In the long run...
Times for Monday nights Pakuranga 5km have now been posted on CR NZ. This is how we all did and there were 145 entries:
Vicky - 19.55mins, 13th overall, 2nd female.
Courtney - 34.39mins, 123rd overall, 41st female.
Colleen (walker) - 44.21mins, 134th overall, 51st female.
So I only just got in under 20mins, but hey, under is under! And I am just so impressed with Courtney's time! Go my baby girl!
Conscious of giving myself time to recover after racing I took Tuesday as a rest day. Much to my annoyance, the muscle in my left hip area was slightly niggly again - mainly when sitting or when the muscle is short... Me thinks the longer stride and speed of racing is probably the cause...
Also, a big thanks to Ewen for the advice about Saturdays relay, its exactly the sort of thing I wanted to know. Cheers!
Wednesday 18/04/07:
Despite getting no where near enough sleep last night, I was up and out the door by just after 5.30am. Conditions were back to being mild and calm, just the way I like it! Planned to do about 15kms around the main roads, as per the last couple of mid-week longish runs. However only about a km into my run, who should I spot on the other side of the road but Rob. Gave him a shout and managed to make contact thru the earphones! He decided to turn around and run with me, so off we went and it made a nice change to have some company during the week. Rather than turning on to another main road where I normally would, we continued on straight ahead, up some steep inclines and onto a loop that I haven't run before, which incorporated several more hills, then eventually coming out near where we run on Saturdays. By the time Rob headed for home and I made it back to my place, I'd done the following:
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 1hr 23mins, 18.04kms, Ave 4.36min/kms, Max 3.51min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 2mins
So, longer than I usually run for on a work day and yes, I was a bit late getting back and therefore a bit late for work - but hey, ask yourself - work or running? No competition!!
Was glad to have met up with Rob as I wouldn't have done those hills otherwise or gone as far and probably would have been a bit slower as well. I can really notice how much Rob's fitness has improved since we ran most of the Auckland Half together last October. He may be a starter for the Onehunga Half on 6th May too!
Altho my hip area gave no hint of trouble during the run, its really annoyed me today, especially while sitting at my desk. So I called Marianne and bought my massage forward to today. She agrees that its probably the extra stride and speed thats causing it and worked alot around the entire area, including the muscles that go up into the abdomin and those that connect to the ITB. My glutes were also really tight tonight, as the entire outer thigh area.
Went and saw "Disturbia" at the movies last night - recommend it! It was scary but good and really funny in parts too. Had it all really... Girls, just make sure you take a guy along to cuddle up to - some of its a bit gory!
Cricket World Cup - condolences Andrew, see your boys are out... Have to say I think the Black Caps have played really well so far. Not too confident about their next match tho...! May the best team win!
Really love following the Americas Cup challenges too and dying for racing to get underway in Valencia, but the weather just isn't playing ball... Never had that problem when it was in Auckland!! I just sooooo hope that Team NZ can bring it home again. It was such a great time when we had it in Auckland last time - the whole series was just one big party!
Right, off to watch Lost and then ER. Then back to read some blogs! Its been way too long...
Vicky - 19.55mins, 13th overall, 2nd female.
Courtney - 34.39mins, 123rd overall, 41st female.
Colleen (walker) - 44.21mins, 134th overall, 51st female.
So I only just got in under 20mins, but hey, under is under! And I am just so impressed with Courtney's time! Go my baby girl!
Conscious of giving myself time to recover after racing I took Tuesday as a rest day. Much to my annoyance, the muscle in my left hip area was slightly niggly again - mainly when sitting or when the muscle is short... Me thinks the longer stride and speed of racing is probably the cause...
Also, a big thanks to Ewen for the advice about Saturdays relay, its exactly the sort of thing I wanted to know. Cheers!
