Chugging along...

Its been a couple of days without a post - very busy times, but here's a quick update...

Firstly thanks to Andrew for providing the details that I needed to find my sisters R4K time for her. Turns out she finished in 1.30:06 - a pretty good effort considering the amount of time she has been back into running and the limited amount of time she has available to train. She wasn't sure of her finishing time as she got a bit caught up in the moment and kinda forgot to look! Just as she was about to cross the line she saw a bunch of keys laying right in her path and stopped to scoop them up!! Anyway, she was fairly pleased with her time, just bummed that she couldn't have knocked off those 6 secs to go under 90mins!

Tuesday 10/04/07:
I'd planned to do a sharpish 6 or 8kms this morning, but after a bad nights sleep and still suffering with cramps when I woke up at 5.30am, I just flagged it away and had an extra hour in bed. But I felt really grumpy all day after that... perhaps I should have got up anyway, even if I'd walked. Had a massage booked for the evening and was really surprised how good my legs felt after the hills in the forest. The only area that really hurt this time was down the front of my shins and she did manage to find a couple of little knots in my calves, but nothing major. I also got her to do a bit of work on my left hip area. When I did the 20kms on the road on Friday morning, a muscle in the front of my hip kinda cramped up a little at one stage - something I've never experienced before. I was wearing my Fuelbelt and it was right in the area where that sits. After adjusting the belt I seemed to run it out and it never bothered me again during the run, but I've noticed it a bit niggly a couple of times since. She couldn't really find anything obvious, but gave it a good going over anyway.

Wednesday 11/04/07:
I generally try to take a rest day the day after a massage just to let everything settle down, but after not running on Tuesday and feeling so crap for the rest of the day, I was definitely getting out there! For the first time this year, I actually felt cold when I went out the door at 6.15am! As I walked, my bare arms felt rather chilly, but once running I soon warmed up. A sign of things to come tho I'm afraid - we've been pretty lucky so far, the warm weather doesn't usually last this long here and to be still going out in the early morning in a crop top and shorts or 3/4 leggings is a bonus!

Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 47.34mins, 10.28kms, Ave 4.37min/kms, Max 3.57min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 5mins

My hip felt perfectly fine during the run, but several times later on I'd notice it catch, esp if I'm bending my knee up towards my chest, climbing into trousers, etc... Hmmmmm....

Was able to go out a bit later this morning due to the fact that its school holidays and Courtney was spending the day with her Dad, so I didn't have to worry about getting her fed, dressed and dropped at the school holiday programme before work! I let him take care of all those little jobs today and they spent the day at Tenpin Bowling, shopping and playing, before he dropped her off to me at work just before I was about to leave.

Tonight I was off out on a hot date - someone I met at the awards dinner the other week! Had a lovely evening with a couple of glasses of Rabbit Ranch pinot gris at a funky little bar, followed by woodfired pizzas and then coffee :-)

Thursday 12/04/07:
Took another rest day today for several reasons - least of all was the fact that I'd gotten in just after midnight with a couple of glasses of wine under my belt. I also don't want to push too hard while the hip is not quite right - altho of course I'm hoping its nothing and that I'm just being paranoid... On top of that, I knew I'd have an excited 7 year old jumping on my bed early this morning. Today is my 35th birthday and I knew Courtney had some surprises stashed away! Couldn't imagine anything worse than her coming in all excited, only to find me not there! Sure enough, just before 6.30am there was a gentle knock on my door, then an excited rush for the bed! Have to say I've been rather spoiled and had a really nice day - despite having to go to work! Tonight we had dinner out at my favourite local restaurant and altho I don't like or expect anyone to make a big fuss of my birthday (esp one like this when you really think about how old you are getting!) we did have a really nice time. Only bad part was the weather - its been bloody cold today - barely made it above 15deg I think and it even hailed on my drive home from work! Its blustery too and we all got wet leaving the restaurant. If its still really stormy in the morning, I might be tempted to give the hip one more day off... We'll see.