run52:58 [2] 11.51 km (4:36 / km) shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Legs felt OK after the first km or two. It's a novelty to be pulling up this well from long runs. Could get used to it.
Ran out along some roads to Deepdale - now the roads are finished out there, it looks like I can run along next to the bit river where previously there were warnings about trespassers being shot. Might have to have an explore out there on a longer run. came back part way along the river, starting on a bit of trail bike trail that I had run parallel to before, but not actually used.
Got home to find that there was a Juffy waiting for me. Oops. Sorry about that. Maps look pretty cool. Can't wait to see the finished product :)
run2:17:16 30.32 km (4:32 / km) +98m4:27 / km shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Head is still feeling like rubbish and very low on spark, but still thinking it's probably hayfever so decided to plough ahead with today's session.
WU
4 x 5 min tempo: 1 min easy
1hr easy
20 min tempo
CD
I used this session to try out some new nutrition stuff from Wiggle too. Electrolyte drink tasted fine (lemon) but perhaps a little strong when mixed as per directions. My stomach didn't really seem to appreciate it. Will have to try again before the rogaine.
Gels - 30g gels, 22g CHO. Orange flavour tasted pretty acceptable, blackcurrant was pretty deadly sweet. The packets they're it are rubbish and I tore down the side of the first one and got it all over my hands. But at about $1 per gel, and given that in longer races, I'll have them in a little squeezy bottle, worth further experimentation.
It was blowing an absolute gale today, and I didn't do all the tempo stuff along the pancake flat foreshore, so it was hard to find a pace and rhythm. Tried to just run to a steady intensity. The 20 minute effort at the end felt pretty dreadful for the first 5 minutes, but surprisingly good at the end, especially having a tailwind for the last 4 minutes.
run1:01:35 [3] 13.1 km (4:42 / km) shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Barely being able to get past my knees when trying to touch my toes is probably not a good sign I might need to stretch back/hammies.
Legs felt pretty shattered at the start, but got going much better than I expected. It was pretty windy for a change this morning. I only realised just how windy when I turned around at the Esplanade and suddenly had a headwind. Return journey didn't feel as smooth as the first half :(
3 PM
run12:00 [1] 2.0 km (6:00 / km) shoes: Saucony Mirage 3.2
School cross country stuff. Unfortunately, I had to stay at the back of the group for today's 'steady run', so other than the warm-up, it was mostly walking after about the 2km mark :(
Cracked 1000km for the year. That's a fair improvement on the usual. Only 6km to go and I will have run more than last year! (Already past a couple of years since my AP log began).
5 AM
run1:25:56 [2] 20.1 km (4:17 / km) +77m4:12 / km shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Blergh. Dark and cold-ish at the start.
Felt pretty rubbish. Hopefully just hayfever rather than the onset of a cold.
7 x 16oom tempo with one minute recoveries. 5 minutes extra after rep 4.
EDIT: WOW - just looked at the pace of the reps. After the first one, they were all significantly faster than target (6 mins), so that might explain why they felt hard.
run57:33 [2] 13.09 km (4:24 / km) +60m4:18 / km shoes: Mizuno Wave Rider 17 Pink
Third time lucky I won the battle to get out of bed.
Started a bit quicker than usual as legs were feeling a bit fresher after two unintended days off and it was cold enough to need to warm up.
Getting up in the dark sucks, and it's only going to get worse for another two months. Hopefully I have committed enough time and effort to training already that I stay motivated enough not to throw it all away.