Week - 10k
Month - 87.5k
YTD - 299k
A brief report on yesterdays festivities. As you may be aware I ran the Mt Mee 10k event, this being the second time for this event. A small low key race but a good tough run with some very good runners competing.
Cass Sam and I arrived around 8am about 1 hr before the start, it is about 40-50k from home through the country side. A very nice area apart from the hills that is :-)
Anyway I done a quick warm up and completed some stretching about 10 minutes before the race. My focus was to beat last years time which was pretty soft. 49.01.
The race began spot on 9am and I settled into a good pace. The first 2k is flat or downhill and a long downhill it is. I held myself back as it is quite easy to go way too fast, I passed the 2k mark in 8.03. The following 3k is pretty tough some long hills amongst some short but steep ones however I still maintained a fairly good pace. The 3k marker was passed in just over 13 mins and at this stage I was in 6th place. I eventually reached the halfway mark in a time of 23.20 which was well under last years time.
I could feel a stitch coming on from about the 6k marker so I just focussed on my breathing hoping that it wouldn't get worse. It seemed to work until about 2k to go when it was really bothering me. On the the flat it was ok but the hills it seemed to hurt pretty bad. Thankfully the return trip is a little easier until the last km where that long downhill is now the long uphill. Midway up it I was hurting and wanted to walk so bad just to get rid of the stitch. I kept looking behind me to see who was there. I already had 2 people pass me and didn't want anymore. Robbie was behind me and seemed to be travelling up the hill better than me. I focussed on the ground and just battled on, reaching the top I caught my breath and found my legs again. Ignoring the pain I settled into a good pace again, I didn't really put in one last effort and just remained the same pace until the end crossing the line in 46.15. A negative split (22.55).
I was pretty happy with the time and ended up getting Robbie by approx 25 secs which is always good :-) A course PB by 2 mins 46 secs which was what I was after. Hopefully next time I run this event I can take another 2 mins off, I think I will be really satisfied if I can run 43-44 mins for this course.
So much for a brief one :-)
Monday, April 30, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Time for another recap
Week - 27.5k
Month - 77.5k
YTD - 289k
Well it's another week down and not many to go until Warwick - 3 weeks to be exact. In saying that this past week has been a fairly good one compared to my year so far. I have yet to pass 300km for the year for no reason in particular. I am feeling the best I have felt in over a year, no niggles or any injuries which I'm guessing is directly related to the easy months I have had. Anyway I will give a quick run down on what's been going on.
Sunday 22nd - The family headed into the city to watch the Brisbane Marathon, I was on baby sitting duties and Cass was helping out with the registrations for the event. An early morning for the little man but he eventually got sick of the race and fell asleep. Not a bad event with some good results. After we headed home I took off for an 8.5-9k run around the neighbourhood although this was an estimate as I forgot to charge the garmin I completed the run in about 41 min's which sort of fitted with the pace I was running.
Tuesday 24 - With ANZAC day looming work was pretty hectic which saw the cancellation of PT. I envisaged this was going to happen and brought some running gear and planned to go for a short run during my lunch time. 5k in total beginning with a 1k medium fast pace then 1k slow and so on. It was damn hot and was glad that it was over. My work output for the remainder of the day suffered as a result :-)
Thursday 26 - After a few more drinks the previous day than what I should have I thought I was going to be suffering the next day. When I woke up and got ready for work I was suprised that I felt pretty good. I arrived at work and noticed that most of my work mates looked rather seedy which was quite funny as some of those had to do a Fitness test. I decided that I would help out with the test and pace a few on them for the 2.4k run. The aim for them was to get under 10min's which is not a bad time for them considering the lead up. I worked out the 400m splits I needed which was 1.40 (4.10/k) and we headed of. The first 1200m was much quicker completing it in 4.45 however I think this hurt them a little and the second half was finished in 5.09. This still got them under the 10 min mark which they were happy with.
Today - Headed into the city again for the Saturday running buddies group. I was running a little late and was pulling up as the group ran past. Glad I parked where I did as they ran a different route than what I have done before. Anyway I caught up with the group including Tesso Clairie and Matt about the 1.5k mark. We ran from Southbank through Kangaroo Point over the Storey bridge across to the New farm area I think and then back to Southbank via Eagle street pier and the botanic gardens. It was a good run an easy pace which saw me clock over an hour on the legs. Something I haven't done for a while. After the run we all had some breakfast at the local cafe before heading home.
