resulted in times that are still ok for me consdiering my absence. I have ran a 5k TT at work and achieved 20.40 and recently as in yesterday I ran a loop that I have been training on since I moved to Victoria which is about 4k of undulating road and trails in 17.23 about a minute and a half slower than my PB.
Anyway that is all for today I just wanted to kick off blogging in 2011 when my fitness and motivation was on the improve which I hope to will continue.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Fortnightly Update!
YTD - 475 k
Like many people around this time of year I have had a big fortnight on the work front. 12 days straight and 110 hrs later and I got a 3 day weekend. During this time because I was working away I didn't have an opportunity to train much. I managed 1 session in the 9 days which is certainly not ideal leading up to the c2s.
On Tuesday in what felt like sub zero temps I left work at 5.20 pm and headed for 2 laps of the 2.4 km fitness test track we have at work. I didn't have much daylight left so I cracked straight on with the session and decided on the run to do 2 x 2.4 km time trials as such. Not wanting to go flat out my time trial was more specific time orientated and aimed to complete the track in under 9 mins but not excessively under. I intended to have a 5 min rest between the two sets and after a 9 day break I was pleased that i comfortably achieved what I set out to do and ran 8.56 and 8.58. The last set I needed to run 1.22 for the last 400 m as I took it too casual from the 1200 m turn around but I managed.
Having Friday and this weekend free I squeezed in 3 days of training. My intent was to do a long run today but my wife got called into work at late notice so I had to quickly head out before lunch and do what I had for the previous two days.
I have a 8.85 km loop from home that I have been running since I moved here in Dec. During the summer I struggled with lack of fitness and the dry heat. It has a long gradual hill that just exhausted me everytime I ran it. My slowest during this time was 44.18 which is shocking. I now run it comfortably in less than 40 mins.
My weekend efforts saw me run it in 37.00, 37.51 and 36.33. My loop PB is 36.23 so I was suprised that I achieved that result today. Yesterday my legs felt heavy after friday's run, today my legs felt like they were back energy wise but my quads were a little sore and are still now. I don't mind however and in fact I am glad because that proves that I achieved something that will benefit me, I put my body through some distress and that can only be a good thing especially when distress doesn't coincide with injury.
That's all, until next time
Happy Training!
Like many people around this time of year I have had a big fortnight on the work front. 12 days straight and 110 hrs later and I got a 3 day weekend. During this time because I was working away I didn't have an opportunity to train much. I managed 1 session in the 9 days which is certainly not ideal leading up to the c2s.
On Tuesday in what felt like sub zero temps I left work at 5.20 pm and headed for 2 laps of the 2.4 km fitness test track we have at work. I didn't have much daylight left so I cracked straight on with the session and decided on the run to do 2 x 2.4 km time trials as such. Not wanting to go flat out my time trial was more specific time orientated and aimed to complete the track in under 9 mins but not excessively under. I intended to have a 5 min rest between the two sets and after a 9 day break I was pleased that i comfortably achieved what I set out to do and ran 8.56 and 8.58. The last set I needed to run 1.22 for the last 400 m as I took it too casual from the 1200 m turn around but I managed.
Having Friday and this weekend free I squeezed in 3 days of training. My intent was to do a long run today but my wife got called into work at late notice so I had to quickly head out before lunch and do what I had for the previous two days.
I have a 8.85 km loop from home that I have been running since I moved here in Dec. During the summer I struggled with lack of fitness and the dry heat. It has a long gradual hill that just exhausted me everytime I ran it. My slowest during this time was 44.18 which is shocking. I now run it comfortably in less than 40 mins.
My weekend efforts saw me run it in 37.00, 37.51 and 36.33. My loop PB is 36.23 so I was suprised that I achieved that result today. Yesterday my legs felt heavy after friday's run, today my legs felt like they were back energy wise but my quads were a little sore and are still now. I don't mind however and in fact I am glad because that proves that I achieved something that will benefit me, I put my body through some distress and that can only be a good thing especially when distress doesn't coincide with injury.
That's all, until next time
Happy Training!
Monday, July 12, 2010
I did it!
YTD - 445km
And I must admit with ease aswell.
My aim was to run a relatively longer session and I achieved that with a steady 76 min run over undulating and at times very hilly terrain. 30% of it was on trails and I felt good the whole way.
Estimated about 16km and I felt as though I could have gone another 5 -10 km without too many issues. I woke up with a tiny amount of soreness but that was to be expected.
I also ended up doing an interval session and a short run throughout the week aswell. Not much else to write about just enjoying the training and hope it continues until the C2S next month.
Happy Training!
And I must admit with ease aswell.
My aim was to run a relatively longer session and I achieved that with a steady 76 min run over undulating and at times very hilly terrain. 30% of it was on trails and I felt good the whole way.
Estimated about 16km and I felt as though I could have gone another 5 -10 km without too many issues. I woke up with a tiny amount of soreness but that was to be expected.
I also ended up doing an interval session and a short run throughout the week aswell. Not much else to write about just enjoying the training and hope it continues until the C2S next month.
Happy Training!
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