To the US and Back

Mon 21st: 10k, ran 4 mins per km for 5km and pushed it on the return leg finishing up in 38.55.

Tues 22nd 800s by 8 with Tim, avg pace 2.36 Ran 8k in the evening

Wed: 20k in the morning on my own. Flew to the states with work at 11am Wed US time: 1 hr easy in Seattle

 Thurs: 30 mins hard...no watch so no clue

 Fri: Too hungover Sat: Same as Friday

 Sun: Back in Sydney but couldnt really venture with Liv having the kids for the week

 Mon: 20k easy

Tues: 400s avg 74 by 8

Wed: 2hr easy

Thurs: 6 by 800s at 2.34 avg rolling 90 secs, 1 min break then 4 by 400s in 72 avg

Logging the kms

Mon 14th Ran into work easy (7.5k) Ran at lunch (8k) Ran home Tues 15th 6 by 800m with Tim in centennial off 90 secs. Ran 2.40 avg. Ran into work approx 5k. Ran home from work Tues evening (7.5) Wed 16th Ran 90 mins in centennial (4.30 pace) Thurs: 8 by 400s off 60 secs avg 74 per rep 8k run at lunch Fri: Rest day, just went to the gym and cross trained Sat: 5k in 18.34 in St Peters, felt sick at the start. Finished strongly Sun: Over to Tom's for a long hilly run. Ended up running 27.4k in 2.09

Take two...Houston we have a problem..

Ok a bit of a false start last time around but I am determined to update my blog on a regular basis to track my kms but also keep me on track for the Houston marathon on 19th Jan 2014. I've been travelling quite a lot recently and put on a few kilos so keen to get back on the road. Whilst travelling I did manage a 5k Park run in Malahide, Dublin in 18.12 which is not too bad given the amount of Guinness I had the night before. I followed up that 5k with an 18.20 in St Peter's Sydney which again was decent enough considering I just got off the plane from Munich. On Sat 12th Oct, I ventured out to centennial park and ran 5k hard on my own in 18.30. A tad slower than the previous week but I ran quite a lot last week. Yesterday I got out early with Tom and Steve Thurston for a long run. We took in the hilly coastal run which I found pretty tough. Coming up out of Bondi was tough and I think Tom took it easy on us. Anyhow managed to get through 2hrs (26k) which is my longest run since the start of the year. Lots of work to do but you got start somewhere..

Second Coming

Another comeback of sorts, I am not going to bore you with what happened since the last post. Suffice to say, I've had one or two injuries and now its time to get back into running. The main reason for returning to the blog is to actually log my kms. I have no real goals at the moment, just keen to build a base in the next 5-6 weeks and then I can pick a few races Sunday 25th Aug: Glorious sunny day, I caught up with Timmy and CT at 7.30 in CP. CT pealed off at 10k and Timmy and I continued on. I ended up running 27k in just over 2 hours and Timmy add another 6k for 33k as he's in the middle of Berlin training. Tim came back for breakfast and we used the pool as recovery. Happy to get through the run unscathed.