Surfin

Here is a picture of the big fella catchin some wave on the aust. day long weekend

Wednesday

We had an appointment at the hospital this morning (gabby is pregnant with #2). So no running to/from work today, so the plan was get out the door at 6.30am for a 2hr session. I was out the door at 6.33am, but from the first step the bloody blister from yesterday was killing me (f###kn soft i know). So limped around for 20min and went home. 37min 7km
After work tried another session. Wore my older shoes and had no blister problems. Decided on some loops of the dam road. Each loop is 3.75km, so planned on at least 4 loops. Times were 15.50, 15.54, 15.51 and 15.46. Legs felt ordinary, breathing was fine. 1hr3min 15km.

Tuesday Intervals

Lunchtime session at tunks park. Pretty hot and humid, but legs felt good after an easy day yesterday. Same session as last week. But i decided to time each repartition. Pretty consistent, 3.53, 3.53, 3.53, 3.54, 3.52, 3.52, 3.53, 3.50. With 1 min recovery. Easily the best speed session ive done for months. I think things might be starting to come together. But ive got a nasty blood blister on my left ankle. 14km

Monday Recovery Run

Back home this arvo. Headed out for an easy 10km. Felt pretty ordinary. 48min

Sunday Long Run

Headed out for the same long run as last time i was here. But I was to run 10min longer before turning around. Nice and cool at the start. 6.45am. Felt ok, but not great. Turned around at a tick over 1hr15min and tried to keep the pace steady up until the last 30min, where i tried to lift the tempo. Was struggling a bit at the end and was pretty thirsty. Happy with the session. Though was feeling it in the right hamstring for most of the way. 2hr28min. 34km
Took scribble for a leisurely bush run in the arvo. 31min 6km.

Saturday Easy Session

No running in the morning. Took the kayak for a leisurely hour paddle.
In the arvo headed to the trails. Ran easy/moderately for 17min. Then did one loop of my circuit from the christmas break, pretty close to flat chat. Felt sluggish to start but started to move towards the end. Did the loop in 8.26. I think its around 20 sec quicker than last time. 17 min run back home. 45min. 10km

Friday Bush Run

Im heading to my place down south at lunchtime today, so I drove to work at 5.30am to get in a session before work. Headed to my usual bush track and felt quite tired to start. By about 30min I was extremely hungry and i guess thats why i had no energy. Turned around at 34 min and back to work in 1hr9min. 16km
In the afternoon took scribble for a run through the trails down south. Nice and easy. 1hr 13km.

Thursday Tempo

Out at lunchtime today. Quite hot again and i wasnt sure what i was going to do. So headed down to tunks park for a tempo session. Had the usual warm up, then started a tempo run, trying to increase the pace as I went. I was really struggling at 30 min, so finished after that lap at 35 minutes. Had 3 minute recovery then decided on 3 more 4 minute efforts with 1 minute recovery. Picked up the pace on these and felt good. In the end a pretty good session. 18km

KM Update

Update of kilometers since I started recording my training log

November 562km (wkly ave 127km)
December 692km (wkly ave 157km)
January to date 477km (wkly ave 146km)

Wednesday to/from work

Once again cooler temperatures this morning and the legs felt reasonable from the word go. Comfortable pace. 59.54. 14km
Felt pretty good on the way home. I think Im getting used to the higher mileage. 58.12. 14km