Lost in the fog!
Thursday 13/07/06:
No running today and it wasn't too hard as I woke up feeling a bit under the weather. Had a bit of a frog in the throat for a couple of days, but this morning that was joined by a dry cough, tight chest and sore eyes... Add another hectic day at work and by the evening I was well and truely ready to crawl between the covers. However, for the third night in a row, sleep was not to come easily. Way too much on my mind right now, mainly work, but also the odd personal issue.
Friday 14/07/06:
Wondered if I would feel up to a run this morning, but as it was, I felt OK and as I was awake anyway, told myself I might as well get out there and see how it felt - I could always walk if I was feeling crappy after all....
When I got outside it was much colder than expected and it was so foggy that I could not even see to the end of my (very short) street! Despite this, after a little bit of coughing and spluttering I seemed to be OK and ended up doing the usual weekday morning session:
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady pace run with a kick at the end: 29mins (6km)
Slow jog cooldown: 4mins
Legs felt good, even the knee was fine! So planning a 10 (or so) kmer for tomorrow. Will be good to go out in daylight and go a bit further. Physio session today consisted of purely massage and ultrasound on the entire knee area, including the back of it where the hammy connects.
Cutting back to two sessions next week, so thats progress.
Heard the first radio ad for the Adidas Auckland Marathon today! That got me really excited! I have already entered (the HALF), but now it seems more real! This weekend I will endeavour to dig out past training plans and decide on a plan of attack for the 106 days between now and then!!
By the way, enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean, despite having to sit right up front! However I definately think the first one was funnier. Gotta love Johnny Depp though! Classic!
Also, started reading the Di Vinci Code this week. So far, so good...
No running today and it wasn't too hard as I woke up feeling a bit under the weather. Had a bit of a frog in the throat for a couple of days, but this morning that was joined by a dry cough, tight chest and sore eyes... Add another hectic day at work and by the evening I was well and truely ready to crawl between the covers. However, for the third night in a row, sleep was not to come easily. Way too much on my mind right now, mainly work, but also the odd personal issue.
Friday 14/07/06:
Wondered if I would feel up to a run this morning, but as it was, I felt OK and as I was awake anyway, told myself I might as well get out there and see how it felt - I could always walk if I was feeling crappy after all....
When I got outside it was much colder than expected and it was so foggy that I could not even see to the end of my (very short) street! Despite this, after a little bit of coughing and spluttering I seemed to be OK and ended up doing the usual weekday morning session:
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady pace run with a kick at the end: 29mins (6km)
Slow jog cooldown: 4mins
Legs felt good, even the knee was fine! So planning a 10 (or so) kmer for tomorrow. Will be good to go out in daylight and go a bit further. Physio session today consisted of purely massage and ultrasound on the entire knee area, including the back of it where the hammy connects.
Cutting back to two sessions next week, so thats progress.
Heard the first radio ad for the Adidas Auckland Marathon today! That got me really excited! I have already entered (the HALF), but now it seems more real! This weekend I will endeavour to dig out past training plans and decide on a plan of attack for the 106 days between now and then!!
By the way, enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean, despite having to sit right up front! However I definately think the first one was funnier. Gotta love Johnny Depp though! Classic!
Also, started reading the Di Vinci Code this week. So far, so good...
posted by Vicky @ 7/14/2006 04:13:00 pm
4 Comments:
At Sat Jul 15, 12:08:00 am,
Em said…
Ohh, a marathon, now I am going to enjoy following your progress on that one!!
Was thinking of going off to see the Pirates film too, I just loved JD in the first one, he made that film
At Sun Jul 16, 12:10:00 am,
Spark Driver said…
That is a funny place to keep a frog?!?
At Sun Jul 16, 10:25:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Mmmmm, Johnny Depp...... I was told by someone else that the first one was better - perhaps I should wait for it to come out on DVD to see it?
Hope you are feeling better now
At Mon Jul 17, 09:43:00 am,
Vicky said…
Opps, just to clarify - that is the HALF of the Auck Marathon I have entered... NOT the full! In saying that, my last half was back in mid 2004, so still exciting stuff for me! A full marathon is still the ultimate goal, but I would have to be crazy to attempt one right now! MAR.
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