Going thru my paces...
Thursday 02/08/07:
Just a quick catch up tonight before Daryll and I head off to Melbourne tomorrow for 4 nights... really looking forward to it and really excited about being back in one of my fave cities of all time!
So far I've managed to keep running every second day since my last post, except for once where I did throw in one extra rest day, due to my tibia feeling a bit sore. On the whole it has been pretty good - not sore at all when running, only a little tight feeling afterwards and just a little bit tender to touch at times... I had another massage on Tuesday night and go again next Wednesday and I think that and stretching it out when I run, as well as static stretching the rest of the time, is slowly getting it stronger and back to normal... I've really noticed my loss of fitness on most of these recent runs, but I'm still enjoying it immensly and just so happy to be running again. Its been pretty cold and very wet, but somehow I've always just managed to miss the rain on all of these runs.
Wed 25/07/07: 24.56mins, 5.07kms, Ave 4.55min/kms
Sat 28/07/07: 28.08mins, 6.14kms, Ave 4.34min/kms
Mon 30/07/07: 31.37mins, 6.40kms, Ave 4.56min/kms
Wed 01/08/07: 30.41mins, 6.44kms, Ave 4.45min/kms
Each run has had a 5min walking warmup beforehand and a 5min walking cooldown afterwards.
Looking at my average times now, I can see why I'm finding these runs a bit hard cardio-wise right now, but at the time I don't feel like I'm moving very quickly at all.
OK, better go and finish packing and get myself into bed. Have to work till 1pm tomorrow before heading to the airport and I'm planning on another 6km trot in the morning before that. I haven't packed my running shoes to take away as it turns out... I'll probably regret it, but honestly, we just have so much to pack into the three full days we are there, what with seeing all of Daryll's extended family that are there, attending his cousins 21st and everything else that we want to do, such as shopping, eating out, enjoying the nightlife, etc... I really can't see me dragging myself out of bed to run alone early in the mornings and I know I really need to relax and unwind too. Besides Daryll and I just want to spend heaps of quality time together to and really enjoy ourselves. As much as it would have been great to meet up with some of you over there and see others again (damn work Em!) there will be plenty of other times for me to run in Melbourne I am sure. We are taking comfy shoes for walking and I'm sure a walk round the Tan and thru the Botanical Gardens will be on our 'must do' list.
Right, till Wednesday - Bon Vogage...!
Just a quick catch up tonight before Daryll and I head off to Melbourne tomorrow for 4 nights... really looking forward to it and really excited about being back in one of my fave cities of all time!
So far I've managed to keep running every second day since my last post, except for once where I did throw in one extra rest day, due to my tibia feeling a bit sore. On the whole it has been pretty good - not sore at all when running, only a little tight feeling afterwards and just a little bit tender to touch at times... I had another massage on Tuesday night and go again next Wednesday and I think that and stretching it out when I run, as well as static stretching the rest of the time, is slowly getting it stronger and back to normal... I've really noticed my loss of fitness on most of these recent runs, but I'm still enjoying it immensly and just so happy to be running again. Its been pretty cold and very wet, but somehow I've always just managed to miss the rain on all of these runs.
Wed 25/07/07: 24.56mins, 5.07kms, Ave 4.55min/kms
Sat 28/07/07: 28.08mins, 6.14kms, Ave 4.34min/kms
Mon 30/07/07: 31.37mins, 6.40kms, Ave 4.56min/kms
Wed 01/08/07: 30.41mins, 6.44kms, Ave 4.45min/kms
Each run has had a 5min walking warmup beforehand and a 5min walking cooldown afterwards.
Looking at my average times now, I can see why I'm finding these runs a bit hard cardio-wise right now, but at the time I don't feel like I'm moving very quickly at all.
OK, better go and finish packing and get myself into bed. Have to work till 1pm tomorrow before heading to the airport and I'm planning on another 6km trot in the morning before that. I haven't packed my running shoes to take away as it turns out... I'll probably regret it, but honestly, we just have so much to pack into the three full days we are there, what with seeing all of Daryll's extended family that are there, attending his cousins 21st and everything else that we want to do, such as shopping, eating out, enjoying the nightlife, etc... I really can't see me dragging myself out of bed to run alone early in the mornings and I know I really need to relax and unwind too. Besides Daryll and I just want to spend heaps of quality time together to and really enjoy ourselves. As much as it would have been great to meet up with some of you over there and see others again (damn work Em!) there will be plenty of other times for me to run in Melbourne I am sure. We are taking comfy shoes for walking and I'm sure a walk round the Tan and thru the Botanical Gardens will be on our 'must do' list.
Right, till Wednesday - Bon Vogage...!
posted by Vicky @ 8/02/2007 11:03:00 pm
5 Comments:
At Fri Aug 03, 12:41:00 pm,
TD said…
Bon Voyage to you too. You're right about the running in Melbourne. Don't bother about the shoes; just enjoy yourself down there. They play some strange things down in that misty, shrouded place but it's not too bad for the shopping.
Good to see the running is getting back on track and the cardio will come back before you know it.
At Fri Aug 03, 10:39:00 pm,
Andrew(ajh) said…
You certainly are still setting a speedy pace still. Probably a good thing you haven't got time for a run as I probably wouldn't be able to keep up :-)
Have a great time in our wonderful city!
At Sat Aug 04, 08:41:00 pm,
Ewen said…
Gee you're fast! I hope you can get in 12 months without injury - you'd have some great races.
I was going to ask "was second prize 6 nights in Melbourne?" but I don't want to get a punch in the guts when I visit there in October ;)
At Thu Aug 09, 09:44:00 am,
MorseyRuns said…
Hope you had a great time in Melbourne and the Tan was as good as we all make it out to be!
At Fri Aug 17, 05:55:00 pm,
Stu Mac said…
I hope you have a great break here in Melbourne and I hope we put on some decent weather too!
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