Tomorrow - Is the annual Mt Mee fun run, 3 events ranging from 50k, 26k, 10k. I did the 10k last year as a lead up for Warwick and have decided to do it again. A fairly tough run on the road across part of a range, so plenty of hills. It is a 5k out and back course beginning at 9am. Last year I was getting over my shin splints and took it fairly casual, however even at a sedate pace I was buggered by the end. Tomorrow will be the same, hopefully clocking something a bit faster but not flat out. Time to beat 49.01
Month - 77.5k
YTD - 289k
Well it's another week down and not many to go until Warwick - 3 weeks to be exact. In saying that this past week has been a fairly good one compared to my year so far. I have yet to pass 300km for the year for no reason in particular. I am feeling the best I have felt in over a year, no niggles or any injuries which I'm guessing is directly related to the easy months I have had. Anyway I will give a quick run down on what's been going on.
Sunday 22nd - The family headed into the city to watch the Brisbane Marathon, I was on baby sitting duties and Cass was helping out with the registrations for the event. An early morning for the little man but he eventually got sick of the race and fell asleep. Not a bad event with some good results. After we headed home I took off for an 8.5-9k run around the neighbourhood although this was an estimate as I forgot to charge the garmin I completed the run in about 41 min's which sort of fitted with the pace I was running.
Tuesday 24 - With ANZAC day looming work was pretty hectic which saw the cancellation of PT. I envisaged this was going to happen and brought some running gear and planned to go for a short run during my lunch time. 5k in total beginning with a 1k medium fast pace then 1k slow and so on. It was damn hot and was glad that it was over. My work output for the remainder of the day suffered as a result :-)
Thursday 26 - After a few more drinks the previous day than what I should have I thought I was going to be suffering the next day. When I woke up and got ready for work I was suprised that I felt pretty good. I arrived at work and noticed that most of my work mates looked rather seedy which was quite funny as some of those had to do a Fitness test. I decided that I would help out with the test and pace a few on them for the 2.4k run. The aim for them was to get under 10min's which is not a bad time for them considering the lead up. I worked out the 400m splits I needed which was 1.40 (4.10/k) and we headed of. The first 1200m was much quicker completing it in 4.45 however I think this hurt them a little and the second half was finished in 5.09. This still got them under the 10 min mark which they were happy with.
Today - Headed into the city again for the Saturday running buddies group. I was running a little late and was pulling up as the group ran past. Glad I parked where I did as they ran a different route than what I have done before. Anyway I caught up with the group including Tesso Clairie and Matt about the 1.5k mark. We ran from Southbank through Kangaroo Point over the Storey bridge across to the New farm area I think and then back to Southbank via Eagle street pier and the botanic gardens. It was a good run an easy pace which saw me clock over an hour on the legs. Something I haven't done for a while. After the run we all had some breakfast at the local cafe before heading home.
Tomorrow - Is the annual Mt Mee fun run, 3 events ranging from 50k, 26k, 10k. I did the 10k last year as a lead up for Warwick and have decided to do it again. A fairly tough run on the road across part of a range, so plenty of hills. It is a 5k out and back course beginning at 9am. Last year I was getting over my shin splints and took it fairly casual, however even at a sedate pace I was buggered by the end. Tomorrow will be the same, hopefully clocking something a bit faster but not flat out. Time to beat 49.01
Saturday, April 21, 2007
I've had better weeks!
Week - 7.5k
Month - 50k
YTD - 261.5k
After returning home from a work outing on Monday night, I was struck down by a mystery virus on Tuesday afternoon. It hit me all of a sudden around 1.30 pm, when I was suppose to pull an all nighter. By 7pm I was at home having a good mate take my work commitments under his belt. I was very sick indeed throwing up multiple times that night.
I remained home on Wednesday, feeling a little better by Thursday but still only managing to eat small amounts of food. This concerned me somewhat as I had a fitness examination for a course I wanted to do on Friday. I woke up Friday feeling again better but still lethargic and now had a dose of gastro. I tried to postpone the test until next week but they wouldn't have a bar of it. I ended up doing it feeling pretty horrible by the end but easily passing. I did enough to pass at the higher end of the group without busting a gut so to speak. By the time the last activity was run my stomach had settled and I ran a comfortable 9.08 for 2.4km, a minute or there abouts slower than my usual times for this distance and track.
I can't remember the last time I felt sick like this but I am glad that it has passed and managed to get out for some activities today. With work and now this virus my preparation for Warwick is in tatters. I ended up losing over 2kg in the last few days so to go for a long session this weekend would be stupid.
