Over the last few weeks, I've been focussing on getting fitter, thinner and more positive about my running. I'm back to doing two hour long runs (hurrah!) and am starting to feel the benefit, although it's making any runs I do a day either side of them crap.
The scales are moving the right way and I appear to have once again found the will power to say no to the veritable sugar-and-carb-fest that is my workplace, bless them! What I can't work out is how all my colleagues are so skinny. Sooo not fair. My theory is, once you've managed to turn down **unbelievable** french patisserie chocolate mud cake, double cream *and* dreamy donuts in the one day, you've come too far to give up!
It's actually amazing how socially incorrect it is to refuse cake/chocolate/naughty food. People actually almost get offended. I suppose it's the same thing as drinking. I don't drink (well, very very rarely anyway) and when you go out, if you don't have an alchoholic drink in your hand, people think there's something wrong with you. Very weird. At least with runners or fitness freaks you can say you're in training ;)
Circuit training is going really well. Loving being outdoors and with other people and it's in the perfect location for me. I've trained six days this week. Finally took today off as a rest day, since yesterday was a bit of a killer.
Yesterday, I went to do the 5km TT out at Shorncliffe, but arranged to meet Sam at 5am, then Tracey at 5:45am to run with them to make two hours running time total. Gods, it was hot. I sweated and huffed and puffed my way through the runs and ended up back at ye olde faithful marathon plod which at least keeps me moving forwards. The last 5km took 32 minutes *ROTFLMAO* I didn't feel too bad about that though, considering I've absolutely whipped my own butt this week.
Plans for the week ahead:
Mon: a.m circuit training, p.m social run (if I can get there in time!)
Tues: p.m track
Weds: a.m circuit training, p.m medium long run
Thurs: a.m hours run/walk on own or swim
Fri: a.m circuit training
Sat: a.m Mount Cootha 15km
Sun: Rest Day
Sam and I also made an executive decision yesterday that we're not going to run Kurruwa this year. Neither of us feel fit enough and we'd rather do Mt Cootha as usual.
I'm getting new shoes next week, too. The next 2110's are PINK! Woohoo!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Sunday, November 12, 2006
yay...blah....
I have had a bit of an up and down week.
Circuit training is going well, enjoying the variety of sessions and being outdoors. Track is not so great with me feeling incredibly slow most of the time (but at least doing the whole session, which is something I suppose!) I have also eaten extrodinarily well all week, feel better for it and then got on the scales to discover I have put weight on. Again. *grrr*
Wednesday night running was okay, although training twice a day (circuit in the morning) was a bit of a killer. Thursday I did personal training which was, as usual, really hard. My trainer has a new torture device - I mean, machine - that vibrates at various frequencies. Then you do squats and stuff on it and the vibrations make your muscles work twice as hard to do the same exercises. I could hardly walk the next day!
Yesterday I went to the Regatta to do a planned two hour session. Ran out feeling like utter crap and thought I'd be walking shortly. Almost exactly after 5km of badness, I suddenly felt really, really good like I did when I was doing really long runs for the GCM. It was so nice to feel like that - I'd forgotten how good it is to run well.
I turned around at the hour mark and I really must've been going faster because I did the return 20 minutes faster than I went out! I think what that means is that I was moving really slowly on the outward leg!
Today I went to the 10km BRRC run at the West End. The AGM was today so there were quite a few people there. I was asked if I wanted to be involved in the committee this year, but bearing in mind that I hardly have time to breathe at the moment, I said no.
The 10km was definitely hot - I was absolutely drenched by the time I finished. It was positively the worst 10km I've run in ages. I ran the same time that I did when I ran my second 10km ever. 59:20. Ugh.
I know I ran yesterday and all, but I usually manage around 57 something even when I feel bad/have run hard the day before. Bit of a wake up call really. Definitely leaves me wondering about Kurruwa and whether I should do it. Heat really kills me. Not that I would dream of running at 10km pace or anything (the aim being just to finish!) but still. I am severely undercooked for the distance and there's no time to prepare. Hmn.
Oh well - nothing to do but stop whinging and work harder I guess!
Circuit training is going well, enjoying the variety of sessions and being outdoors. Track is not so great with me feeling incredibly slow most of the time (but at least doing the whole session, which is something I suppose!) I have also eaten extrodinarily well all week, feel better for it and then got on the scales to discover I have put weight on. Again. *grrr*
Wednesday night running was okay, although training twice a day (circuit in the morning) was a bit of a killer. Thursday I did personal training which was, as usual, really hard. My trainer has a new torture device - I mean, machine - that vibrates at various frequencies. Then you do squats and stuff on it and the vibrations make your muscles work twice as hard to do the same exercises. I could hardly walk the next day!
Yesterday I went to the Regatta to do a planned two hour session. Ran out feeling like utter crap and thought I'd be walking shortly. Almost exactly after 5km of badness, I suddenly felt really, really good like I did when I was doing really long runs for the GCM. It was so nice to feel like that - I'd forgotten how good it is to run well.
