Battling the elements and loving it!
Sunday 06/08/06:
No running companion today, James is sick :(
The weather turned nasty last night, heavy rain, strong winds and generally stormy and it had not let up at all by this morning. Saw Courtney off with her Dad for the day and did a bit of housework while waiting to see if it was going to improve at all. By 10.30 am I had decided that it was not, in fact it was getting worse. I was also fed up with cleaning bathrooms and stripping beds and decided to head out and battle the elements instead!
Had no set route in mind, just followed my feet. It was too wet and cold to muck about with walking, so headed straight into easy paced running, then graduated to steady, or at least I tried to! The rain was pouring down and at times I was almost getting blown backwards, but what a challenge! My effort was steady to hard throughout, but due to the wind, my pace varied a lot. With plenty of familiar flat roads in front of me, I just kept going, cutting thru a few streets that I don't normally use. Sure I was getting strange looks from every passing car! In the end I'd completed a big loop and the rain had not let up once. Due to so many puddles, my feet were not just wet, but swimming in my shoes by mid way, but thanks to the trusty Thorlos I suffered nothing worse than wrinkly feet!
Run at varying paces: 62mins (approx 12kms)
Dripping but happy upon return, I was interested to see how the hamstring would handle the extra distance, even though I'd kept it as flat as possible. Pleased to report that I've pulled up fine today.
Total distance for the week: 40kms. My biggest week this year to date. Not a lot really, compared to times gone by, but when I see that I only did 48kms for the whole of January, at least I know I'm making progress...
Finally got the Swiss ball too, tonights mission is to get it blown up and start using it!
No running companion today, James is sick :(
The weather turned nasty last night, heavy rain, strong winds and generally stormy and it had not let up at all by this morning. Saw Courtney off with her Dad for the day and did a bit of housework while waiting to see if it was going to improve at all. By 10.30 am I had decided that it was not, in fact it was getting worse. I was also fed up with cleaning bathrooms and stripping beds and decided to head out and battle the elements instead!
Had no set route in mind, just followed my feet. It was too wet and cold to muck about with walking, so headed straight into easy paced running, then graduated to steady, or at least I tried to! The rain was pouring down and at times I was almost getting blown backwards, but what a challenge! My effort was steady to hard throughout, but due to the wind, my pace varied a lot. With plenty of familiar flat roads in front of me, I just kept going, cutting thru a few streets that I don't normally use. Sure I was getting strange looks from every passing car! In the end I'd completed a big loop and the rain had not let up once. Due to so many puddles, my feet were not just wet, but swimming in my shoes by mid way, but thanks to the trusty Thorlos I suffered nothing worse than wrinkly feet!
Run at varying paces: 62mins (approx 12kms)
Dripping but happy upon return, I was interested to see how the hamstring would handle the extra distance, even though I'd kept it as flat as possible. Pleased to report that I've pulled up fine today.
Total distance for the week: 40kms. My biggest week this year to date. Not a lot really, compared to times gone by, but when I see that I only did 48kms for the whole of January, at least I know I'm making progress...
Finally got the Swiss ball too, tonights mission is to get it blown up and start using it!
posted by Vicky @ 8/07/2006 07:49:00 pm
1 Comments:
At Tue Aug 08, 12:28:00 am,
Anonymous said…
It's strange with inclement weather, so easy to give in to it and yet when running in it, can make for an interesting run. Just call me the spin doctor.
Love the swiss ball. Kids burst mine a few months ago but always use the one at the office gym.
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