A different loop... and some hills.
Tuesday 27/03/07:
Just a quickie again tonight - I've just got home from dinner out with a guy I hadn't seen for 20yrs until recently! Our paths crossed via work a few months back and last week I got a phone call from him out of the blue, asking if I'd like to have dinner and catch up on old times. It was fun and I was very good - restricting myself to the one glass of wine. Thought of Em, as I sipped on a glass of (her fave NZ wine) Oyster Bay and reminisced about when I was 15 !
Anyway, even more exciting than that, when I got home from work today I felt like all of my Christmases had come at once! Not only was the latest edition of Runners World in the letterbox, but so was a package from Em, containing not only the Kelly Holmes autobiography for me to read, but also some very special KokoBlack chocolate! What a treat! It looks so divine and I will be savouring every bite! Think Courtney might have her eye on one of the cute little choco bunnies tho! Thanks so much Em, it really made my day!
This mornings session was a steady paced 10km loop using some different roads from usual. I've decided to make the most of it being lighter in the mornings at the mo - hence allowing me more freedom of where I run - while I can. All too soon it will be dark again until 7 or 7.30am and I'll be restricted to the main roads again. About half way round I spotted Jan from the running group coming towards me on the opposite side of the road and we waved out! Seem to bump into her all over town lately - saw her in the supermarket on Saturday afternoon and when I was dropping Courtney at school one day last week! The last 3km were over a hilly section of country road. Its really quite challenging, starting with one really steep hill, which is followed by lots of decent undulations. I worked really hard at it this morning and would like to run thru here more regularly to build some more leg strength - but it is just not very safe to run there when its dark, as the lighting is bad, the road's narrow and the terrain a bit dangerous if you couldn't see where you were going.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 46.32min, 10.04km, Ave 4.38min/kms
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Hammies feel fine now, just the glutes are a bit tight and I'm glad I have a massage booked for tomorrow night. Off to bed now, the alarm will be going off at 5.15am in the morning for my mid-week longish session!
Just a quickie again tonight - I've just got home from dinner out with a guy I hadn't seen for 20yrs until recently! Our paths crossed via work a few months back and last week I got a phone call from him out of the blue, asking if I'd like to have dinner and catch up on old times. It was fun and I was very good - restricting myself to the one glass of wine. Thought of Em, as I sipped on a glass of (her fave NZ wine) Oyster Bay and reminisced about when I was 15 !
Anyway, even more exciting than that, when I got home from work today I felt like all of my Christmases had come at once! Not only was the latest edition of Runners World in the letterbox, but so was a package from Em, containing not only the Kelly Holmes autobiography for me to read, but also some very special KokoBlack chocolate! What a treat! It looks so divine and I will be savouring every bite! Think Courtney might have her eye on one of the cute little choco bunnies tho! Thanks so much Em, it really made my day!
This mornings session was a steady paced 10km loop using some different roads from usual. I've decided to make the most of it being lighter in the mornings at the mo - hence allowing me more freedom of where I run - while I can. All too soon it will be dark again until 7 or 7.30am and I'll be restricted to the main roads again. About half way round I spotted Jan from the running group coming towards me on the opposite side of the road and we waved out! Seem to bump into her all over town lately - saw her in the supermarket on Saturday afternoon and when I was dropping Courtney at school one day last week! The last 3km were over a hilly section of country road. Its really quite challenging, starting with one really steep hill, which is followed by lots of decent undulations. I worked really hard at it this morning and would like to run thru here more regularly to build some more leg strength - but it is just not very safe to run there when its dark, as the lighting is bad, the road's narrow and the terrain a bit dangerous if you couldn't see where you were going.
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 46.32min, 10.04km, Ave 4.38min/kms
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Hammies feel fine now, just the glutes are a bit tight and I'm glad I have a massage booked for tomorrow night. Off to bed now, the alarm will be going off at 5.15am in the morning for my mid-week longish session!
posted by Vicky @ 3/27/2007 10:06:00 pm
5 Comments:
At Tue Mar 27, 11:38:00 pm,
Ewen said…
Gee, I didn't think it was warm enough to grow wine in New Zealand ;)
Enjoy the book. What a career she had. I remember her running in the street mile down George St in Sydney many, many years ago.
At Tue Mar 27, 11:44:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Yay, it arrived, not bad, it was posted last Thursday!
I thought Courtney would like the bunnies :-)
Enjoy.
At Wed Mar 28, 11:19:00 am,
MorseyRuns said…
My sister raves about that wine! Hope the longish run went well.
At Wed Mar 28, 04:12:00 pm,
Spark Driver said…
I have been enjoying the early 6am runs aswell.
At Wed Mar 28, 08:51:00 pm,
TD said…
Hey, that was one zippy "steady" paced run: 46 for 10k's@4.40 pace is damn quick by most standards.
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