Training Log Archive: tinytoes

Seem to be making progress with thumb injury, at last. Just a pity I couldn't have combined the physio's and the GP's treatments. I think it would have been healed about a month ago.

Not enough but was squished for time.

Start-steps Rainforest walk -10:52

Steps - cone 7:49 (18:41)Hoped for breathing improvement didn't eventuate as it did last week.. Ran all way up last track hill and about 1/3 of Engineering Hill, which is an improvement on last week.

Cone - steps Rainforest Walk 7:10 (25:52) Focussed on ground most of the way .

Steps - Finish - 12:06 (37:58) Achieved a few more bits up hills this week including about half of Bus Stop hill.
Just a few seconds difference to last week, here and there.

Warm up, legs, shoulders, legs, cool down.
20 to 2 by 2s and at 12 we ran 1 grass circuit. First was pretty awful, second was better and third was fairly good.
Squats and static hold.
Fast twitch section - that improved as we went along.
Shoulder press, rear delt, static hold
Lunges, static hold.
As always a brilliant class.
Found out today that Mel (Wednesday) has left and class now taken by Cory. Big dilemma - can't fit in smorgasbord if I go to her class, but know it will be very good. Maybe smorgasbord might retreat to weekend when no events scheduled? Classes like that are too good to miss.

This was a small part of the whole session - but the only part meritting reporting. Quite a few drops of sweat here.

20 min bike
20 min high speed walk
18 min run
Bored beyond belief.

Today was the first attempt at group walking - with "girls" I went through High School with. Original plan was for 1 hour walk followed by coffee and for it to be first Tuesday in month. But today it was sunny then raining then sunny so my suspicions that they would pike were growing. I'd hoped we might have coffee first and reassess after. We did but of the 5 of us, 1 has plantar fasciatis and another had her arthroscope last week so that ruled her out. So coffee and very pleasant chat went on for longer and then we parted company. By 11 the sun was out and it was a glorious day so off I set on the original planned route. Interested to note the time they'd allocated for it - a bit optimistic unless I am grossly outpaced. I ended up going from Source Cafe to Nobby's Surf House, pit stop and then return.
Helped out a confused tourist at the Maritime Museum whi9ch was shut due to strom damage to electricals - looking for bike trails (ie Fernleigh Track) and the Botannical Gardens (Heatherbrae or if wrong then Hunter Valley Gardens (Cessnock) and then she just wanted to know how to get to Pacific Highway to get to Grafton??? or Bula??? I assumed she meant Bulahdelah so got her sorted then continued on. Nice to see so many people out and about on hte foreshore but also noted some very quiet areas that few seem to use.
Not sure how it'll go but I'll see what happens. And I extended the time so I did about half of the Minigaine time seeing as I can't make it on Sunday.

A Cory, post Fun Run Special class - get them legs movin'. Great variety and not a whole lot of time devoted to any one area. Liked the pairs exercise - Partner a did 10-9-8- of 3 triceps exercises while Partner B did 10 burpees, 20squat jumps, 30 star jumps and 40 high knees twice then swapped and timed. We improved by 17 seconds from round 1 to round 2.Was totally hopeless at leg kicks to roof and back seemed particularly bony while lying on the floor. Great class in which I am never game to look at the clock in case it's still 9:50 and we've got 40 mins to go!