Lot’s of motivation at the moment but I’m struggling to achieve any momentum
Been pretty quiet for the last few weeks. Did no more running during the week of the last entry and only managed one 12km run the following week.
Got some order last week and managed about 50km and have started well this week. Scheduled to get a reasonable long run in on Saturday (about 26km) which will give me a real indication of how far I really have to go.
Downside – finally got around to buying a new pair of shoes this week (Asics Trabuco WR10). Took them for their first outing tonight and got a cracking 10 cent blood blister on my heel ... lovely. I’m blaming it on my socks! It should make for an interesting remainder of the week either way.
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
Thursday, 11 October 2007
Surprise PB
Finally got out last night and decided to get on the tarmac as opposed to trail given the weather we've been having here.
Did a 12k run that I hadn't done for some time and surprised myself with a PB of 57:11 (beating my Bridge to Brisbane time of 2004). I ran in an old pair of favourite shoes that are pretty light, flat and snug but made the mistake of not cutting toe nails and bruised my middle toe.
I also had a run planned this morning with AT as I wanted to get some k's in my legs.
We did the same run at 5:00 am this morning and boy did I pay! 62:28 and my toes have been sore all day. Payback for Sunday you might say!
Never mind, I have all weekend to recover, though I might sneak out early tomorrow for a shorter one before we head down to Sydney.
Did a 12k run that I hadn't done for some time and surprised myself with a PB of 57:11 (beating my Bridge to Brisbane time of 2004). I ran in an old pair of favourite shoes that are pretty light, flat and snug but made the mistake of not cutting toe nails and bruised my middle toe.
I also had a run planned this morning with AT as I wanted to get some k's in my legs.
We did the same run at 5:00 am this morning and boy did I pay! 62:28 and my toes have been sore all day. Payback for Sunday you might say!
Never mind, I have all weekend to recover, though I might sneak out early tomorrow for a shorter one before we head down to Sydney.
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Arrrgggghhh!!!
There's nothing as frustrating as simply not having the time to do something.
After a good week last week, this week is more or less a write off. My wife had commitments that she needed to keep on Monday and Tuesday that impacted on my evening time (which meant I needed to work earlier), so no running so far.
I have a longish run planned for tomorrow morning and a short one this evening, but given that we are away this weekend with no scope for any other runs, that'll be it for this week.
Just have to treat it as a cycle down week. Not happy, but at least the frustration would indicate that I'm motivated?
After a good week last week, this week is more or less a write off. My wife had commitments that she needed to keep on Monday and Tuesday that impacted on my evening time (which meant I needed to work earlier), so no running so far.
I have a longish run planned for tomorrow morning and a short one this evening, but given that we are away this weekend with no scope for any other runs, that'll be it for this week.
Just have to treat it as a cycle down week. Not happy, but at least the frustration would indicate that I'm motivated?
Monday, 8 October 2007
A long(ish) run
Had a good week last week and managed some regularity.
Monday - 8.8km
Tuesday - 8.8km
Thursday - 8.8km
Friday - 12.5km
Sunday - 23.3km
Not exactly world beating but the first time I've got past 50k for the week for a couple of months (other than running 56k at GH at the beginning of September)
As planned, we ran from the GH lookout (CP4) to CP6. There's a hill after a couple of km's that kills me for some reason - it takes less than 2 minutes (I think) and it wipes me out. Anyway, from there, we head out around Beerwah as we did last week and I think we had a better run this time.
Turned off into the bush and through the rough stuff, climbed out and past CP5 and back to the car at the lookout to change bottles. Weirdly we had a pretty much identical time.
It's a really pleasant run down the fire road (about 5-6k I think) before you cross the road and turn into the bush. Last time I covered this ground it was dark and soaking wet. While that was fun(!) it was a lot easier in the daylight. We got to CP1a, found the turn and promptly missed another before getting on the right track to 'hamburger hill'. A short run through the woods to the cemetary and up the gravel road to Andrews car at Beerburrum school. Surprisingly, he was complaining of sore legs which (cruelly I admit) pleased me a little as I know I run at a much slower pace than he does. At least this suggested he had got a decent workout!
We're in Sydney this weekend so will have an easy week, but I'm starting to enjoy it all again as opposed to feeling like it was all a chore.
We'll see how long it lasts, eh?!
Monday - 8.8km
Tuesday - 8.8km
Thursday - 8.8km
Friday - 12.5km
Sunday - 23.3km
Not exactly world beating but the first time I've got past 50k for the week for a couple of months (other than running 56k at GH at the beginning of September)
As planned, we ran from the GH lookout (CP4) to CP6. There's a hill after a couple of km's that kills me for some reason - it takes less than 2 minutes (I think) and it wipes me out. Anyway, from there, we head out around Beerwah as we did last week and I think we had a better run this time.
Turned off into the bush and through the rough stuff, climbed out and past CP5 and back to the car at the lookout to change bottles. Weirdly we had a pretty much identical time.
