I wont bore you with a 07 review just yet, that will come next year :-)
I think I have a case of insomnia, can you get an acute case of this?? unsure, but whatever it is it's driving me crazy. Saturday morning I woke up at 1.30 am and couldn't go back to sleep instead I watched Foxtel until 5 am, learning all about how they made that 7 Star hotel in Dubai and the construction of the Queen Mary 2, pretty interesting but not something I wanted to do at time of morning.
I did manage a bit of a kip throughout the day but had a damn headache aswell, I finally got rid of it and later that evening felt good enough to go for a run. I decided to try some music for a change, and to be honest I really enjoyed it. I did seem to get excited when some good tunes come on though and found myself running a pace that really isn't that ideal for training and had to slow myself.
Anyway I clocked another 10k around the neighbourhood and was much easier than the previous 10k I did. It was also 1 minute quicker finishing it in 44.05 (4.25/k).
About an hour later my headache returned, I did sleep better that night but woke up with really sore eyes or rather eye area. It hurts when I need to turn my head and bright lights also annoy me. It feels like someone has punched me and my eye sockets are bruised, I also have sensitive skin on parts of my body aswell. Could this be a migraine or some sort of sinus thing?? I dont have any other symptoms though.
I hope it disappears soon in any case as it is driving me insane, well thats enough of me whinging, I hope in the next few days I can get out there and actually have something decent to write about.
Have a great New Year, dont get too drunk :-)
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
Too tired!
Wednesday I headed out for a jaunt around the neighbourhood, the legs felt fresh so I decided on 10k for the afternoon. I dusted off the garmin which I haven't used for some months and set off. Nothing out of the ordinary went on, the weather was a little humid with a slight drizzle of rain every now and then. After about 5k it began to be a tough slog and there was a battle going on in my mind to cut it short at 8k. Not sure why I felt like that must have been the lazy festive days catching up with me anyway I continued on and clocked 10k up for the afternoon.
These are the splits for the run:
4.34, 4.23, 4.23, 4.28, 4.23, 4.31, 4.30, 4.33, 4.36, 4.43. = 45.04
Today I was planning to go to the Fatass run at Mt Nebo, I did it last year and it was a good run. The weather was forecasted to be average but I was still going to venture out. I had all my stuff ready for the early morning and went to bed. I had trouble getting to sleep so I began watching TV hoping I would begin to feel tired. It worked, however after I nodded off the little man decided he didn't want to sleep in his bed anymore and wanted to sleep with us. The night continued in a downward spiral as Sam rolled around all night keeping me awake, the neighbours then decided to start screaming at each other around 1 am and then some bright sparkes set off fireworks at 3am sending the dogs crazy.
My alarm was set for 3.45, I'm guessing, but I dont think I had more than 1.5 hrs of unbroken sleep for the night so the last thing I felt like doing was running 24k. To my disappointment I couldn't drag myself out there.
Change of subject I found a cheap running pram on the internet the other day, it is new so hopefully it is not too dodgy and I will be able to take Sam for a few sessions with me. I have been looking at buying one for a while but didn't want to spend a whole heap of cash and find Sam hates it. It should arrive next week so I will have plenty of time to trick it up and make it fast while I am holidays :-) Here's a pic.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
I have been lying low for the past few days, I began my holidays as of last Thursday and dont return back to work until the 29 Jan 08. Wooohoo!
We are having a small family gathering for Christmas which seems unusual as it is usually quite hectic. In saying that I will have plenty of time to get my arse out the door and make 2008 a better year for training.
I haven't set goals yet that will come in a later post but I want to complete a marathon in 08.
In the coming few days there is the Fats festive fatass run at Mt Nebo, I would like to do this but my wife is working, unless she can start work 15 minutes later to drop the little man off at daycare this will be a non event for me. Fingers crossed.
Anyway just a quick post, Merry Christmas to everyone, hopefully everyone got what they wished for and more. Stay safe!
We are having a small family gathering for Christmas which seems unusual as it is usually quite hectic. In saying that I will have plenty of time to get my arse out the door and make 2008 a better year for training.
I haven't set goals yet that will come in a later post but I want to complete a marathon in 08.
In the coming few days there is the Fats festive fatass run at Mt Nebo, I would like to do this but my wife is working, unless she can start work 15 minutes later to drop the little man off at daycare this will be a non event for me. Fingers crossed.
Anyway just a quick post, Merry Christmas to everyone, hopefully everyone got what they wished for and more. Stay safe!
Friday, December 14, 2007
Post Kurrawa
Suprisingly I wasn't that sore after Sunday and was actually capable of running 5k the following morning. This week I have just taken it easy as I don't want to get stuck into serious training too soon as I will get injured. So this week has been three days of running, approximately 5-7k each session.
