Taper, Smaper, Caper, Waper....
Monday 05/03/07:
No running today - Monday, Thursday and Saturday will all be rest days this week! And tomorrow & Wednesday are nothing more than a 35min jog with a few short sprint intervals thrown in for good measure. Friday is a mere 15min jog - hardly seems worth getting out of bed for - but of course I will! Will probably add some extra walking tho, just to make it worthwhile. Fresh legs is the name of the game...
By last night I had one very sore, tight spot in my left calf. When I read Don's comment about reversing direction on the track, it was like - doh, why didn't I think of that????? Whether this is the cause or not I'm not sure, but it would certainly make sense to do that. Luckily I'm having another massage on Wed night - sure she will sort it out! Any other advice anyone can give on running on a track would be much appreciated - not that I plan to do it all the time, but like I say, its all new to me. Thanks Don!
Also, thanks to Ewen (and Em) for the advice on checking previous results to get an idea of what the HM course is like. Again - doh, why didn't I think of that????? Did so tonight and was rather surprised at my findings. 518 people finished last years event - which was the first time they moved it to an off-road course. The first man got home in 1.15:26 - the impressive thing is he was actually entered in the masters - MM45! But then he was a local and a club member - I guess that helps a little, but good on him. And the first women was an Aucklander (open womans) in 1.30:31 - just 14 secs under my PB! But this would indicate to me that its a much hillier, harder course than Kerikeri and possibly even Auckland? That or it was just a slow field!! Hey, time will tell - I'm not too bothered about placings or PB's in this one - its just nice to know what to expect in the way of substantial hills, etc in order to pace myself accordingly and make sure I don't get into trouble by going out too hard too soon or whatever. Then again, this all just adds to the challenge I guess - and I had never seen the Kerikeri course till I ran on it either - but did know that it had a reputation for being "flat and fast"... At a further look, the brochure describes this one as being "generally undulating throughout"... but then I doubt any race director would ever advertise the fact that a course was "gut-bustingly difficult with killer hills" !!!!! LOL. It also says the majority is "compated gravel access roads" but not accessable to traffic.
Besides, when I think of Ewen, 2P and others tackling the Six Foot Track (45km?) event the day before, it makes my HM seem like a stroll in the park! Best of luck guys!! Will be thinking of you - crazy bastards!!
Right, I've promised myself nice early nights all week, so I'm off to bed very shortly. Work is still manic and I hardly need to be burning the candle at both ends this week...
One thing I have to share tho - it seems Baxter has a 'thing' for Barbie dolls! Courtney dragged out her rather extensive collection yesterday afternoon and has set up 'Barbieville' in her room. Since then Baxter has, on at least a dozen occassions, whipped in there, grabbed one of the little Kelly dolls (Barbie's little sister for the uninitiated!) in his mouth and raced downstairs with it to his 'room' in the garage!! Weird thing is, he pretty much always goes for the same one - with the long reddish hair!! And trust me, he has plenty to choose from! Must have a thing for redheads, or maybe its the fact that she's been naked the whole time - not too sure!! Little freak! You can imagine the shrieks and cries coming from Courtney - he is not in her good books at the mo!!
No running today - Monday, Thursday and Saturday will all be rest days this week! And tomorrow & Wednesday are nothing more than a 35min jog with a few short sprint intervals thrown in for good measure. Friday is a mere 15min jog - hardly seems worth getting out of bed for - but of course I will! Will probably add some extra walking tho, just to make it worthwhile. Fresh legs is the name of the game...
By last night I had one very sore, tight spot in my left calf. When I read Don's comment about reversing direction on the track, it was like - doh, why didn't I think of that????? Whether this is the cause or not I'm not sure, but it would certainly make sense to do that. Luckily I'm having another massage on Wed night - sure she will sort it out! Any other advice anyone can give on running on a track would be much appreciated - not that I plan to do it all the time, but like I say, its all new to me. Thanks Don!
