Training Log Archive: jennycas

Went into the park to see the creek flowing, got my feet wet at a number of crossings, ran along the trainline in the mist (never said that was a smart idea), came down the side valley with the waterfalls (one a small but impressive chasm) and then went up a bonus hill. Pretty sedate pace because it was slippery, but it didn't precisely rain on me, and the scenery I could and couldn't see was beautiful.

TGIF. Glad I have only one more work week like this before holidays but I pity the poor bugger who will be covering my leave. Bright spot was going to see The Great Gatsby (with F&T, Bun & Biddy). It's an impressive (body of) work of art, especially in 3-D.

Ran with Fern from hers across to the golf course, up past the lake and down the creek from the train line. Took a while to warm up despite the warm evening, but last night's painful DOMS from Tuesday's intervals had mostly gone. Nice chatting pace :)

A not-particularly-successful long run where even though I broke it up into 10-min segments they seemed to be a long time in finishing. Kept thinking how much more enjoyable a run of similar duration was at WOC trials with a map in my hand. Across to Mitcham and Brownhill Creek past the caravan park then up behind Carrick Hill and down through Waite (if I am still traumatised from the saga of the appeals and course cancellation at the March NOLs then I guess Adrian and OHOC are too). Nice morning and scenery but I should have had painkillers with breakfast. Actually, maybe I should have had breakfast...

200, 400, 600, 600, 400, 200, 200 (200m recoveries). Not sure if I could have pushed harder but these were fairly consistent and my knees didn't hurt. It's nice to actually be able to run fast enough for once to get some endorphins!
42, 1:35, 2:29, 2:27, 1:35, 42, 43

W/up/down plus floats.

Shepherds Hill, Eden Hills and home, with a headlamp and in time to then go to Easter 2015 committee meeting (which wasn't too bad, or at least more productive than work). Pretty tired but I needed the fresh air and headspace. Knees didn't hurt until later (after a couple of hours sitting in meeting).

Decided I would go to street/park O at Hawthorndene/Coromandel Valley (Frank Smith Park) because I was too tired for a proper long run. And as per my theory, I definitely felt better running with a map. There were some big hills though and I can see that I am really unfit. Still gained on and eventually overtook James Fuller who started 2 min before me - he really mustn't have been trying.