This morning I went to the gym and ran 5k on the tready in 20.44, then done 15 minutes on the spin bike and rowed 1500m on the rowing machine. It was quite tough and with no air con, just the fans that the larger bodied people hog, it was like a sauna.
Anyway I got through it and went back to work for a few hours and knocked off at lunch. I like the time around Christmas plenty of early days.
Sunday I have my 2nd Christmas function for work and we are all heading to Bribie Island for some water skiing and relaxation on the bay. Should be a good day, however before I head there I was thinking that I might venture to BRRC, apparently there is a 15k run being held, I might even try and drag my Kurrawa partner there aswell.
Last thing before I go, the results are up for the race last Sunday and we actually came 5th out of 47 teams. Very happy with that result in an official time of 3.56.24 for 50k.
This morning I went to the gym and ran 5k on the tready in 20.44, then done 15 minutes on the spin bike and rowed 1500m on the rowing machine. It was quite tough and with no air con, just the fans that the larger bodied people hog, it was like a sauna.
Anyway I got through it and went back to work for a few hours and knocked off at lunch. I like the time around Christmas plenty of early days.
Sunday I have my 2nd Christmas function for work and we are all heading to Bribie Island for some water skiing and relaxation on the bay. Should be a good day, however before I head there I was thinking that I might venture to BRRC, apparently there is a 15k run being held, I might even try and drag my Kurrawa partner there aswell.
Last thing before I go, the results are up for the race last Sunday and we actually came 5th out of 47 teams. Very happy with that result in an official time of 3.56.24 for 50k.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Kurrawa 2 Duranbah
I got through it is one piece today, I am somewhat tight but very suprised as to how good I am feeling, I was expecting a grim afternoon.
Anyway we didn't hang around for too long after the event, the early morning start and the hot day in the car for my pit crew takes it toll. I wanted to get back so Cass can get a power nap in before going to work. I will catch up with some of the Brisbanites probably at Mt Nebo later in month.
As I said in the last post I got the first leg, 5am start with great weather, towards the end of the stint I found it rather hot but alot easier than last years 2nd leg. Prior to the run I had a good breakfast which I feel helped alot throughout the race as I only had 1/4 of a banana and a few sips of powerade to see me through.
With no idea what I was capable of I set off at a easy pace, I remained relaxed and was sort of shuffling, keeping the feet low to the ground. I found this help in keeping the legs from conking out too early however they did give up around the 18 -19 k mark. From there onto the finish I done the walk / run thing, I didn't want to but I had nothing left and after a 30 sec walk I could set out at a decent pace for 5 minutes or so until I needed to rest again.
It seemed to work, and with about 40k of training in the last month, I managed to bet last years time by 6.30 crossing the change over point in around 2.02.30
My partner set off a cracking pace and by the time I hopped back into the car and drove looking for him he had already covered 6k. By about the 15k mark the heat was taking it's toll but he battled on and continued to run fairly strong. He has been training well for this event but not much prepares you for a 25k run in the heat. He wanted sub 1.50 but managed 1.53.48 which means that our total time for the event came under 4 hrs, at around 3.57.
We are pretty happy with result as we beat last years time by around 14 minutes, hopefully we will be able to run this again next year with both of us achieving sub 2hrs.
Anyway we didn't hang around for too long after the event, the early morning start and the hot day in the car for my pit crew takes it toll. I wanted to get back so Cass can get a power nap in before going to work. I will catch up with some of the Brisbanites probably at Mt Nebo later in month.
As I said in the last post I got the first leg, 5am start with great weather, towards the end of the stint I found it rather hot but alot easier than last years 2nd leg. Prior to the run I had a good breakfast which I feel helped alot throughout the race as I only had 1/4 of a banana and a few sips of powerade to see me through.
With no idea what I was capable of I set off at a easy pace, I remained relaxed and was sort of shuffling, keeping the feet low to the ground. I found this help in keeping the legs from conking out too early however they did give up around the 18 -19 k mark. From there onto the finish I done the walk / run thing, I didn't want to but I had nothing left and after a 30 sec walk I could set out at a decent pace for 5 minutes or so until I needed to rest again.
It seemed to work, and with about 40k of training in the last month, I managed to bet last years time by 6.30 crossing the change over point in around 2.02.30
My partner set off a cracking pace and by the time I hopped back into the car and drove looking for him he had already covered 6k. By about the 15k mark the heat was taking it's toll but he battled on and continued to run fairly strong. He has been training well for this event but not much prepares you for a 25k run in the heat. He wanted sub 1.50 but managed 1.53.48 which means that our total time for the event came under 4 hrs, at around 3.57.
We are pretty happy with result as we beat last years time by around 14 minutes, hopefully we will be able to run this again next year with both of us achieving sub 2hrs.
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