Anyway I needed to map out a run that is planned for work at South Bank so today Cass, Sam and I walked the planned route. Basically it will start and finish at the pool at South Bank, initially heading towards the Storey bridge following the bike paths. After exiting the bridge you turn left into Ivory Lane and head down the hill that is known very well by the Pat Carrollers. You then head back onto the bike paths weaving from there through Eagle St Pier cafes before making your way through the Botanical Gardens. The last section after the gardens is to go over the Goodwill Foot Bridge back to the pool. This is approx 8 - 8.5k which will be good for a work PT session although many will hate it.......ALOT :-)
After the walk the family had a bite to eat and headed home. By this stage it was around 4.30pm, and after about 30 mins or so I decided to head out for a short run. 5k was the plan and that's exactly what happened. Nothing special about this run just around the paths of the local area. I did feel pretty good and ran a solid tempo session. Finished in 21.54 (4.22).
Tomorrow we are heading back to South Bank for the Brissie Marathon, Cass is helping out and I'm on baby sitting duties watching the race. Should be a good morning, maybe a little too early for a Sunday but :-)
Month - 50k
YTD - 261.5k
After returning home from a work outing on Monday night, I was struck down by a mystery virus on Tuesday afternoon. It hit me all of a sudden around 1.30 pm, when I was suppose to pull an all nighter. By 7pm I was at home having a good mate take my work commitments under his belt. I was very sick indeed throwing up multiple times that night.
I remained home on Wednesday, feeling a little better by Thursday but still only managing to eat small amounts of food. This concerned me somewhat as I had a fitness examination for a course I wanted to do on Friday. I woke up Friday feeling again better but still lethargic and now had a dose of gastro. I tried to postpone the test until next week but they wouldn't have a bar of it. I ended up doing it feeling pretty horrible by the end but easily passing. I did enough to pass at the higher end of the group without busting a gut so to speak. By the time the last activity was run my stomach had settled and I ran a comfortable 9.08 for 2.4km, a minute or there abouts slower than my usual times for this distance and track.
I can't remember the last time I felt sick like this but I am glad that it has passed and managed to get out for some activities today. With work and now this virus my preparation for Warwick is in tatters. I ended up losing over 2kg in the last few days so to go for a long session this weekend would be stupid.
Anyway I needed to map out a run that is planned for work at South Bank so today Cass, Sam and I walked the planned route. Basically it will start and finish at the pool at South Bank, initially heading towards the Storey bridge following the bike paths. After exiting the bridge you turn left into Ivory Lane and head down the hill that is known very well by the Pat Carrollers. You then head back onto the bike paths weaving from there through Eagle St Pier cafes before making your way through the Botanical Gardens. The last section after the gardens is to go over the Goodwill Foot Bridge back to the pool. This is approx 8 - 8.5k which will be good for a work PT session although many will hate it.......ALOT :-)
After the walk the family had a bite to eat and headed home. By this stage it was around 4.30pm, and after about 30 mins or so I decided to head out for a short run. 5k was the plan and that's exactly what happened. Nothing special about this run just around the paths of the local area. I did feel pretty good and ran a solid tempo session. Finished in 21.54 (4.22).
Tomorrow we are heading back to South Bank for the Brissie Marathon, Cass is helping out and I'm on baby sitting duties watching the race. Should be a good morning, maybe a little too early for a Sunday but :-)
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
It's good to be back!
Week - 26.5k
Month - 42.5k
YTD - 254km
My absence from the blog scene has made me realise that I did enjoy writing about my shenanigans more than I first thought, I did however need the break. I will probably update a little more than my initial idea of fortnightly but obviously this will depend on work and family commitments.
Anyway, the last few weeks have been steady. I have been running pretty regular but only short sessions. I was planning to have a big weekend over Easter and was keen to give the intraining fun run and make a return to the running buddies however a last minute decision saw the family go away for the weekend.
I wont get into any details about my training last week and the like and will just start from Sunday which is the beginning of the running week for me.
Sunday 8th
Set off fairly late in the arvo for a 10k run. New scenery for me as I was in Gladstone at the time. Very strange to be running in an area that has no one doing any sort of exercise. The streets where deserted. I had a plan of where I wanted to run but it didn't eventuate. I took a wrong turn however it worked out well. The majority of the run was very steady and just to spice it up a bit I added in a short but very tough hill at the 9km mark. This woke the legs up very quickly and it took a while to get that heavy feeling out of them. I ended up finishing in 48.36.
Monday 9th
Rest day, spent the day catching up with friends and family before we headed back to Brisbane
Tuesday 10th
Arrived home after 6hrs of driving at 2pm. I was out the door for a run at about 5pm. Had Sam in the pram which felt quite difficult until I reached the servo and pumped the tyres up that were at 5 psi. Never leave a women in charge of maintenance ;-) Continued for about 6.5k with Sam getting fed up and falling to sleep at about the 3k mark. Very sedate pace which was probably the reason why he fell asleep. About 31 minutes.
