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Tuesday Jun 30, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
I'm sure that millions of people all over the world went running today. I chose to be an individual and not succumb to peer group pressure :)
Monday Jun 29, 2009 #
running (recovery) 36:00 [3] 6.3 km (5:43 / km)
shoes: New Balance
If Shannon can run the day after doing the "M" word, maybe so can I. Not continuing for another 363 days in a row though!!!
Warm night for a jog around Hyde Park and Fullarton. My excitement at finding a slippery-dip was marred by the stupid invisible bar at head height when climbing up the ladder. No one even saw me klonk myself, as they were all running off into the distance...
Afterwards Fern and John and I had a meeting of the secret oyster-eaters' club while Simon and Tyson shuddered at us.
Warm night for a jog around Hyde Park and Fullarton. My excitement at finding a slippery-dip was marred by the stupid invisible bar at head height when climbing up the ladder. No one even saw me klonk myself, as they were all running off into the distance...
Afterwards Fern and John and I had a meeting of the secret oyster-eaters' club while Simon and Tyson shuddered at us.
Sunday Jun 28, 2009 #
running race (Pichi Richi Marathon) 3:48:39 [4] 42.2 km (5:25 / km) +420m 5:10 / km
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
It's much quicker to drive this in a car! But there are worse places to run 42km. Okay, so the first 10km from Port Augusta West to Stirling North were really boring, and the next 10km a constant uphill - not very steep but the sun was in my eyes, there was a head wind, and a few people passed me here - this was my worst phase. I did the first 12km in 58min and figured now I had a 30km run to do on top of this. After the half marathon start at Saltia (1.46.30) I felt better with the sun behind a cloud and the scenery through the Pichi Richi Pass to look at. This section goes gently up and down and and crosses the steam train line 4 times.
George (who was still in bed when I was on the start line) caught up with me at about 30km but I told him to drive another 5km and at that point I handed him my pack, not that it had much in it, and grabbed a bottle of Powerade which I ran with and drank over the last 7km. I figured that once it was flat/downhill I should be able to run a bit faster and so I actually passed a couple of guys on this section while dodging the 10km walkers with whom the road seemed to be littered. Ran the last 5km on the road verge as this was softer than the bitumen, and actually managed to chase someone through the gate and overtake them at the finish!
Quorn is 300m above sea level, the highest point on the course is 340m, maybe total climb 420m? Results now on the website http://www.pichirichimarathon.org.au Mandy Towler took 3.19; I had expected her to be about half an hour in front of me, and Mayuko Kurashima 3.34; I figured she'd be about 15min in front, and I was about right. Guess I could have trained to be faster, if I'd prioritised that over orienteering - and next time maybe I will :)
George (who was still in bed when I was on the start line) caught up with me at about 30km but I told him to drive another 5km and at that point I handed him my pack, not that it had much in it, and grabbed a bottle of Powerade which I ran with and drank over the last 7km. I figured that once it was flat/downhill I should be able to run a bit faster and so I actually passed a couple of guys on this section while dodging the 10km walkers with whom the road seemed to be littered. Ran the last 5km on the road verge as this was softer than the bitumen, and actually managed to chase someone through the gate and overtake them at the finish!
Quorn is 300m above sea level, the highest point on the course is 340m, maybe total climb 420m? Results now on the website http://www.pichirichimarathon.org.au Mandy Towler took 3.19; I had expected her to be about half an hour in front of me, and Mayuko Kurashima 3.34; I figured she'd be about 15min in front, and I was about right. Guess I could have trained to be faster, if I'd prioritised that over orienteering - and next time maybe I will :)
C • Congrats 10
Thursday Jun 25, 2009 #
running (caching jog) 28:00 [2] 5.0 km (5:36 / km)
shoes: New Balance
This hardly counts as a run but it was a womble around Hawthorndene in the dark, with GPS, looking for hidden objects under hawthorn trees....they are very spiky! Fern was very patient with me and didn't complain about getting cold, it must have been that her new arm-warmers were effective.
Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 #
running 37:00 [2]
shoes: New Balance
Colonel Light Gardens plod after dark. Quite tired, and wary of the sore spot in my shin/ankle which has been there for a week despite massage.
Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 #
running intervals (200s) 8:00 [4] 2.2 km (3:38 / km)
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 10
10 x 200ish around Colonel Light Gardens. Didn't think it was worth timing them, but I know they were slow, particularly into the headwind. Bitterly cold this morning.
running warm up/down 30:00 [2]
shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 10
Warm up/down and recovery 200s in between intervals. Don't think the intervals got much slower but the recoveries definitely did.
Note
Attack of the Killer Physio
Kath seems more excited about my weekend plans than I am....
Kath seems more excited about my weekend plans than I am....
Monday Jun 22, 2009 #
running (Brownhill Creek) 55:00 [2] 9.5 km (5:47 / km)
shoes: New Balance
Night run along the creek with Tyson, Fern, John, Simon to the sound of running water. Can't believe how much I slowed down on singletrack in the dark despite Fern's kindly-loaned head torch. 'Twas pleasant though.
Sunday Jun 21, 2009 #
orienteering race (World's End Badge) 1:31:02 [3] 8.6 km (10:35 / km) +375m 8:41 / km
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
The sun came out today and it was almost warm. I don't really like Worlds End - too steep and shaly - but the views were impressive and the hills not too bad. Had a fairly clean run, went direct on most legs, felt a bit sluggish. I guess I have sacrificed what speed I had for distance, lately. This time next week we will know if it was worth it :)
Note
The same kid as yesterday asked me where he was, again. I may have implied that he should think for himself.
Saturday Jun 20, 2009 #
orienteering race (Tothill) 1:12:06 [3] 5.4 km (13:21 / km) +200m 11:16 / km
shoes: Asics gel 2120
Tothill is a steep and scenic map - not the best place to go for a run when it has just been raining and all the mossy slopes and rocks are really slippery. After I stacked it by slipping on an innocuous but treacherous twig I became so cautious I was nearly crawling. Then I stopped to help a "lost" kid, then I stopped to help Jeffa whose back was playing up. So I took a while....the course & map weren't that difficult; Peter K had done his best to avoid climb, and found decent attack points, and the flowering blackboy/yacka bushes were pretty.
Note
It's been ages since we've had a weekend actually staying in Burra at Paxton Square Cottages. First we went to the pub for dinner (pretty decent pasta) then we went for a walk down the cemetery by starlight, then we found a couple of nearby caches - all good fun. Squeezed 6 people into a 1-bedroom cottage and squeezed Lauren on to a very short sofa. I'm sure it was on a junior training camp in about 1992 (?) that we fitted 16 people in two cottages. May have to break that record some time...
C • 16 2
Thursday Jun 18, 2009 #
running (Belair night) 55:00 [3] 10.0 km (5:30 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Pros: seing friends, being in Belair
Cons: can't see anything outside a 2m circle of torchlight and really painful ankle where I had taped too tightly
We scared a few kangaroos but Simon scared Lauren & Zara better.
Cons: can't see anything outside a 2m circle of torchlight and really painful ankle where I had taped too tightly
We scared a few kangaroos but Simon scared Lauren & Zara better.
Wednesday Jun 17, 2009 #
running (Shepherd's Hill) 57:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Glad I didn't go out and do hills last night, as I was pretty sluggish on the uphills this morning anyway. Nice to get some fresh air though, and to stretch properly afterwards. Could do with more sleep so that is this week's project.
Monday Jun 15, 2009 #
running (recovery run) 37:00 [2]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Before Wallaringa meeting. It was dark, my knee hurt and I needed to pee....
Sunday Jun 14, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
Too cold and wet at Woodhouse to contemplate running round any potental courses for the club relays.
Saturday Jun 13, 2009 #
running long (Mt Crawford 4 peaks) 3:33:00 [3] 34.0 km (6:16 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Hijacked the SARRC Mt Crawford 3 Peaks trail run for my own nefarious purposes.
From the forest headquarters on Warren Rd I ran south down the road to the junction with Mt Pleasant road, north up Mount road then up the full length of Little Mt Crawford, down & across the creek (tiptoeing on the logs so didn't get my feet wet - ha ha), up Mt Crawford though I didn't see the tapes for the singletrack so went all the way around to where the steps go up, down again and across to Wirra Wirra Peaks, did the loop backwards so I could tell the others where I was headed next.