Wednesday 18/04/07:
Despite getting no where near enough sleep last night, I was up and out the door by just after 5.30am. Conditions were back to being mild and calm, just the way I like it! Planned to do about 15kms around the main roads, as per the last couple of mid-week longish runs. However only about a km into my run, who should I spot on the other side of the road but Rob. Gave him a shout and managed to make contact thru the earphones! He decided to turn around and run with me, so off we went and it made a nice change to have some company during the week. Rather than turning on to another main road where I normally would, we continued on straight ahead, up some steep inclines and onto a loop that I haven't run before, which incorporated several more hills, then eventually coming out near where we run on Saturdays. By the time Rob headed for home and I made it back to my place, I'd done the following:
Brisk walk warmup: 5mins
Steady paced run: 1hr 23mins, 18.04kms, Ave 4.36min/kms, Max 3.51min/km.
Brisk walk cooldown: 2mins
So, longer than I usually run for on a work day and yes, I was a bit late getting back and therefore a bit late for work - but hey, ask yourself - work or running? No competition!!
Was glad to have met up with Rob as I wouldn't have done those hills otherwise or gone as far and probably would have been a bit slower as well. I can really notice how much Rob's fitness has improved since we ran most of the Auckland Half together last October. He may be a starter for the Onehunga Half on 6th May too!
Altho my hip area gave no hint of trouble during the run, its really annoyed me today, especially while sitting at my desk. So I called Marianne and bought my massage forward to today. She agrees that its probably the extra stride and speed thats causing it and worked alot around the entire area, including the muscles that go up into the abdomin and those that connect to the ITB. My glutes were also really tight tonight, as the entire outer thigh area.
Went and saw "Disturbia" at the movies last night - recommend it! It was scary but good and really funny in parts too. Had it all really... Girls, just make sure you take a guy along to cuddle up to - some of its a bit gory!
Cricket World Cup - condolences Andrew, see your boys are out... Have to say I think the Black Caps have played really well so far. Not too confident about their next match tho...! May the best team win!
Really love following the Americas Cup challenges too and dying for racing to get underway in Valencia, but the weather just isn't playing ball... Never had that problem when it was in Auckland!! I just sooooo hope that Team NZ can bring it home again. It was such a great time when we had it in Auckland last time - the whole series was just one big party!
Right, off to watch Lost and then ER. Then back to read some blogs! Its been way too long...
posted by Vicky @ 4/18/2007 08:07:00 pm
7 Comments:
At Wed Apr 18, 11:06:00 pm,
Celeste said…
Wow - how quick is Courtney!!! You must be proud! Does she even realise what a speedster she is? Of course compared to her mum she's got some improving to do.... Won't be long before she's dragging YOU around some of those roads near your place!
At Thu Apr 19, 02:00:00 am,
Stu Mac said…
Great result in the Pakuranga 5km, nice time. Get some drills in prior to your next speed session, some heel to bum and high knees and this will help with the fasdt leg speed and increased stride, you'll be flying soon!
At Thu Apr 19, 02:53:00 pm,
2P said…
Wooohooo congrats on the podium finish Vicky - Courtney will be right on your heels soon though ;-)
At Thu Apr 19, 11:00:00 pm,
Andrew(ajh) said…
Congratulations on the sub 20:00 time that is absolutely awesome - really I am in awe. That's 5 sub 4:00 kms in a row - phew - I'm tired just thinking about it.
I'm barracking for NZ now - I'm sick of the Aussies already - go Black Caps.
At Thu Apr 19, 11:36:00 pm,
Ewen said…
Yes, under is under. A stepping stone to the 18s then the 17s, then...
Good luck on Saturday! The other thing I was going to say, that being a relay... if you're not running first leg, it's important to judge your own pace (i.e. don't race and try to catch runners ahead who may be quicker, or hang back off runners who may be slower). Hope that makes sense!
At Fri Apr 20, 12:15:00 am,
Clarkey said…
Nice sub 4min/k's!! Well done on the race and result.
18km at 4.36 ain't too shabby either!!
At Fri Apr 20, 05:47:00 pm,
Anonymous said…
Good result!! Well done.
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