Training Log Archive: ClaraIn the 31 days ending Jan 31, 2018:
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Tuesday Jan 30, 2018 #
Running 22:30 [3] 5.0 km (4:30 / km)
Evening not the Parkville Parkrun with Jayne.
Ran way faster than I had planned, mostly because Jayne took off like a shot. Also did 30s efforts ever 2'30, but by the end they probably weren't that much quicker than the normal pace.
Ran way faster than I had planned, mostly because Jayne took off like a shot. Also did 30s efforts ever 2'30, but by the end they probably weren't that much quicker than the normal pace.
Running 13:00 [3]
Monday Jan 29, 2018 #
Core strength/stretching 10:00 [3]
Sunday Jan 28, 2018 #
Running 1:20:00 [3] 13.5 km (5:56 / km)
Wanted to get out of town so took the bus to the 'Rat Saturday arvo.
Sunday morning long run around Creswick from St Georges Lake. Dave and I dragged each other round 80 mins. Wasn't toooo hot out early, but our brilliant idea of combining the run with a post-run swim proved excellent.
Felt ok at times and a bit slow at times. Little bit slower than the last few weeks but not fussed as it was hot and had a few hills.
Strava record (ok, so 1/3) for a segment called 'halfass' :)
Sunday morning long run around Creswick from St Georges Lake. Dave and I dragged each other round 80 mins. Wasn't toooo hot out early, but our brilliant idea of combining the run with a post-run swim proved excellent.
Felt ok at times and a bit slow at times. Little bit slower than the last few weeks but not fussed as it was hot and had a few hills.
Strava record (ok, so 1/3) for a segment called 'halfass' :)
Saturday Jan 27, 2018 #
Riding 59:27 [3] 22.26 km (2:40 / km)
Morning roll. Apparently my 70 min ride doesn't take 70 mins (time from Strava today, whereas usually I just guess from my watch and subtract a bit for traffic lights). Have to ride further next time.
Friday Jan 26, 2018 #
Core strength/stretching 10:00 [3]
Did nothing all day so thought I should do some 10pm core. Turned into 11pm core when I stopped halfway through to book flights/enter for Tassie.
Thursday Jan 25, 2018 #
Running 35:16 [3] 5.7 km (6:11 / km)
Kathmandu training (again with coach Lucy).
Second hills session for the week felt surprisingly better than the first. Good little loop below the teardrop with downhill (which I tried to go hard on - improving downhill confidence and speed being one of my 2018 goals), flattish and then uphill efforts.
Nice evening for it! Also met Alice McNamara, stair climbing queen, who gave me a tip off of an accessible building in the city.
Second hills session for the week felt surprisingly better than the first. Good little loop below the teardrop with downhill (which I tried to go hard on - improving downhill confidence and speed being one of my 2018 goals), flattish and then uphill efforts.
Nice evening for it! Also met Alice McNamara, stair climbing queen, who gave me a tip off of an accessible building in the city.
Wednesday Jan 24, 2018 #
Note
Still open to theme suggestions, but this one from last year's Eurovision wrote itself...
Running on Air (Nathan Trent, Austria)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJIjZF5sgzg
Running on Air (Nathan Trent, Austria)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJIjZF5sgzg
Orienteering 33:00 [3] 6.0 km (5:30 / km)
Carlton Gardens Sprint o training.
Sufficiently close to work :) Was making some big navigation errors (route choice around out of bounds, crossing roundabout and going up completely the wrong street, heading to controls out of order) which was a bit silly.
Wasn't running super fast but didn't feel too bad.
Sufficiently close to work :) Was making some big navigation errors (route choice around out of bounds, crossing roundabout and going up completely the wrong street, heading to controls out of order) which was a bit silly.
Wasn't running super fast but didn't feel too bad.
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018 #
Note
It's about time to start promotion of Melbourne Sprint Weekend 2018. Any suggestions for theme? Otherwise it might be Eurovision again...
Running 12:30 [3] 2.0 km (6:15 / km)
Warm up
Running 20:30 [3] 3.5 km (5:51 / km)
Hill intervals behind the lake. 8 total, 4 each way behind the naked man.
Legs had no zip in them and struggled to get them up the hills.
Right knee a little twingy at times, and left shin was a bit sore at the start.
Legs had no zip in them and struggled to get them up the hills.
Right knee a little twingy at times, and left shin was a bit sore at the start.
Running 13:00 [3] 2.1 km (6:11 / km)
Warm down
Sunday Jan 21, 2018 #
Running 1:16:30 [3] 13.6 km (5:37 / km)
Sunday morning long run.