Singletrack over the peaks was a bit slow and I was flagging at the 2 hour mark, then I ate some snakes and got to the point where, as Simon once said "everyone else has had enough and Jenny just keeps running". Followed the South Para River along its north side to the old bridge across the reservoir; this was 25km and I really just wanted to go back and eat my banana, but I told myself that in a parallel universe there was no banana and there was a 100-point rogaine control on the top of Tower Hill.
You can see the fire tower from a long way off but have to go around private land to get there. I did a lap of the tower then it was downhill the last 4km back. I may have been singing to myself: banananananana-nanananana-bananaa-nanaaaa (to the tune of the ABC radio theme - you try it!) And then I ate my banana :)
I didn't feel worse at the end than I did at the beginning, which I guess was the point of the exercise. Hopefully Pichi Richi will be a bit faster because it's on road not track, and I will be a bit fresher then.
From the forest headquarters on Warren Rd I ran south down the road to the junction with Mt Pleasant road, north up Mount road then up the full length of Little Mt Crawford, down & across the creek (tiptoeing on the logs so didn't get my feet wet - ha ha), up Mt Crawford though I didn't see the tapes for the singletrack so went all the way around to where the steps go up, down again and across to Wirra Wirra Peaks, did the loop backwards so I could tell the others where I was headed next.
Singletrack over the peaks was a bit slow and I was flagging at the 2 hour mark, then I ate some snakes and got to the point where, as Simon once said "everyone else has had enough and Jenny just keeps running". Followed the South Para River along its north side to the old bridge across the reservoir; this was 25km and I really just wanted to go back and eat my banana, but I told myself that in a parallel universe there was no banana and there was a 100-point rogaine control on the top of Tower Hill.
You can see the fire tower from a long way off but have to go around private land to get there. I did a lap of the tower then it was downhill the last 4km back. I may have been singing to myself: banananananana-nanananana-bananaa-nanaaaa (to the tune of the ABC radio theme - you try it!) And then I ate my banana :)
I didn't feel worse at the end than I did at the beginning, which I guess was the point of the exercise. Hopefully Pichi Richi will be a bit faster because it's on road not track, and I will be a bit fresher then.
Note
Spent an hour or so afterwards wandering around the area at Tanunda which is being mapped for the 2010 Aust Champs. Very scenic scenery and rocks.
Friday Jun 12, 2009 #
running 1:18:00 [3] 14.0 km (5:34 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Shepherd's Hill (water flowing in the creek) Eden Hills, Bellevue Heights, Flinders Uni (since when is there a high school at the uni?) and home. Breaking in a new pair of the same Asics I already run in. Predictably my neuroma played up at the 1-hour mark, but I still took 5 min of my previous time for this loop. The morning seemed comparatively warm (if yesterday is the comparator) when I woke up, but by the time I got home my fingers were numb and I had difficulty unlocking the front door!
Thursday Jun 11, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
Why do housework regularly when you'll only have to do it again? I prefer the sporadic approach - wait until it's really necessary. A dinner party is a good excuse to clear 6 months' worth of O-maps and meeting minutes out of our dining room. This activity left me no time for running :)
Wednesday Jun 10, 2009 #
running long 1:33:00 [3] 16.5 km (5:38 / km)
shoes: New Balance
I ran over to Fern's and we did a lap up through Urrbrae and Waite again. Cold out and I was plodding on the way home.
Tuesday Jun 9, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
Decided not to go for a run before leaving Nelson, in the hope that my sciatica wouldn't be so bad on the drive home. This was fairly successful; my leg was merely annoying. Somehow with all the touristing and geocaching we did, it was nearly 4pm before we left Mt Gambier. I blame mum's desire to go to Dingley Dell where the tourguide talked at us for an hour and a half. Adam Lindsay Gordon may have been a famous poet but I wouldn't want to have been his wife, when he'd disappear for weeks at a time drinking and horseracing....
