Training Log Archive: acejase

after much deliberating and staring closely at my archaic scales I am putting down 83kg however I was close to putting in 82.5kg. I believe this possible improvement is a result of being too busy to eat yesterday, otherwise known as the Liggo Diet. As a diet update I will say that I have kept to my fruit new years resolution so far and have not had a day in 2007 when I havent eaten a piece of fruit or 3. on Sunday night at about 11pm just before bed I realised I hadnt had any fruit that day so stuffed down a banana.

run from work over to xc at boathouse with hoggster and cool down afterwards.

XC at Boathouse. Decided beforehand I was going to go for it more than have been doing. It was very windy so Coach Hoggster adn I decided I would pick someone who usually beats me by 30s or so and go out with them and come back sheltered behind them into the wind. The ideal person for this was going to be Velcro however he didnt show, but AnnaQ did and while she isnt good shelter she does go out hard. ANyway started aggressive from the very beginning starting at front. Ran with GraceE for first 500m as she always goes out hard and then passed my mate Jim at about then - normally pass him at about a k. Got to within a stride or two behind AnnaQ before she heard me coming, muttered something I couldnt understand (Probably "You'll never take me alive!") and took off. I settled in behind big broad shouldered guy. I'd gone through first k in 3.44 and turned half way into wind at 9.24 which was really good. Unfortunately big shouldered guy was too strong and I couldnt stay with him. Paired with another guy and we slugged into wind. Was able to keep going hard with same pain levels as my more usual pace which was great and crossed the line in 19.13. Definitely season best and best I have done for some years breaking 19.20 I did middle of last year. AnnaQ was awesome and I suspect broke 19 - she is going to run half on Sunday now so should be able to team well with her. 2 XC's to go and with next weeks being 2 days after half marathon I guess I will try to break 19 in last week of XC. Hope the course is fast wherever it is!
Out in 9.24 (didnt have HR monitor)
Back in 9.48

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Cook Blob. First run in new shoes. went down to Runners Shop on weekend. Obv they see me as an elite-level customer as the boss served me. Tried on the Air Zoom Elite and Asics DS Trainer with a view to buying shoe for racing in half & marathon in and decided on Nike. Will run XC tomorrow night in them and then half on sunday and hopefully have done about 100k in them when hit marathon start line. Also bought another pair for training - Brooks Adreneline. Something different. Did I say elite customer or bloke-with-too-much-money -who-can-be-fleeced-easily ?

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nice day for a ride.

Long run with Grant. Shanon and AnnaQ ran with us for first 40mins. Pretty easy pace and I had a bit of CBFness. Highlight was post run. Went for a swim with GB at his apartment complex and then to Shannons on Northbourne. Gluten-free pancakes, coffee and service was first-class. Company was excellent too with some cracker stories about climbing trees.

Did the Crackenback solo and then surged Aranda Hill. Crackenback 10.52, Aranda 4.27. Felt strong through Crackenback and still strong but had it by top of Aranda.

Oh well it had to happen some time. got to pete starting point and I was the only one there. Hung round for 10mins then went home, waited for paper to be delivered and took extended ride in to work round lake. Beautiful morning. Had coffee & raisin toast at Cafe Essen.

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Woah that was tough. Coach Hoggster wanted me to do something called a Waste Basin (10miles) at a hard pace as it would be good training and get the body ready for road pounding that will occur in marathon. I wasnt really sure where it went and when I rang Coach to get exact directions he was "out of the office" (=at coffee shop) so just went with what I thought it was although had to adjust at end due to running late for work. Basically started at Acton Ferry terminal and sruck to bike path over comm ave bridge along through Yarralumla, back over scrivener dam (amazingly they were letting water out after the storms) and back past Black Mtn Penninsula. i think the full 10miles finishes where you start but I was running late for work so turned up Sullivans Creek and finished at ANu Boat House. My pace was more tempo than race pace but I guess it was marathon/half marathon pace and HR shows I was working hard. Thankfully had my ipod to run with otherwise would have been psychologically crushed doing this solo. Am sitting at work now pretty shagged. Was quite humid and the blokes at work thought it must have been raining outside when I got back. Good training.

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running to and from starrt of Waste.

work. not the usual ride though. cracker storm in canberra last night - seemed like almost continuous sheet lightning and pelting down like nothing else. city and bike path just covered in debris and even though storm was at about 11pm last night there are hail stones everywhere. Looks like snow and there are piles and piles of it. Whats the saying about it never rains.....

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