Edgars east side, all the way up to Edwardes Lake. Garmin had a little freak out so when I was doing laps of the park at the end to make up 14km, I hadn't actually done 14km at all :( Oh well.
Another solid long run :)
Edgars east side, all the way up to Edwardes Lake. Garmin had a little freak out so when I was doing laps of the park at the end to make up 14km, I hadn't actually done 14km at all :( Oh well.
Another solid long run :)
C • Nice 1
Saturday Jan 20, 2018 #
Riding 1:03:00 [3]
Just rollin'. Up the creek, Ring Rd and back via the Upfield. Did put in efforts along the Ring Rd path and racing a train through the cemetery (I lost despite a big head start).
Thursday Jan 18, 2018 #
Running 30:00 [3] 4.7 km (6:23 / km)
When you work in climate change adaptation, you don't want to be the person collapsing of heatstroke because they went out running when it was 39oC.
Short jog around the Yarra trails with not one but two Two Bays winners (should have gone to o training last night and I'd almost have the whole set). Just cruised so I didn't melt.
Rode home up the creek and stopped to watch a motor-paced race at the velodrome on the way home. Don't think they were riding for sheep stations as some guy rocked up late and only did a lap before joining in on the final sprint.
Short jog around the Yarra trails with not one but two Two Bays winners (should have gone to o training last night and I'd almost have the whole set). Just cruised so I didn't melt.
Rode home up the creek and stopped to watch a motor-paced race at the velodrome on the way home. Don't think they were riding for sheep stations as some guy rocked up late and only did a lap before joining in on the final sprint.
Tuesday Jan 16, 2018 #
Running 14:40 [3]
Stairs.
3'05
2'55
2'56
2'50
2'54
All single steps because I didn't want to twinge my knees. There was something sticky on the handrail most of the way up so I didn't use it (except for the 4th one when I swapped stairwells...).
3'05
2'55
2'56
2'50
2'54
All single steps because I didn't want to twinge my knees. There was something sticky on the handrail most of the way up so I didn't use it (except for the 4th one when I swapped stairwells...).
Running 13:00 [3]
Full lap of the park afterwards. Recce for next week's Wednesday training.
Monday Jan 15, 2018 #
Core strength/stretching 10:00 [1]
Sunday Jan 14, 2018 #
Running 1:10:00 [3] 12.5 km (5:36 / km)
Sunday evening long run.
Not sure where that came from, but was feeling surprisingly good. Accidentally took my own advice to Jayne of starting fast and keeping going - not sure that's a kosher long run technique. Got stuck on the west side of Edgars Creek as I'd forgotten how much rain we had yesterday - my crossing points were all well under water. Stomach was a bit unhappy from about 9-11km.
Pretty stoked to still finish the run feeling strong!
Not sure where that came from, but was feeling surprisingly good. Accidentally took my own advice to Jayne of starting fast and keeping going - not sure that's a kosher long run technique. Got stuck on the west side of Edgars Creek as I'd forgotten how much rain we had yesterday - my crossing points were all well under water. Stomach was a bit unhappy from about 9-11km.
Pretty stoked to still finish the run feeling strong!
Saturday Jan 13, 2018 #
Running 24:05 [3] 5.0 km (4:49 / km)
Not the Parkville Parkrun with Jayne.
Or it would have been the Parkville Parkrun if we'd done it 4 hours earlier. Stomach was feeling very unhappy so wasn't keen to race (although it felt less bad when running:) ) so pushed Jayne around to a good time (before the start: "I don't feel like I can go under 25 today"). Yelled at some tourists (Tamsin and Krystal).
Or it would have been the Parkville Parkrun if we'd done it 4 hours earlier. Stomach was feeling very unhappy so wasn't keen to race (although it felt less bad when running:) ) so pushed Jayne around to a good time (before the start: "I don't feel like I can go under 25 today"). Yelled at some tourists (Tamsin and Krystal).
Running warm up/down 10:47 [3] 1.7 km (6:21 / km)
Thursday Jan 11, 2018 #
Street O 55:00 [3] 9.5 km (5:47 / km)
Quarries Park Street O.
Colour map! Route might have been ok if I hadn't spent 500m going round in a circle in the Polytech. Nice that it was mostly in the park (and spending more time in the park was one of my deciding factors for which controls to get.
Very hot! Lots of sweat in my eyes, and got in trouble from Jayne for entering us in A course.