I turned around at the hour mark and I really must've been going faster because I did the return 20 minutes faster than I went out! I think what that means is that I was moving really slowly on the outward leg!
Today I went to the 10km BRRC run at the West End. The AGM was today so there were quite a few people there. I was asked if I wanted to be involved in the committee this year, but bearing in mind that I hardly have time to breathe at the moment, I said no.
The 10km was definitely hot - I was absolutely drenched by the time I finished. It was positively the worst 10km I've run in ages. I ran the same time that I did when I ran my second 10km ever. 59:20. Ugh.
I know I ran yesterday and all, but I usually manage around 57 something even when I feel bad/have run hard the day before. Bit of a wake up call really. Definitely leaves me wondering about Kurruwa and whether I should do it. Heat really kills me. Not that I would dream of running at 10km pace or anything (the aim being just to finish!) but still. I am severely undercooked for the distance and there's no time to prepare. Hmn.
Oh well - nothing to do but stop whinging and work harder I guess!
Saturday, November 04, 2006
1:48 Mount Cootha Run
This morning we did a very soggy mount cootha run. Met everyone at 6am and was great to see there was about twenty (?) of us. There would have been a few more too, had it not been for the rain and the various family commitments.
Headed out together, but soon enough I dropped off the back as I was the slowest there today. I'm still much too heavy and I knew I was going to have a hard run within the first couple of kms. I chugged along though and groaned when I passed my usual yellow gate (the furthest point I've managed to get to, running continuously up there) and had already had several walk breaks! Actually, I didn't even make it up the first hill by the botanical gardens. LOL!
I swore at myself and my dodgy stomach and an achey knee, but even though Mt.C was soundly whipping my arse, it still worked it's magic on me. The cloud was low and it was all misty and beautiful. Quiet too, since no one goes up there when it's raining. Got to the highest point to find Sam, Jill and Ronnie had waited for me, bless them. Ronnie had run from Slaughter Falls and ran the **entire** thing! WOOHOO! Go, Ronnie!
I felt INCREDIBLY slow and disgusting, but apparently it wasn't as bad as I thought, since I still went quicker than last time! Once we started running as a group, I got more of a rhythym happening and it wasn't so bad. My stomach settled a bit and before I knew it we were at the top and coming back down.
I have a secret plan of attack to make Mount Cootha my biatch - I'm going to run it as slow as I possibly, possibly can one day. Even if it takes me three or four hours. .. so watch this space ;)
The badness that was the way up also made me realise how much I really need to get back into some decent training. I've done nothing about Kurruwa! I'm still exercising loads (though no long runs, particularly) but I'm still too heavy and I feel like I'm running with a backpack on the whole time. Only one way to cure that! Back on the diet wagon with me. Working in an office full of sugar junkies and foodies is not helping - I need to get some self control!
Plan for the week:
Sunday: REST
Monday: Circuit Training + 5km
Tuesday: Track
Wednesday: Circuit Training + Medium Long Run
Thursday: Personal Training
Friday: Circuit Training
Saturday: Long Run
Sunday: BRRC 10km
Headed out together, but soon enough I dropped off the back as I was the slowest there today. I'm still much too heavy and I knew I was going to have a hard run within the first couple of kms. I chugged along though and groaned when I passed my usual yellow gate (the furthest point I've managed to get to, running continuously up there) and had already had several walk breaks! Actually, I didn't even make it up the first hill by the botanical gardens. LOL!
I swore at myself and my dodgy stomach and an achey knee, but even though Mt.C was soundly whipping my arse, it still worked it's magic on me. The cloud was low and it was all misty and beautiful. Quiet too, since no one goes up there when it's raining. Got to the highest point to find Sam, Jill and Ronnie had waited for me, bless them. Ronnie had run from Slaughter Falls and ran the **entire** thing! WOOHOO! Go, Ronnie!
I felt INCREDIBLY slow and disgusting, but apparently it wasn't as bad as I thought, since I still went quicker than last time! Once we started running as a group, I got more of a rhythym happening and it wasn't so bad. My stomach settled a bit and before I knew it we were at the top and coming back down.
I have a secret plan of attack to make Mount Cootha my biatch - I'm going to run it as slow as I possibly, possibly can one day. Even if it takes me three or four hours. .. so watch this space ;)
The badness that was the way up also made me realise how much I really need to get back into some decent training. I've done nothing about Kurruwa! I'm still exercising loads (though no long runs, particularly) but I'm still too heavy and I feel like I'm running with a backpack on the whole time. Only one way to cure that! Back on the diet wagon with me. Working in an office full of sugar junkies and foodies is not helping - I need to get some self control!
Plan for the week:
Sunday: REST
Monday: Circuit Training + 5km
Tuesday: Track
Wednesday: Circuit Training + Medium Long Run
Thursday: Personal Training
Friday: Circuit Training
Saturday: Long Run
Sunday: BRRC 10km
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