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!
Saturday, July 03, 2010
The Lone Trainer
YTD - 455 km
Over the past 8 months I have left a state that I called home for 10 years and moved back to Victoria. With this relocation came a new job or rather a new role and a massive scenery and climate change for my family. Furthermore it has also seen my training become a very lonely and solemn affair. I have nobody that I can call a training buddy or even a club that I have found that even compares to what I had come to take for granted in Queensland or more appropriately Brisbane.
Don't get me wrong I understand that I am comparing apples and oranges in regards to what is available in the two cities but I didn't think that I would notice much difference and if I did I didn't think that I would care that much.
I do enjoy the solo training session, myself versus nature versus a stopwatch that seems to click by a little faster every year I get older, however there are always times when you need the social interaction or just some company to enjoy this great sport of ours.
I am probably being a little dramatic and really the fact that my work takes up most of my time lately that I can't even train at a respectable hour anyway makes my little whinge completely uncalled for anyway. I'll will have to suck it up wait for it to heat up, wait for the days to be a little longer and then maybe I will have more of a chance to stumble across a group. Maybe I will just wait another 3 months and begin the track season again and I will get my full dose of social interaction with people that enjoy what I enjoy.
So what has come of this loneliness I hear you ask, well my inability to pace myself. My garmin has died and with no-one to chat to and run casually I find myself running every session as a tempo or worse a full on aerobic onslaught. Trying to PB my training routes is a problem that has entered my sub conscious. Before I know it I am sitting on 4 min k pace for the bulk of my run.
'why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to run fast....'
Emil Zatopek about interval training.
Not quite in his league and I wish I could train at a high intensity all the time and achieve great results but the sad reality is that I can't and need to slow down. This phase I am going through now has stopped me from undertaking any significant distances and although I am not currently training for a long race even running beyond 70 mins has been few and far between.
Next weekend I will attempt a longer run and during the week leading up to it I will be making more of a conscious effort to stick in the high 4's - 5 min/k pace. Hopefully by writing this down it will help in getting rid of this disorder I have caught.
Fingers Crossed!
Over the past 8 months I have left a state that I called home for 10 years and moved back to Victoria. With this relocation came a new job or rather a new role and a massive scenery and climate change for my family. Furthermore it has also seen my training become a very lonely and solemn affair. I have nobody that I can call a training buddy or even a club that I have found that even compares to what I had come to take for granted in Queensland or more appropriately Brisbane.
Don't get me wrong I understand that I am comparing apples and oranges in regards to what is available in the two cities but I didn't think that I would notice much difference and if I did I didn't think that I would care that much.
I do enjoy the solo training session, myself versus nature versus a stopwatch that seems to click by a little faster every year I get older, however there are always times when you need the social interaction or just some company to enjoy this great sport of ours.
I am probably being a little dramatic and really the fact that my work takes up most of my time lately that I can't even train at a respectable hour anyway makes my little whinge completely uncalled for anyway. I'll will have to suck it up wait for it to heat up, wait for the days to be a little longer and then maybe I will have more of a chance to stumble across a group. Maybe I will just wait another 3 months and begin the track season again and I will get my full dose of social interaction with people that enjoy what I enjoy.
So what has come of this loneliness I hear you ask, well my inability to pace myself. My garmin has died and with no-one to chat to and run casually I find myself running every session as a tempo or worse a full on aerobic onslaught. Trying to PB my training routes is a problem that has entered my sub conscious. Before I know it I am sitting on 4 min k pace for the bulk of my run.
'why should I practice running slow? I already know how to run slow. I want to run fast....'
Emil Zatopek about interval training.
Not quite in his league and I wish I could train at a high intensity all the time and achieve great results but the sad reality is that I can't and need to slow down. This phase I am going through now has stopped me from undertaking any significant distances and although I am not currently training for a long race even running beyond 70 mins has been few and far between.
Next weekend I will attempt a longer run and during the week leading up to it I will be making more of a conscious effort to stick in the high 4's - 5 min/k pace. Hopefully by writing this down it will help in getting rid of this disorder I have caught.
Fingers Crossed!
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