A dedicated run...
Tuesday 20/03/07:
Gosh, another 20th of month rolls around... guess you've gotta be in credit to appreciate its significance!
Decided last night that a longer run was gonna be in order this morning and set the alarm accordingly. Nose seems to finally be drying up a little and no sign of the cold going to my chest. Read some rather inspiring blogs last night and it just kinda put me in the mood for a really decent run. All blogs I've read for some time and all inspiring in different little ways - nothing spectacular but just a nice reminder of why we run and how good it can make you feel... Also, I decided to follow Andrew's lead and dedicate todays run to RunMumRun. She is being so positive about her enforced rest due to knee surgery and continuing to support others in their running too - what a trooper! So this one was for you RMR!
Out the door just after 5.30am, very mild out despite some wind and nice to know it would soon be light due to daylight savings finishing over the weekend. Not happy about that on the whole, but at least it affords me a bit more daylight for my morning runs, for a little while at least!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 60.57mins, 13.01kms, Ave 4.41min/km, Max 4.04min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
Hadn't really planned on it being quite so quick - thought I'd probably get about 12kms in all up as had allowed myself an hour of running time, but I felt good and it just panned out to be a bit more. Felt great on the way out, but then turned round and realised just how strong the wind was and had to battle thru it for most of the way back! Funny how you never notice just how strong it is while its at your back! But at least it was light by 6am and I got to turn my little red flashing LED light off early! (Started using it again a few weeks back and the reflectorised waist band will be the next thing out of the "winter drawer" closely followed by the beloved beanie!!)
My legs did tire quite a bit over the last 3-4kms - I guess thats what happens when you've had 6 rest days out of the last 9 ! How quickly the legs forget! And after only doing 11 very easy kms last week in recovery mode, I probably should have thrown in a 8kmer or so today, before tackling a 13kmer, but oh well - go with the flow. Luckily Chiqitita came on the iPod in the last km and rescued me and it was probably one of my faster kms in the end! Its the only old song in amongst a whole lota new ones on there at the moment - gotta have ya power song!
I've really appreciated all of the comments on my blog from fellow bloggers about the Forest HM, but also wanted to mention some that have come thru other channels. I posted a brief race report on Ausrun last week and received some nice replies both there and via private mails - Tigerboy, Clarkey and Eat Em are all held in high regard on the forum and their comments were much appreciated - thanks guys. Tony also reassured me about the accuracy of my Polar and since covering some measured courses on my last 3 runs round the local streets, it seems to be fairly accurate again. So I'm convinced it was just the terrain and my gait that had it reading so far out that day.
I mentioned a while back that my friend Sara in the UK had sent me a running book called "Footprints on the Water" by Larry Tracey - the story of Katya Schmidt, set in the DDR in the years before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I read it over the weekend during my "down time" (read hang-over!) - its the type of book you can read in an afternoon if you have a few hours to kill! Even tho I did not necessarily feel it was entirely well-written, the (true) story itself is a great one - of courage, adversity, triumph and tears. It certainly had me hooked and I just had to keep reading on to find out what was going to happen in the end. The ending centres around the Atlanta Olympics in July 1996. I remember these games well as I was living and working in Fort Worth, Texas at the time and watched a lot of it on TV! But I did not know of this woman or the outcome before now - and this made it all the better. What I've thought about doing is sending it on to other bloggers to read, after writing a comment in the front. Each one can then add a comment after reading it and then send it on to another blogger/runner of their choice. If it makes it back to me one day - with lots of comments inside, that would be great and I'd keep it forever! If it never returns, so be it - but I think it will be interesting to see if we can keep the chain going and for how long! If you are interested in recieving it either leave a comment here, email me or pm me via Ausrun and I'll do a 'lucky draw'! Then whoever I'm going to send it to will just need to give me their postal details. Its not a large book, so postage won't be much and I'm happy to airmail it to Oz.
Gosh, another 20th of month rolls around... guess you've gotta be in credit to appreciate its significance!
Decided last night that a longer run was gonna be in order this morning and set the alarm accordingly. Nose seems to finally be drying up a little and no sign of the cold going to my chest. Read some rather inspiring blogs last night and it just kinda put me in the mood for a really decent run. All blogs I've read for some time and all inspiring in different little ways - nothing spectacular but just a nice reminder of why we run and how good it can make you feel... Also, I decided to follow Andrew's lead and dedicate todays run to RunMumRun. She is being so positive about her enforced rest due to knee surgery and continuing to support others in their running too - what a trooper! So this one was for you RMR!
Out the door just after 5.30am, very mild out despite some wind and nice to know it would soon be light due to daylight savings finishing over the weekend. Not happy about that on the whole, but at least it affords me a bit more daylight for my morning runs, for a little while at least!
