Back to normal.
Thursday 10/08/06:
Enjoyed an extra hour in bed this morning, due to doing my run tonight while Courtney was at gymnastics. Really needed it too, was after 1am before I'd fallen into bed the night before, after a thoroughly enjoyable meal, a few drinks at the local and then a few more at home will pouring over travel photos from the big OE almost 10 yrs ago! We had a really good laugh at some of them!
Was rather nippy by the time I headed off just after 6pm and I was glad I had chucked the beanie and gloves in the car, rather than just the cap. Out on to the busy, noisy main highway, not the most pleasant of places to run, but flat, light and safe! Did the same initial loop as last week and again did it at a quicker than usual pace. It felt good to be back into a decent stride and working hard. After one loop I did a stretch of the main highway and back to make up a bit more distance and time - did not want to get back to the gym and have to sit around getting even colder till they finished!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Faster paced run: 32mins (7kms approx)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
I know listing all of my walking warm-ups and cool-downs seems a bit lame, but I do it purely to keep me honest! Its always very tempting to flag this, but I have proven that it does make a difference when it comes to avoiding injury. In all honesty it should probably be an even longer time, more like 10mins each, but that would really do my head in and I just never have enough time anyway!
I'm interested in "the stick" that I have read about on the Ausrun forum. Would love to get my hands on one and give it a try! Will have a look/ask around. Also finally got the Swiss ball inflated (its just a little 55cm dia one, for small/short people like me!) so am really getting stuck in to extra stretching and strengthening from this weekend. Had more massage on the hamstring today and while it has not been playing up at all while running for a couple of weeks, I can still feel that it is not quite 100%.
Rather social weekend coming up - don't know if I'll get any running done on Sunday, or if I do it will be in the PM, but want to try to keep the milage up around 40km per week now, leading into the half marathon training plan which I will be starting in a couple of weeks.
Will be kicking the weekend off by taking my (almost 7 yr old) daughter to the optician after work today to collect her first pair of glasses. Discovered 2 weeks ago that just like her mother (and father, and aunty, and grandfather...) she is rather short-sighted. At this stage she will only need to wear them in class and for TV, movies, etc. but even so, she was not a happy camper at first. Quote: "I'm so disappointed in myself that my eyes aren't good". Think I've talked her round now though and shes actually quite excited. I would be more so if they weren't costing me almost NZ$450 !!!!! Thems the breaks...
Enjoyed an extra hour in bed this morning, due to doing my run tonight while Courtney was at gymnastics. Really needed it too, was after 1am before I'd fallen into bed the night before, after a thoroughly enjoyable meal, a few drinks at the local and then a few more at home will pouring over travel photos from the big OE almost 10 yrs ago! We had a really good laugh at some of them!
Was rather nippy by the time I headed off just after 6pm and I was glad I had chucked the beanie and gloves in the car, rather than just the cap. Out on to the busy, noisy main highway, not the most pleasant of places to run, but flat, light and safe! Did the same initial loop as last week and again did it at a quicker than usual pace. It felt good to be back into a decent stride and working hard. After one loop I did a stretch of the main highway and back to make up a bit more distance and time - did not want to get back to the gym and have to sit around getting even colder till they finished!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Faster paced run: 32mins (7kms approx)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
I know listing all of my walking warm-ups and cool-downs seems a bit lame, but I do it purely to keep me honest! Its always very tempting to flag this, but I have proven that it does make a difference when it comes to avoiding injury. In all honesty it should probably be an even longer time, more like 10mins each, but that would really do my head in and I just never have enough time anyway!
I'm interested in "the stick" that I have read about on the Ausrun forum. Would love to get my hands on one and give it a try! Will have a look/ask around. Also finally got the Swiss ball inflated (its just a little 55cm dia one, for small/short people like me!) so am really getting stuck in to extra stretching and strengthening from this weekend. Had more massage on the hamstring today and while it has not been playing up at all while running for a couple of weeks, I can still feel that it is not quite 100%.
Rather social weekend coming up - don't know if I'll get any running done on Sunday, or if I do it will be in the PM, but want to try to keep the milage up around 40km per week now, leading into the half marathon training plan which I will be starting in a couple of weeks.
Will be kicking the weekend off by taking my (almost 7 yr old) daughter to the optician after work today to collect her first pair of glasses. Discovered 2 weeks ago that just like her mother (and father, and aunty, and grandfather...) she is rather short-sighted. At this stage she will only need to wear them in class and for TV, movies, etc. but even so, she was not a happy camper at first. Quote: "I'm so disappointed in myself that my eyes aren't good". Think I've talked her round now though and shes actually quite excited. I would be more so if they weren't costing me almost NZ$450 !!!!! Thems the breaks...
posted by Vicky @ 8/11/2006 12:29:00 pm
5 Comments:
At Fri Aug 11, 01:29:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
I love the sleep-ins. I'll have to head back over to AusRun forum find out what 'the stick' is all about.
At Fri Aug 11, 02:47:00 pm,
Jaykay said…
My daughter also has to wear glasses at school, whilst reading and watching TV (which both she and I are very slack about enfocing!!). She got red frames, which she loves.
And don't we all love a sleep in. Can't remember the last time I got one though!
Have a great weekend.
At Fri Aug 11, 03:08:00 pm,
Vicky said…
LOL - Only us runners would call getting up at 6.30am instead of 5.30am (on a running day) a sleep in!! Hee hee!! My radio station breakfast show hosts call people that are up at the crack of dawn members of the "Smug Club."
At Fri Aug 11, 10:35:00 pm,
Em said…
Looks like you are feeling a bit stronger.
The people that make The Stick look set for a boost in sales ;-). Looks to me like it works on trigger points, I get regular trigger point massage, not comfortable but very effective.
Have a great weekend, maybe a little rest will see you even stronger next week.
Also I think it is great you cool down properly, this is something I have just started making myself do and it does make a difference.
At Sun Aug 13, 06:56:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Aaaah, cool down and warm up.....perhaps you can explain these a bit more??? LOL, swiss ball, I have to remember to DEflate mine for the move....
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