A good soak and a foggy tempo
The weather has been a bit crazy since yesterday arvo, but I plugged away with some decent runs regardless. Last night I copped a good downpour on the way home, getting absolutely soaked within the...
View ArticleMLR and sore soleus
Felt tired running home last night, so kept it pretty easy - 8.1km in 39:13 (4:50 pace, 140 HR).This (foggy) morning I embarked on an MLR, with the plan being to keep the effort fairly easy. I achieved...
View ArticleA pain in the leg...
Ran 8.27km in 40:45 (4:55 pace, 143 HR) last night. Felt pretty fresh apart from my right soleus which was still bothering me. Pulled up sore but it calmed down with a bit of icing.This morning my leg...
View ArticleSore but improving
Calf was still sore this morning, but slightly better than yesterday, so I decided to do a short run in plus some more laps around North Sydney - 13.63km in 59:36 (4:22 pace, 149 HR). Elected to wear...
View ArticleStriders 10k North Head - 18th in 36:49
Well, not much of a race effort in the end, but at least I got a decent-ish hitout on Saturday morning. A disappointing result given my current level of fitness, highlighted by the fact I ran faster in...
View ArticleSoaking wet long run
I pulled up really well from my "race" on Saturday and felt very fresh on commencing my long run. I decided to repeat last week's course on a very different day weather-wise - the cool, crisp blue...
View ArticleA bunch of sluggish easy runs
Nothing too exciting to report on the running front. A mixture of sluggish legs, lack of sleep and work busyness and stress have seen me do nothing but slow, easy stuff so far this week. The way I've...
View ArticleReturn to form - 7 x 1000
Well, three days of plodding around slowly seems to have done the trick as I was a renewed runner as of last night. I ran the same route home as I did on Monday night but 4 minutes (or 25 sec/km)...
View ArticleA brief burst of summer
Pulled up well from intervals yesterday and ran home in a similar time to Wednesday - 9.74km in 44:04 (4:31 pace, 153 HR). It was a warm night (18 degrees) and I was sweating up a storm by the time I...
View Article11k tempo and city long run
Had a big long weekend of running, beginning with an 11k tempo on Saturday morning. Conditions were pretty reasonable, with Gore Hill just a touch damp underfoot, but my legs weren't entirely fresh,...
View ArticleFlying 10 x 400s
Feeling tired and a bit run down at the moment. Did a short run home last night - 7.23km in 34:05 (4:42 pace, 141 HR). My MacGyver-esque temporary fix of my chest strap seemed to work for this run so...
View Article12k tempo - tough but good
I feel like I'm starting to peak now - the easy runs are getting slower and the workouts are getting quicker, which is a good sign that I'm getting the quality work I need - feeling very tired between...
View ArticleEasy long
Ran home on Friday night for an easy 7.44km in 35:23 (4:45 pace, 151 HR), feeling nicely tired after that morning's exertions.Saturday morning I headed out for a nice hilly run out to Manly and back -...
View ArticleTibial pain and a soggy 8 x 1000
Some up and down running over the last few days. I took Monday night off, partly due to busyness at work and partly because I had some DOMS from touch footy and there wasn't much point pushing things...
View ArticleEasy Thursday
Took last night off to give my shin a bit of a rest. Woke up with it feeling marginally better but still noticeably tender, so I elected to stick to grass this morning doing laps of North Sydney...
View ArticleA sharp 10k tempo
Out for a 10k tempo this morning at Gore Hill. Felt nice and fresh running over having not doubled since Tuesday, so I felt that if underfoot conditions were reasonable I should push out a good...
View ArticleLast long run and resting my shin
Doing the unthinkable and taking a rest day today to let my shin settle down a bit. Hopefully it helps and I won't need too many more of these in the next couple of weeks!On Saturday I hit the roads...
View ArticleUp and running again
Back up and running today with some laps around a soggy North Sydney No.2. I had a little bit of tightness in my shin to begin the run but it worked its way out once warmed up and I didn't feel any...
View ArticleAn absolute mudbath - 10 x 400
Woke to a warm and muggy morning for this time of year and headed over to Gore Hill during a rare break from the rain. As expected the ground was in terrible condition, with big puddles and muddy...
View ArticleSome recent runs
A lot to catch up with over the last two and a half months, although not nearly as much as I would have liked. I'll start with the last couple of weeks, and post later with some catch up...
View ArticleAn up and down week
A week's worth of runs to catch up on, which would normally mean a lot of runs, but with me having to manage my shin carefully, I've only been out five times since last Wednesday.Thursday I got out for...
View ArticleA bit of maintenance
In another bizarre shadow of last year's build-up to Gold Coast, I pulled up with a sore left hamstring after yesterday's tempo. I could feel it straining slightly during the session yesterday but...
View ArticleShort jog
Got out for a short run this morning - 10.36km in 46:36 (4:29 pace, 159 HR).My shin was much the same as yesterday, I'm feeling some minor discomfort through the run but it's not affecting me once I...
View ArticleGold Coast Half Marathon - 79th in 77:47
Well, I pushed through Sunday with a performance I could at least be satisfied with, if not one to be ecstatic about. In the end, I just wasn't in good enough shape on the day to do much better and I...
View ArticleInjury, (long) hiatus and (start of) comeback
Well, after three and a half months of silence, it's probably about time for an update!To cut a long story short, I came out of the Gold Coast Half Marathon with a severe stress reaction on my left...
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