“If you aren’t going all the way, why go at all?”
Joe Namath
Resting HR (average): 52
This week started with a run up Toorak road in Melbourne. The undulating terrain is nice, but the waiting at traffic lights kills your momentum (although the resting periods were well appreciated). It doesn’t help to be running around 7am eitther when there is traffic and people aplenty!
Tuesday it was time to discard the polyprop and back to running in hot and humid Brisbane. Ah bliss! Surprisingly I felt quite good. I can definitely feel the fitness improving, even if it is still quite slow!
Wednesday it was nice to do a total trainer session, after 4 days of neglecting the upper body.
Thursday was a tempo run, and Friday I was up just after 2am for a 3am start. I was supposed to do 28km. I was initally a bit stiff through the quads, but after 7-8km I started to loosen up and then I felt quite good. Conditions were perfect, and for 2 hours it was just me and the strays who had had a long night out, on the roads! As I ran around the university of Queensland I felt something hit my cap and onto my fingers. It was wet but it wasn’t raining. I was shat on by a bird! On my nice white mizuno cap! Stupid bird!! Although I felt good during the mid stages of my run, when I hit 24km, I started to stiffen up through my legs alot and the last 6km were tough. I decided that 28km is for wimps and instead I managed 30km. I always feel that long runs should really be classified as 30km upwards, so it is nice to build up to that mileage again.
Saturday I managed 2 sessions that were 2.5 hours and 1.5 hours and Sunday I ran 16km and felt really good. I a defintely starting to notice some improvements in terms of fitness and leg strength. Still a long way to go, but on the right track.
Next week is a recovery week with decent mileage in the first half of the week, before I get 3 days off running to rest and recover…
| Mon 2 Mar | 8km run, 30 min cycle, abs, squats |
| Tue 3 Mar | 15km, abs, squats, step exercises |
| Wed 4 Mar | 1 hour total trainer, abs, squats, 10 min crosstrainer, 30 min cycle |
| Thur 5 Mar | 6km tempo run, abs |
| Fri 6 Mar | 22km |
| Sat 7 Mar | 2 hours total trainer, abs, squats, 15 min crosstrainer, 30 min cycle |
| Sun 8 Mar | 16km, abs, squats, 15 min crosstrainer, 20 min cycle |
| Mileage | 80 |
| Running Load | 189 |
“It isn’t hard to be good from time to time in sports.
What’s tough is being good every day.”
Willie Mays
