Friday Night Fever!

Saturday 10/06/06:

Well, where to start... We headed out at 9pm last night to check out "Celsius Bar". When we arrived the crowd was generally aged 30-40ish, it was about half full and they were playing retro... By 11pm it was a mainly 20ish crowd, the place was packed - esp the dancefloor, and the music was Top20 & Techno!! Not to be outdone, we danced our butts off till 1.30am and met some "interesting" people. Can't remember the last time I slunk home at 2am - but a great time was had by all and I can honestly say I only had 2 wines all night! After all I was driving, but not only that - it was so hot in there and all I really wanted was iced water!

Anyway, this does eventually tie into running - as when I got out of bed at 8am the next morning, I had the stiffest of calf muscles - from dancing in high heeled boots! Luckily I'd been planning a shorter, easy run anyway - and I was just so glad not to be hung over! Also, my sister had informed me at about 1am that she intended coming out running with me in the morning too! Now she used to run a lot when we were younger, but these days any exercise she does is in the gym and she is far from being in her best shape right now... Still, I was happy to have some company on a run for a change, so when I managed to get her out of bed at 9am we headed out. I was happy to do a walk/jog combination with her, but after just 25mins she refused to go any further and we went back home! I was going to carry on by myself, but just then the heavens opened up and I was cold as it was, so called it a day. Still I figure I must have covered at least 2kms of running at easy pace, as well as the walking. Calves felt a bit better for it and I did plenty of stretching afterwards.

Sunday 11/06/06:

Feeling antsy that I hadn't done more yesterday, I wanted to get a decent run in today, so headed out at 7.30am alone. Quite chilly out and took quite a while to get warm. Headed out on a country road into the next suburb and ran around the area of my old house, where I used to run all the time. Even passed a couple of other runners that I used to see quite frequently when out running around there last year. Course included several hills, but I focused on form and breathing and even did a few cadence checks, which made me feel like a "serious runner" again! :-) Headed back towards home and included some new streets that I'd never been in, which kept it interesting:

Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady pace run: 62 mins (12kms)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins

So this gave me a weekly total of 34kms run. Need to keep milage around this mark for a few weeks, before increasing it again. Very determined not to stuff up and get injured again, so being very patient and well behaved. Pleased with how things are going so far.