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 60.57mins, 13.01kms, Ave 4.41min/km, Max 4.04min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins
Hadn't really planned on it being quite so quick - thought I'd probably get about 12kms in all up as had allowed myself an hour of running time, but I felt good and it just panned out to be a bit more. Felt great on the way out, but then turned round and realised just how strong the wind was and had to battle thru it for most of the way back! Funny how you never notice just how strong it is while its at your back! But at least it was light by 6am and I got to turn my little red flashing LED light off early! (Started using it again a few weeks back and the reflectorised waist band will be the next thing out of the "winter drawer" closely followed by the beloved beanie!!)
My legs did tire quite a bit over the last 3-4kms - I guess thats what happens when you've had 6 rest days out of the last 9 ! How quickly the legs forget! And after only doing 11 very easy kms last week in recovery mode, I probably should have thrown in a 8kmer or so today, before tackling a 13kmer, but oh well - go with the flow. Luckily Chiqitita came on the iPod in the last km and rescued me and it was probably one of my faster kms in the end! Its the only old song in amongst a whole lota new ones on there at the moment - gotta have ya power song!
I've really appreciated all of the comments on my blog from fellow bloggers about the Forest HM, but also wanted to mention some that have come thru other channels. I posted a brief race report on Ausrun last week and received some nice replies both there and via private mails - Tigerboy, Clarkey and Eat Em are all held in high regard on the forum and their comments were much appreciated - thanks guys. Tony also reassured me about the accuracy of my Polar and since covering some measured courses on my last 3 runs round the local streets, it seems to be fairly accurate again. So I'm convinced it was just the terrain and my gait that had it reading so far out that day.
I mentioned a while back that my friend Sara in the UK had sent me a running book called "Footprints on the Water" by Larry Tracey - the story of Katya Schmidt, set in the DDR in the years before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall. I read it over the weekend during my "down time" (read hang-over!) - its the type of book you can read in an afternoon if you have a few hours to kill! Even tho I did not necessarily feel it was entirely well-written, the (true) story itself is a great one - of courage, adversity, triumph and tears. It certainly had me hooked and I just had to keep reading on to find out what was going to happen in the end. The ending centres around the Atlanta Olympics in July 1996. I remember these games well as I was living and working in Fort Worth, Texas at the time and watched a lot of it on TV! But I did not know of this woman or the outcome before now - and this made it all the better. What I've thought about doing is sending it on to other bloggers to read, after writing a comment in the front. Each one can then add a comment after reading it and then send it on to another blogger/runner of their choice. If it makes it back to me one day - with lots of comments inside, that would be great and I'd keep it forever! If it never returns, so be it - but I think it will be interesting to see if we can keep the chain going and for how long! If you are interested in recieving it either leave a comment here, email me or pm me via Ausrun and I'll do a 'lucky draw'! Then whoever I'm going to send it to will just need to give me their postal details. Its not a large book, so postage won't be much and I'm happy to airmail it to Oz.
posted by Vicky @ 3/20/2007 09:35:00 pm
6 Comments:
At Tue Mar 20, 11:27:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Vicky, good on you for dedicating the run, RunMumRun is showing great strength isn't she, I'm not sure how I would cope with a serious injury. I'd love to read that book, and that "book chain" thing is a great idea! So put me on the list.
At Wed Mar 21, 06:13:00 am,
Anonymous said…
What a fabulous idea about the book, I will be in it :)
When I ran the Zoo run a few weeks back, my Polar was telling me I had run only 7km's!! It was a 8km course. The next run it was spot on. I put it down to interference from other devices.
I must remember to dedicate my next run to RMR, it just might spur me on :)
At Wed Mar 21, 11:33:00 am,
Celeste said…
What a great idea about the book MAR! Put me in the lucky draw too!
I think Runmumrun's fitness will be fantastic when she gets back on her feet with the amount of virtual running she has been doing!!!
At Wed Mar 21, 12:36:00 pm,
2P said…
Good thing the cold hasn't moved to your chest MAR - nothing worse!
Nice run - 13k in 60 mins aint too shabby at all.
Re: your question on my blog - Hellgate Gorge is a Fat Ass event I've been organising here
At Wed Mar 21, 05:55:00 pm,
Ewen said…
Good idea (especially if it's a small book - I like to read slow and savour the words). Will look you up on Ausrun (or you can email me).
Did I say 'in the near future'? I want to visit some time - perhaps for an event - and when the weather's good ;)
You're fast!
At Wed Mar 21, 10:19:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Oh, I missed the night out post, I have been so busy these last few days. You look GORGEOUS!!! and Rachel Hunter is bloody tall! Glad you girls had a great night out.
I'll send you a PM about the book, to reciprocate I'll send you the Kelly Holmes biography I read while I was injured.
And I gotta say I am mighty impressed with your post marathon recovery, great run today!
TB is right too, the hills and terrain would have messed with the footpod, I never wear mine for hilly trail runs.
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