Wednesday 11th
After having a big feed for lunch only an hour and a half prior I set off for a run at 3pm. I am still on holidays until Friday. I was planning to do an experiment, with Warwick coming up in about 5 weeks I was going to do the race over today and tomorrow. The difference being that I was going to halve the distance of all events aswell as the rest between them.
Seemed like a good plan until I started running. I wanted to be somewhere around the ball park in regards to race pace. I set the Virtual Partner on the Garmin for 45min - 10k which should have been fairly easy to achieve. After the first k I was feeling sluggish and this didn't improve the whole run. My breathing was fine but the legs had no energy and the lunch was sitting very heavy in my stomach. I battled on and it wasn't until 7k that Mr VP overtook me. I wanted to give up and go home but stayed out there knowing that there was no way I was doing anymore running today. I ended up finishing the run in 45.34 about 120 odd metres behind my imaginary enemy.
I will try this again before the event, maybe when I have a free weekend and I get back from my 4 day adventure at the range.
Lastly I would like to wish everyone good luck at Canberra this weekend and to TD who is running the Boston Marathon along with anybody else racing. I haven't caught up with the readings as yet but will get around to it eventually.
Month - 42.5k
YTD - 254km
My absence from the blog scene has made me realise that I did enjoy writing about my shenanigans more than I first thought, I did however need the break. I will probably update a little more than my initial idea of fortnightly but obviously this will depend on work and family commitments.
Anyway, the last few weeks have been steady. I have been running pretty regular but only short sessions. I was planning to have a big weekend over Easter and was keen to give the intraining fun run and make a return to the running buddies however a last minute decision saw the family go away for the weekend.
I wont get into any details about my training last week and the like and will just start from Sunday which is the beginning of the running week for me.
Sunday 8th
Set off fairly late in the arvo for a 10k run. New scenery for me as I was in Gladstone at the time. Very strange to be running in an area that has no one doing any sort of exercise. The streets where deserted. I had a plan of where I wanted to run but it didn't eventuate. I took a wrong turn however it worked out well. The majority of the run was very steady and just to spice it up a bit I added in a short but very tough hill at the 9km mark. This woke the legs up very quickly and it took a while to get that heavy feeling out of them. I ended up finishing in 48.36.
Monday 9th
Rest day, spent the day catching up with friends and family before we headed back to Brisbane
Tuesday 10th
Arrived home after 6hrs of driving at 2pm. I was out the door for a run at about 5pm. Had Sam in the pram which felt quite difficult until I reached the servo and pumped the tyres up that were at 5 psi. Never leave a women in charge of maintenance ;-) Continued for about 6.5k with Sam getting fed up and falling to sleep at about the 3k mark. Very sedate pace which was probably the reason why he fell asleep. About 31 minutes.
Wednesday 11th
After having a big feed for lunch only an hour and a half prior I set off for a run at 3pm. I am still on holidays until Friday. I was planning to do an experiment, with Warwick coming up in about 5 weeks I was going to do the race over today and tomorrow. The difference being that I was going to halve the distance of all events aswell as the rest between them.
Seemed like a good plan until I started running. I wanted to be somewhere around the ball park in regards to race pace. I set the Virtual Partner on the Garmin for 45min - 10k which should have been fairly easy to achieve. After the first k I was feeling sluggish and this didn't improve the whole run. My breathing was fine but the legs had no energy and the lunch was sitting very heavy in my stomach. I battled on and it wasn't until 7k that Mr VP overtook me. I wanted to give up and go home but stayed out there knowing that there was no way I was doing anymore running today. I ended up finishing the run in 45.34 about 120 odd metres behind my imaginary enemy.
I will try this again before the event, maybe when I have a free weekend and I get back from my 4 day adventure at the range.
Lastly I would like to wish everyone good luck at Canberra this weekend and to TD who is running the Boston Marathon along with anybody else racing. I haven't caught up with the readings as yet but will get around to it eventually.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Adiós
For now anyway!
I am vacating the premises for a while, purely for the fact that lately I could be buggered writing about my training anymore. Unsure whether I will be back, however if I decide to begin blogging again it will only be something like fortnightly updates and write ups for any races I do.
I will endevour to follow the progress of you all, but excuse me if I don't comment on a regular basis. Enjoy and good luck for the remainder of the year.
Peace Out!
Oh and if your wondering this is not an April Fools prank ;-)
I am vacating the premises for a while, purely for the fact that lately I could be buggered writing about my training anymore. Unsure whether I will be back, however if I decide to begin blogging again it will only be something like fortnightly updates and write ups for any races I do.
I will endevour to follow the progress of you all, but excuse me if I don't comment on a regular basis. Enjoy and good luck for the remainder of the year.
Peace Out!
Oh and if your wondering this is not an April Fools prank ;-)
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