Colour map! Route might have been ok if I hadn't spent 500m going round in a circle in the Polytech. Nice that it was mostly in the park (and spending more time in the park was one of my deciding factors for which controls to get.
Very hot! Lots of sweat in my eyes, and got in trouble from Jayne for entering us in A course.
Tuesday Jan 9, 2018 #
Riding 52:00 [3]
Slow and steady after work ride.
Up the creek to Jukes Rd, across to Gowrie and back into the headwind down the Upfield. The sunflower trolleys have made it at least as far as Fawkner!
Knee feeling much better the last 2 days (although a little tweaky on the bike tonight). Maybe just taking it easy has helped, or maybe it's the voltaren in glad wrap combo that's done the trick.
Up the creek to Jukes Rd, across to Gowrie and back into the headwind down the Upfield. The sunflower trolleys have made it at least as far as Fawkner!
Knee feeling much better the last 2 days (although a little tweaky on the bike tonight). Maybe just taking it easy has helped, or maybe it's the voltaren in glad wrap combo that's done the trick.
Sunday Jan 7, 2018 #
Riding 1:20:44 [3] 30.8 km (2:37 / km)
(injured)
Took Tamsin's road bike out for a spin. Quite warm, but it was glorious riding along the High Plains Rd. Really enjoyed it :)
Went out to just past Langfords then doubled back to watch the boys running through on their way from Bogong to Hotham, and see Jayne off to Hotham. Was kind of a little bit jealous not to be running - goal for next year? Then headed out to Cope Hut to see Steve and Jayne go through, before heading back into the village.
Went out to just past Langfords then doubled back to watch the boys running through on their way from Bogong to Hotham, and see Jayne off to Hotham. Was kind of a little bit jealous not to be running - goal for next year? Then headed out to Cope Hut to see Steve and Jayne go through, before heading back into the village.
Saturday Jan 6, 2018 #
Running 10:35 [3] 1.6 km (6:37 / km)
(injured)
Warm up along the aqueduct out at Langfords
Running 20:00 [3] 4.0 km (5:00 / km)
(injured)
Mona fartlek.
Knee still fairly sore (although better than the warmup) but chugged along at the back of the pack. Overshot the line by 30s at the end.
Knee still fairly sore (although better than the warmup) but chugged along at the back of the pack. Overshot the line by 30s at the end.
Running 10:00 [3] 1.5 km (6:40 / km)
(injured)
Warm down with Tamsin. Knee quite sore.
Friday Jan 5, 2018 #
Riding 41:00 [3] 9.0 km (4:33 / km)
(injured)
MTB at Falls.
Jayne kindly lent me her bike so took it out for a spin as my knee was still unhappy (instead of my planned favourite run to Wishing Well and Frying Pan Spur).
Did the short circuit (which I found a bit hard) and another loop that I quite enjoyed (so I did it twice). Also checked out the hawkweed monitoring area. Apparently it has spread a lot - clearly I didn't do a very good eradication job when I was up there :(
Jayne kindly lent me her bike so took it out for a spin as my knee was still unhappy (instead of my planned favourite run to Wishing Well and Frying Pan Spur).
Did the short circuit (which I found a bit hard) and another loop that I quite enjoyed (so I did it twice). Also checked out the hawkweed monitoring area. Apparently it has spread a lot - clearly I didn't do a very good eradication job when I was up there :(
Thursday Jan 4, 2018 #
Running 12:30 [3] 2.0 km (6:15 / km)
Warm up along the aqueduct
Running 25:09 [3] 4.0 km (6:17 / km)
Hills up to the tanks (it's been so long since I've been at Falls there is an entire new tank there). 10 reps.
Running 11:24 [3] 1.6 km (7:07 / km)
(injured)
Warm down. A few steps into it my right knee got quite painful :(
Monday Jan 1, 2018 #
Running 17:19 [3] 1.7 km (10:11 / km)
Starting the year off right!
Hiking out from Hotham with Dad. Set up camp at Fed Hut after walking from Diamantina Hut out the Razorback. Went for a post-dinner run up to the summit for Feathertop to watch the sunset and check out the supermoon. Was very concerned I was going to taste my absolutely failed camping dinner, but didn't :)
Hiking out from Hotham with Dad. Set up camp at Fed Hut after walking from Diamantina Hut out the Razorback. Went for a post-dinner run up to the summit for Feathertop to watch the sunset and check out the supermoon. Was very concerned I was going to taste my absolutely failed camping dinner, but didn't :)