Mon: Mixed bag
Ran into work from the childcare centre (a little over 5km)
Sneaked a run in at lunch (9k at 4 m/k)
Ran home (40 mins)
Tues: 800s
8 by 800 off 90 sec on Hickson Rd with Berger.
Just tried to run them comfortably.
2.40, 2.33, 2.32, 2.32, 2.32, 2.29, 2.31, 2.31
Off to Ireland tomorrow, the flight with the kids will be a lot of fun!!
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
C2S Hitout
Left the kids with Gerso (the best sis in law in world) on Sat at noon and went away with the 'Good wife' to the blue mountains. It was so good to to get away and do the simple things without kids (read the paper, have breaky etc). In saying that spent about an hour in the shops in Leura trying to find suitable gifts for the the kids.
Got back just after noon on Sunday and needed to get over to North Bondi for a party. So Liv brought the kids in the car and I ran over. Opted for a longer route and after 8k averaging 4.05 pace I got to O'Sullivan rd (5k marker in the city to surf). I stopped for a minute and reset the watch for a 5km effort. Got to the 10k marker in 18.24. Pretty happy with that as I think my quickest training run on the course is 18.20. Continued on for another 3km and stopped off and had a few drinks with Niamh, John, Jen, Sonja, Chris, Gill, Katie. Good auld Enda, Angela and baby Cillian dropped into say hello! Enda reckons he will smash Timmy in the C2S...i'm not getting involved...Enda is having a big party in his place after the race...poor Angela doesnt know what she's in for..
Got back just after noon on Sunday and needed to get over to North Bondi for a party. So Liv brought the kids in the car and I ran over. Opted for a longer route and after 8k averaging 4.05 pace I got to O'Sullivan rd (5k marker in the city to surf). I stopped for a minute and reset the watch for a 5km effort. Got to the 10k marker in 18.24. Pretty happy with that as I think my quickest training run on the course is 18.20. Continued on for another 3km and stopped off and had a few drinks with Niamh, John, Jen, Sonja, Chris, Gill, Katie. Good auld Enda, Angela and baby Cillian dropped into say hello! Enda reckons he will smash Timmy in the C2S...i'm not getting involved...Enda is having a big party in his place after the race...poor Angela doesnt know what she's in for..
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Getting back into the it
Yep as the title suggests, I'm slowly but surely easing my way back onto the roads. Last Sunday, I forced myself out of bed to the inaugural Sydney Harbour 10k. Ended up running 34.12 which I was relatively happy with. Some of the boys and gals ran some very good times. Worthy mentioned were Barts, Clyde, Jono & Niamh. Niamh who struggled to keep with my expert pacing duties for sub 50 a month or so ago had a huge improvement running 47 mins.
The rest of the week was a little mixed as I'm been busy in work recently.
Mon: Easy 50 mins on a threadmill in Brizzy, always feel like i am working hard on a threadmill
Tues: Fartlek 90 secs (by 8) on 1 min float by 8 around the Brizzy river. Got back in time to host a fund raiser for Ben St Lawrence who will feature in the 10,000m in the Olympics
Wed: Bit of a mixed bag, ran 5k from the childcare centre in the morning, 40 mins at lunch and ran home (40 mins)
Thurs: I had to fly to Brizzy early and get back to Sydney for meeting at 3pm so no running.
Fri: Fartlek 2 mins on (by 10) on 1 min float around Sydney's domain
Sat: 2 hours easy running, met up with Col Gibbons and then ran into Conway, TB, Enda, Rob C and ran some of the C2S. What a beautiful morning for running!
Off to Ireland next week and keen to run the Fingal 10k which will be run in my own home town. It's difficult to keep up the running when you are on holidays but I'm planning on a few races so hopefully that will keep me ticking over. Beermatt has suggested a few races for me...he's talking about running an 8k in Swinford. I'm in the area so why not. I've been trying to convince Tom to front up but I think he's running scared..
The rest of the week was a little mixed as I'm been busy in work recently.
Mon: Easy 50 mins on a threadmill in Brizzy, always feel like i am working hard on a threadmill
Tues: Fartlek 90 secs (by 8) on 1 min float by 8 around the Brizzy river. Got back in time to host a fund raiser for Ben St Lawrence who will feature in the 10,000m in the Olympics
Wed: Bit of a mixed bag, ran 5k from the childcare centre in the morning, 40 mins at lunch and ran home (40 mins)
Thurs: I had to fly to Brizzy early and get back to Sydney for meeting at 3pm so no running.
Fri: Fartlek 2 mins on (by 10) on 1 min float around Sydney's domain
Sat: 2 hours easy running, met up with Col Gibbons and then ran into Conway, TB, Enda, Rob C and ran some of the C2S. What a beautiful morning for running!
Off to Ireland next week and keen to run the Fingal 10k which will be run in my own home town. It's difficult to keep up the running when you are on holidays but I'm planning on a few races so hopefully that will keep me ticking over. Beermatt has suggested a few races for me...he's talking about running an 8k in Swinford. I'm in the area so why not. I've been trying to convince Tom to front up but I think he's running scared..
Monday, July 2, 2012
DNF
Well the title says it all!! I failed to finish the Gold Coast marathon. After what I consider excellent prep it all fell apart on the day. I had a very good week leading into the race (typical race nerves and a sore throat) but come race day I was feeling pumped and ready to race.
So where did the wheels come off, well from the start my stomach wasnt feeling great. In hindsight I probably overdid it on the fluid intake. I was concerned a little about the weather so I think I took in too much fluids prior to the race.
During the race, I was ticking off 3.45's relatively easy and I was thinking my stomach will great better the longer the race goes on. I had a pitt stop at 20k approx and vomitted up a little fluid. I was thinking now is time to buckle down and chase sub 2.40. At around 22-23k, my left calf started to cramp up...after that the race was over. I limped back to the start line...!!! Disappointed as I've never DNF a marathon before. Life goes on and I'm sure I'll bounce back and run another...
Some great performances out there most notably Tom Highnam's 2.34 and Kate Coburn's 2.55. Both kids don't run a poor race so hats off to them. Chalks also had a sterling debut running 3.08.
So where did the wheels come off, well from the start my stomach wasnt feeling great. In hindsight I probably overdid it on the fluid intake. I was concerned a little about the weather so I think I took in too much fluids prior to the race.
During the race, I was ticking off 3.45's relatively easy and I was thinking my stomach will great better the longer the race goes on. I had a pitt stop at 20k approx and vomitted up a little fluid. I was thinking now is time to buckle down and chase sub 2.40. At around 22-23k, my left calf started to cramp up...after that the race was over. I limped back to the start line...!!! Disappointed as I've never DNF a marathon before. Life goes on and I'm sure I'll bounce back and run another...
Some great performances out there most notably Tom Highnam's 2.34 and Kate Coburn's 2.55. Both kids don't run a poor race so hats off to them. Chalks also had a sterling debut running 3.08.
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