Go "Mandela" - you good thing!
Tuesday 07/11/06:
Was still in a deep sleep this morning, when the alarm went off at 5.30am! That doesn't happen too often, usually I'm already stirring and expecting it...
Out the door at 5.45am on a clear, still day - about 14 deg C and already light! Plan today was calling for 50mins at a steady pace. Decided to run my 8km out and back route, with pace depending on how I felt once out there. I knew that the time would be under 50mins by doing so, but just wanted to do a good quality session, regardless of time or distance.
Started the run at my steady pace (5min kms approx) and felt really good. Turned round at my 4km marker and headed back, feeling so good that I upped the pace a notch for the next 3km, before dropping back to steady pace for the final km. Felt good to be doing a bit of "up-tempo" again and handling it nicely - haven't run at that pace since Auck Half. Needed to remind the legs of the pace I will be expecting from them on Sat week!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady/Up tempo paced running: 38mins (8km)
Jog/walk cooldown: 3mins
Pleased with todays effort, the legs did feel a little stiff when I first got out of bed, but stretching helped and they loosened quickly once walking/running. Since the run I've had a bit of a sore area in my left quad, but never felt it at all at the time... sure its nothing a bit of Anti-Flamm won't fix! Also, just before home today I turned to look over my shoulder to check the traffic before crossing the main road and as I turned (too quickly) I felt a "pull" down the right side of my back. Its been bugging me ever since, but hopefully its no more than a "twinge" that will soon disappear!
To other things - Melbourne Cup Day, YAY! It has a huge following here in NZ. Its the one day all year that I bet on the horses! So it will be off to the T.A.B. for me shortly. Have surveyed the field and picked my horse and if you haven't guessed from the title, I'm backing one of only 3 NZ horses in it - #21 "Mandela" ! I don't care about the odds, just pick something that has a good feel to it! I would soooo love to be there - if you are I hope you enjoy! I will be huddled round the radio at work when it runs at 5pm NZ time! I usually skive off early on Cup Day and plant myself in front of a TV at home or the local pub and scream my head off at the screen! No such luck this year, had to be here at 8am this morning for a meeting, then ducked out mid morning to watch Courtney run at her school athletics day. Will also be here late this evening, so the radio it is this year! All good fun!
Was still in a deep sleep this morning, when the alarm went off at 5.30am! That doesn't happen too often, usually I'm already stirring and expecting it...
Out the door at 5.45am on a clear, still day - about 14 deg C and already light! Plan today was calling for 50mins at a steady pace. Decided to run my 8km out and back route, with pace depending on how I felt once out there. I knew that the time would be under 50mins by doing so, but just wanted to do a good quality session, regardless of time or distance.
Started the run at my steady pace (5min kms approx) and felt really good. Turned round at my 4km marker and headed back, feeling so good that I upped the pace a notch for the next 3km, before dropping back to steady pace for the final km. Felt good to be doing a bit of "up-tempo" again and handling it nicely - haven't run at that pace since Auck Half. Needed to remind the legs of the pace I will be expecting from them on Sat week!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady/Up tempo paced running: 38mins (8km)
Jog/walk cooldown: 3mins
Pleased with todays effort, the legs did feel a little stiff when I first got out of bed, but stretching helped and they loosened quickly once walking/running. Since the run I've had a bit of a sore area in my left quad, but never felt it at all at the time... sure its nothing a bit of Anti-Flamm won't fix! Also, just before home today I turned to look over my shoulder to check the traffic before crossing the main road and as I turned (too quickly) I felt a "pull" down the right side of my back. Its been bugging me ever since, but hopefully its no more than a "twinge" that will soon disappear!
To other things - Melbourne Cup Day, YAY! It has a huge following here in NZ. Its the one day all year that I bet on the horses! So it will be off to the T.A.B. for me shortly. Have surveyed the field and picked my horse and if you haven't guessed from the title, I'm backing one of only 3 NZ horses in it - #21 "Mandela" ! I don't care about the odds, just pick something that has a good feel to it! I would soooo love to be there - if you are I hope you enjoy! I will be huddled round the radio at work when it runs at 5pm NZ time! I usually skive off early on Cup Day and plant myself in front of a TV at home or the local pub and scream my head off at the screen! No such luck this year, had to be here at 8am this morning for a meeting, then ducked out mid morning to watch Courtney run at her school athletics day. Will also be here late this evening, so the radio it is this year! All good fun!
posted by Vicky @ 11/07/2006 12:53:00 pm
3 Comments:
At Tue Nov 07, 05:39:00 pm,
Em said…
Oh dear, I feel so disloyal, I can honestly say I have never watched a running of the cup. I won't even know who won until I watch the news tonight.
I am off to Oaks Day though, but that is just my once a year excuse to glam up a bit (yes me!) and carry on with the girls.
Can't believe how well you are doing after the half, do you have any goals for this next one?
At Tue Nov 07, 11:26:00 pm,
Spark Driver said…
Oh well too bad.
You should have been living in Japan and you may have had better luck this year.
At Wed Nov 08, 10:43:00 am,
MorseyRuns said…
Another early riser! I always wake up about a minute before the alarm goes off too. Hope the twinge goes away. Shame about Mandela- I have donated too much money to the TAB recently so I didn't have a flutter yesterday.
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