A walking rest day...
Sunday 18/02/07:
After sleeping for almost 9hrs solid last night (!) in the Skins, I felt pretty good this morning!
Mum was keen on some company for her walk so, killing two birds with one stone, I suggested we go to the Bridle Path at Totara Park that I've been wanting to check out, to see if its suitable for some off-road running. As soon as Courtney left with her Dad for the day, we headed off and arrived at the starting point at 9.30am. The sun was blazing across the cloudless sky by then, but off we went, hoping for some shade before too long.
Turns out the path is ideal - all gravel and lovely and peaceful with some great views, although rather hilly in parts! It lead right into Totara park itself, so we followed some of the bush trails that I had ran on there a few weeks back, before heading back again. All up we were walking briskly for 61mins and with the hills it felt like a really good workout. It gave the calves and hips a nice stretch, as they been feeling a little stiff when I first got up.
So that was it for today. I'd been hoping to take the Polar out and calibrate it over a measured km, but due to other committments, that hasn't happened. Had a lunch to go to at a girlfriends place and this evening had a friend over for dinner, so it has been all go as usual and I haven't been able to get any more done with it - which is a little disappointing.
Also a little disappointing is that due to 3 rest days this week - 2 of them scheduled, 1 not - I have only done 47.5kms this week. But that rest day on Friday really was a necessary evil and I know it won't hurt to back off on milage a little bit anyway, after the last couple of weeks. I have to keep reminding myself that during Dec - just 2 months ago - I could only manage a mere 18kms for the entire month, due to injury. Yesterday I did more than that in one run! On the whole, I'm pretty happy with how its all going this year so far. And in 3 weeks time I should have my first HM for the year under my belt!
Right, 40min interval session coming up tomorrow, so I best be getting some Zzzzzzzzz's!
After sleeping for almost 9hrs solid last night (!) in the Skins, I felt pretty good this morning!
Mum was keen on some company for her walk so, killing two birds with one stone, I suggested we go to the Bridle Path at Totara Park that I've been wanting to check out, to see if its suitable for some off-road running. As soon as Courtney left with her Dad for the day, we headed off and arrived at the starting point at 9.30am. The sun was blazing across the cloudless sky by then, but off we went, hoping for some shade before too long.
Turns out the path is ideal - all gravel and lovely and peaceful with some great views, although rather hilly in parts! It lead right into Totara park itself, so we followed some of the bush trails that I had ran on there a few weeks back, before heading back again. All up we were walking briskly for 61mins and with the hills it felt like a really good workout. It gave the calves and hips a nice stretch, as they been feeling a little stiff when I first got up.
So that was it for today. I'd been hoping to take the Polar out and calibrate it over a measured km, but due to other committments, that hasn't happened. Had a lunch to go to at a girlfriends place and this evening had a friend over for dinner, so it has been all go as usual and I haven't been able to get any more done with it - which is a little disappointing.
Also a little disappointing is that due to 3 rest days this week - 2 of them scheduled, 1 not - I have only done 47.5kms this week. But that rest day on Friday really was a necessary evil and I know it won't hurt to back off on milage a little bit anyway, after the last couple of weeks. I have to keep reminding myself that during Dec - just 2 months ago - I could only manage a mere 18kms for the entire month, due to injury. Yesterday I did more than that in one run! On the whole, I'm pretty happy with how its all going this year so far. And in 3 weeks time I should have my first HM for the year under my belt!
Right, 40min interval session coming up tomorrow, so I best be getting some Zzzzzzzzz's!
posted by Vicky @ 2/18/2007 10:21:00 pm
3 Comments:
At Mon Feb 19, 03:11:00 am,
Anonymous said…
Like you I've been comparing my km's from the low months of Dec and Jan to the fact that for this month I've run more than Dec and Jan combined. It's hurting though, I've dropped some fitness points.
At Mon Feb 19, 03:59:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Well done on the long run. What a nice suprise with Polar and Nike card. It is like your very own Running Fairy has kissed you on the head. Good luck with your training and dontr dwell too much on the session missed (you can never get it back) and tackle the next one head on.
At Mon Feb 19, 10:05:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
I was reminded recently by someone whose opinion I always value that when you have a good level of fitness there is no need to sweat the odd unscheduled rest day due to illness, it is not going to have an impact on your overall fitness.
Now I know you know that, but is doesn't hurt to be told :-)
Sounds like you have some great places to run and walk nice and close to home.
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