It's a really pleasant run down the fire road (about 5-6k I think) before you cross the road and turn into the bush. Last time I covered this ground it was dark and soaking wet. While that was fun(!) it was a lot easier in the daylight. We got to CP1a, found the turn and promptly missed another before getting on the right track to 'hamburger hill'. A short run through the woods to the cemetary and up the gravel road to Andrews car at Beerburrum school. Surprisingly, he was complaining of sore legs which (cruelly I admit) pleased me a little as I know I run at a much slower pace than he does. At least this suggested he had got a decent workout!
We're in Sydney this weekend so will have an easy week, but I'm starting to enjoy it all again as opposed to feeling like it was all a chore.
We'll see how long it lasts, eh?!
Friday, 5 October 2007
Finally ...
Finally; because at last I got out for a proper run last Sunday (30th) I feel like I'm doing something and have some motivation. This is a bit belated but better than not at all.
Myself and a mate (Andrew Townshend) left the car at the Glasshouse lookout. Before we set off, Andrew set me up with a heart rate monitor and GPRS. He’s studying a PHD at the moment that’s heavily focused on the effects of endurance on runners in particular and I think he was using me as a bit of a guinea pig! In all seriousness, I found the information really useful (and reassuring) when I got it back.
We headed down the Woodford – Beerburrum Road toward checkpoint 6 (GH Trail runners will know where it is) which is pretty straight forward undulating fire road. From there, we set out on the GH Beerwah loop.
This was a new experience for Andrew as though he is an accomplished runner himself (way beyond my capabilities) he hasn’t experienced GH trails terrain first hand as far as I know. Having run down and walked up the rollercoaster type valley that you go through before heading right in to the woods that precede the long undulating straight that follows the powerlines (not to be confused with the powerlines).
This is a really pleasant run and I was looking forward to travelling it in relaxed mode having covered it twice before, the most recent during the 50k race at GH 100 and the first time being a night run with a few of the Cool Running guys some weeks before that .
As we were half way across, we came across a farmer in his land cruiser and asked where we’d been and had we seen any of his cows. We hadn’t, though only ten minutes earlier Andrew had thought he had seen a black and white one crouching in the woods. It turned out to be a rock which was fortunate because had it been a crouching cow it could only have had mischief on its mind. Anyway, thy guy asked where we were heading and to look out for some black and white ones (spooky eh?!). I’m not sure what he expected us to do with them if we did come across them.
Anyway, this section is over too quickly and we turned back right into the bush. We went through here pretty well and came to the first climb pretty quickly and I remember Andrew commenting on how Ian Javes (Glasshouse Trails race director) must be something of a sadist. I expressed what I was thinking which was pretty much, “Wait until you sees the climb out back to the fire road!”
Once you get to that climb and out it’s a steady few km’s back to the lookout. It took about an hour and a half and I was looking forward to seeing the data from the system I was hooked up to.
The plan next week is to park a car at Beerburrum as well as the lookout and once we complete the Beerwah loop to continue down to CP1a and then to the school. Havent suggested this to Andrew yet so we’ll see.
Myself and a mate (Andrew Townshend) left the car at the Glasshouse lookout. Before we set off, Andrew set me up with a heart rate monitor and GPRS. He’s studying a PHD at the moment that’s heavily focused on the effects of endurance on runners in particular and I think he was using me as a bit of a guinea pig! In all seriousness, I found the information really useful (and reassuring) when I got it back.
We headed down the Woodford – Beerburrum Road toward checkpoint 6 (GH Trail runners will know where it is) which is pretty straight forward undulating fire road. From there, we set out on the GH Beerwah loop.
This was a new experience for Andrew as though he is an accomplished runner himself (way beyond my capabilities) he hasn’t experienced GH trails terrain first hand as far as I know. Having run down and walked up the rollercoaster type valley that you go through before heading right in to the woods that precede the long undulating straight that follows the powerlines (not to be confused with the powerlines).
This is a really pleasant run and I was looking forward to travelling it in relaxed mode having covered it twice before, the most recent during the 50k race at GH 100 and the first time being a night run with a few of the Cool Running guys some weeks before that .
As we were half way across, we came across a farmer in his land cruiser and asked where we’d been and had we seen any of his cows. We hadn’t, though only ten minutes earlier Andrew had thought he had seen a black and white one crouching in the woods. It turned out to be a rock which was fortunate because had it been a crouching cow it could only have had mischief on its mind. Anyway, thy guy asked where we were heading and to look out for some black and white ones (spooky eh?!). I’m not sure what he expected us to do with them if we did come across them.
Anyway, this section is over too quickly and we turned back right into the bush. We went through here pretty well and came to the first climb pretty quickly and I remember Andrew commenting on how Ian Javes (Glasshouse Trails race director) must be something of a sadist. I expressed what I was thinking which was pretty much, “Wait until you sees the climb out back to the fire road!”
Once you get to that climb and out it’s a steady few km’s back to the lookout. It took about an hour and a half and I was looking forward to seeing the data from the system I was hooked up to.
The plan next week is to park a car at Beerburrum as well as the lookout and once we complete the Beerwah loop to continue down to CP1a and then to the school. Havent suggested this to Andrew yet so we’ll see.
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