Also, thanks to Ewen (and Em) for the advice on checking previous results to get an idea of what the HM course is like. Again - doh, why didn't I think of that????? Did so tonight and was rather surprised at my findings. 518 people finished last years event - which was the first time they moved it to an off-road course. The first man got home in 1.15:26 - the impressive thing is he was actually entered in the masters - MM45! But then he was a local and a club member - I guess that helps a little, but good on him. And the first women was an Aucklander (open womans) in 1.30:31 - just 14 secs under my PB! But this would indicate to me that its a much hillier, harder course than Kerikeri and possibly even Auckland? That or it was just a slow field!! Hey, time will tell - I'm not too bothered about placings or PB's in this one - its just nice to know what to expect in the way of substantial hills, etc in order to pace myself accordingly and make sure I don't get into trouble by going out too hard too soon or whatever. Then again, this all just adds to the challenge I guess - and I had never seen the Kerikeri course till I ran on it either - but did know that it had a reputation for being "flat and fast"... At a further look, the brochure describes this one as being "generally undulating throughout"... but then I doubt any race director would ever advertise the fact that a course was "gut-bustingly difficult with killer hills" !!!!! LOL. It also says the majority is "compated gravel access roads" but not accessable to traffic.
Besides, when I think of Ewen, 2P and others tackling the Six Foot Track (45km?) event the day before, it makes my HM seem like a stroll in the park! Best of luck guys!! Will be thinking of you - crazy bastards!!
Right, I've promised myself nice early nights all week, so I'm off to bed very shortly. Work is still manic and I hardly need to be burning the candle at both ends this week...
One thing I have to share tho - it seems Baxter has a 'thing' for Barbie dolls! Courtney dragged out her rather extensive collection yesterday afternoon and has set up 'Barbieville' in her room. Since then Baxter has, on at least a dozen occassions, whipped in there, grabbed one of the little Kelly dolls (Barbie's little sister for the uninitiated!) in his mouth and raced downstairs with it to his 'room' in the garage!! Weird thing is, he pretty much always goes for the same one - with the long reddish hair!! And trust me, he has plenty to choose from! Must have a thing for redheads, or maybe its the fact that she's been naked the whole time - not too sure!! Little freak! You can imagine the shrieks and cries coming from Courtney - he is not in her good books at the mo!!
posted by Vicky @ 3/05/2007 08:45:00 pm
5 Comments:
At Mon Mar 05, 10:44:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Bless, why wouldn't he have a thing for Redheads LOL
Looks like you had fun down at the track, I love workouts like that. Good to be able to calibrate the footpod too. I must confess I have my set to read just under deliberately, I know it reads a little short but psychologically it seems to help. A bit like how I set my alarm clock a bit fast (I think I might just be a bit odd though).
At Mon Mar 05, 10:45:00 pm,
Ewen said…
Looks like you're enjoying the light week Vicky - fun eh? Yes, 6' is 45km but because the hills are massive, I think of it as an 'hours' run... for me, 6 to 7 hours, so maybe we are crazy!
The calf niggle is more likely to be due to the more serious sprinting. If you're only doing one or two track sessions a week, of less than 5k each, the left-hand turns shouldn't cause a problem. If you run the 'wrong' way, you might do a "Tuggeranong Don"!
Courtney is just making carbo-loading fun!
At Tue Mar 06, 03:31:00 am,
2P said…
You can borrow my mantra MAR - "I wont be cowed by my calves".
6ft Track is just a doddle in the park - nothing crazy about it - why don't you come across next year?
Looking forward to reading about your result this weekend :-)
At Tue Mar 06, 11:57:00 am,
MorseyRuns said…
Enjoy the taper- I always feel lazy when I am "tapering". My cat ate my barbies face- I am scarred for life- and Golden Dreams Barbie never quite looked the same!
At Tue Mar 06, 01:11:00 pm,
Celeste said…
MAR - I'm getting excited for you!! I love reading about everyone's events - it makes it more real to me somehow.
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