Monday Jun 8, 2009 #
Subarallying 2:00:00 [0]
Somehow I became defacto organiser for the MTBO middle distance, which presumably explains why I was putting out signs with my parents at 7.30 am. It seriously hailed so hard when putting out Riders on Road signs (to deter the trailbikes) that I thought the windscreen would crack! 5 hours later, when control collecting, the haildrifts still hadn't melted in some spots. Thank god the Spudman turned up to sell hot potatoes (he forgot to come yesterday)!
running 20:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Was bundled up in too many layers to run, most of the time during the day, but managed a jog to collect some controls. Layers included: 2x sports bra, 2x t shirt, skivvy, thermal top, jumper, goretex jacket, thermal pants and O pants. Thought about putting gloves on but if they got wet then I'd definitely be cold, whereas if I had them to look forward to then the thought of gloves might keep my hands warm.
C • bra 2
Sunday Jun 7, 2009 #
Subarallying 2:00:00 [0]
Putting out controls for the MTBO middle distance at Mt Richmond, after the long race was over. Forest very churned up by trailbikes and slippery in spots. Bruce the course setter kindly informed me which tracks were driveable.
running (putting out controls) 30:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Ploughing down hills on sandy slippery pine-needley tracks was fun! Coming back up less so. Very glad Bruce only has 18 controls for his event. Great views out over sand dunes and the Southern Ocean in between rain showers.
Saturday Jun 6, 2009 #
Subarallying 2:00:00 [0]
Finishing off checking the rest of the controls in the forest near Donovans
running (control checking) 20:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Running through clearings which the bikes are going to hate riding across. Apparently on an MTBO map it doesn't matter if the contours are a bit inaccurate.
orienteering (Sprint control checking) 1:10:00 [3] 11.0 km (6:22 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Around the town of Nelson to all controls on the MTBO sprint map. The kids in the caravan park were so excited once I had explained to them what a control was for and how it worked, that they led me to another 4 within the caravan park!
running 20:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
General running around during the event and going to collect controls which someone else had already picked up....communication was a bit like this throughout the weekend.
Friday Jun 5, 2009 #
running long 2:01:00 [3] 23.0 km (5:16 / km)
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
This was great! From Nelson due north to hit the Glenelg River (about 5km of up and down over sand/limestone ridges) then along the Great Southwest Walk which follows the river along the clifftop past Princess Margaret Rose caves and the shacks at Donovans (on the opposite side of the river) and then winds through forest to Simsons Landing at the north end of Nelson (about 14km?) and along the waterfront past everyone's tiny boatsheds, south to the bridge and then back up the road to our accommodation. Beautiful damp forest and nothing hurt today.
running (checking control sites) 20:00 [3]
shoes: Asics Gel 2130
Because I don't bike, my checking of controls for the MTBO long race was a combination of rally driving my Subaru around the forest with dad as navigator, and running into some of the sites that were too sandy/rough for it!
Subarallying 2:30:00 [0]
It got dark before we finished so left half of the controls till Saturday morning
Thursday Jun 4, 2009 #
Note
(injured) (rest day)
I hate sciatica!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Was such a pain when driving to Nelson, it extended all the way down to my ankle :(
Was such a pain when driving to Nelson, it extended all the way down to my ankle :(
Wednesday Jun 3, 2009 #
Note
(rest day)
I seem to be a bit busy doing MTBO-champs related stuff....
Tuesday Jun 2, 2009 #
Note
(injured)
Attack of the Killer Physio
Yay - the pain is coming from the nerves in my back, as I had started to suspect. Peroneal nerve in particular. I assume that's the nerve Kath was sitting on me in order to release. So nothing is torn but I am to do calf raises just for luck.
Stretching and strengthening 20 min.
Yay - the pain is coming from the nerves in my back, as I had started to suspect. Peroneal nerve in particular. I assume that's the nerve Kath was sitting on me in order to release. So nothing is torn but I am to do calf raises just for luck.
Stretching and strengthening 20 min.
Monday Jun 1, 2009 #
running 45:00 [3]
(injured) shoes: New Balance
Did a lap of Panorama with Fern - not sure where the boys went after we crossed Springbank Rd. Calf better since I got stuck into it but I think the pain is coming from higher up.