The Early Bird and the Cow!
Thursday 28/09/06:
Last night I decided I would get up early and run this morning, hence leaving the evening free for the 101 other things I need to do!
Was up, dressed, stretched and out the door by 5.30am! Luckily for me there was no fog today, it was a nice 12 deg C and it was on the brink of dawn. I had decided on a large loop that I often run later in the day on weekends, but not usually this early during the week. I would not do it in darkness, but it is now lighter at 5.30am than it was at 6.30am just a few weeks ago!
Plan stated 60mins running including 20mins of "up tempo". I was so psyched up for this run (it was all a bit of an adventure really, heading so far afield on a weekday morning) and I knew within minutes of starting to run that it was going to be a good one - everything just felt "right" !
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 12mins
Up tempo run: 20 mins
Steady paced run: 30mins (Total distance run approx 13km)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
Started the "up tempo" section fairly early on as I wanted to get this out of the way before I hit any hills. The other good thing about doing this route today was that I could do some more hills and see how my hamstring felt, after keeping it flat since the weekend. The faster pace was OK, but in saying that after 20mins I was quite happy to drop back to steady! This gave me a bit of a breather before I hit the several hills over the last couple of kms, which were done thru the rural road that links two sub-divisions. We call it "the countryside" and because we drive thru it to get to school (its a shortcut) my daughter thinks we really live out in the country! The hills were quite hard work, but the hammy felt fine.
I also got to have a good laugh! I had the radio on today, after a couple of days without it due to a flat battery. However even with the radio quite loud, I could still hear this cow mooing at me from its paddock as I ran past!!!! And it did not let up till I was out of site! It was really quite amusing, letting out this long, low mooooooooooooo! (No, I didn't do it back, but have been know to!)
Got back and did some quick stretching before diving into the shower. It was really quite warm by then, but I was so glad to have got this session done - and all before 6.45am!!
Its a nice feeling to know that I can now "rest" till Saturday mornings run. My longest run during the week lately has been about 10km and done in the evening, so today was a bonus.
My Sat run will be 90mins, so around 18km and the following week is "peak week".
Last night I decided I would get up early and run this morning, hence leaving the evening free for the 101 other things I need to do!
Was up, dressed, stretched and out the door by 5.30am! Luckily for me there was no fog today, it was a nice 12 deg C and it was on the brink of dawn. I had decided on a large loop that I often run later in the day on weekends, but not usually this early during the week. I would not do it in darkness, but it is now lighter at 5.30am than it was at 6.30am just a few weeks ago!
Plan stated 60mins running including 20mins of "up tempo". I was so psyched up for this run (it was all a bit of an adventure really, heading so far afield on a weekday morning) and I knew within minutes of starting to run that it was going to be a good one - everything just felt "right" !
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 12mins
Up tempo run: 20 mins
Steady paced run: 30mins (Total distance run approx 13km)
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
Started the "up tempo" section fairly early on as I wanted to get this out of the way before I hit any hills. The other good thing about doing this route today was that I could do some more hills and see how my hamstring felt, after keeping it flat since the weekend. The faster pace was OK, but in saying that after 20mins I was quite happy to drop back to steady! This gave me a bit of a breather before I hit the several hills over the last couple of kms, which were done thru the rural road that links two sub-divisions. We call it "the countryside" and because we drive thru it to get to school (its a shortcut) my daughter thinks we really live out in the country! The hills were quite hard work, but the hammy felt fine.
I also got to have a good laugh! I had the radio on today, after a couple of days without it due to a flat battery. However even with the radio quite loud, I could still hear this cow mooing at me from its paddock as I ran past!!!! And it did not let up till I was out of site! It was really quite amusing, letting out this long, low mooooooooooooo! (No, I didn't do it back, but have been know to!)
Got back and did some quick stretching before diving into the shower. It was really quite warm by then, but I was so glad to have got this session done - and all before 6.45am!!
Its a nice feeling to know that I can now "rest" till Saturday mornings run. My longest run during the week lately has been about 10km and done in the evening, so today was a bonus.
My Sat run will be 90mins, so around 18km and the following week is "peak week".
posted by Vicky @ 9/28/2006 04:50:00 pm
5 Comments:
At Thu Sept 28, 06:05:00 pm,
Jaykay said…
I just love that "going to be a good run" feeling. Can't say that it's happened lately though.
And good on you for getting out the door at 5.30.
At Thu Sept 28, 11:58:00 pm,
Em said…
Yeah, gotta love that feeling when you know it is going to be a good one.
i definitely would have mooed back, but then again I also try to carry on converstations with possums, kangaroos, ducks etc
At Fri Sept 29, 11:35:00 am,
beakus said…
Can't wait for that feeling :o)
One thing I loved about my favorite run in the UK was going past those Moooers :oD and you have to respond - I always wonder if they think us humans are mad for charging around the countryside like we do :o)
I'm like Em, an utter Dr. Doolittle on my runs; cats, birds... I'll talk to anything! :o)
B.
At Fri Sept 29, 06:56:00 pm,
Stu Mac said…
Starting to sound like all of the training is paying off, should be a good one in a few weeks...
Thanks heaps for your comments on my blog this week.
At Sat Sept 30, 12:37:00 pm,
Spark Driver said…
It is very tough getting out of bed so early but very rewarding for the rest of the day. Well done.
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