Training Archive: Fat RatIn the 30 days ending 2006-11-30:
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Thursday Nov 30 | ||
| Run 1:10:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| Morning run with Robbie.
Felt ok, bit funny in the head | ||
Wednesday Nov 29 | ||
| Note | |
| Drove all the way out to Summer Series but didnt run. Got a really bad headache and nausea (earlier in the day has fuzzy vision but felt fine). Feared I was having my first ever migraine, and it was getting pretty bad - so I went to bed at 730 and slept 10 hours | ||
Tuesday Nov 28 | ||
| Gym 1:00:00 [3] | |
| same as other weeks. 30min cardio (20min row) and then mainly core stuff. | ||
| Run 57:00 [3] | |
| Supposed to be intervals around Ball's Head with Robbie, Andy, Prong and Glenn.
Feeling really sick, only got self to blame I think. Got home and had 5 peanut butter sandwiches. Curse the inventor of peanut butter. Would kill him if I had the chance, fear he/she has been dead for centuries though. | ||
Monday Nov 27 | ||
| Run 45:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 | ||
| Easy jog through Rookwood with John T | ||
Sunday Nov 26 | ||
| Cycling 1:02:00 [3]27.7 km (2:14 / km) | |
| Ride to Preston palace before and after run via Kissing Point Rd, Turramurra.
Bike feeling awesome, must be the handywork of the magician mechanic Ray. | ||
| Run long 1:28:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 | ||
| Long(ish) run with Andy and Robbie. From North Curl Curl along beach and headlands south and back.
Feeling pretty bloody buggered. | ||
Saturday Nov 25 | ||
| Adventure Race race (Kodak Urban Max) 3:57:00 [4]* | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| Well we were 4th, quite embarrassing really. But credit to the winners, they had an awesome race. As for the other 2 places....
We had a reasonable race. Struggled to work out some clues and it meant we didnt choose the best route choice. No real problem with any checkpoint, ran fast. Had to wait a little while for some public transport, and for a checkpoint to open. (Little did we know that the first two teams did a checkpoint before the opening time - the winners only 10min and they still would have won, but second place did a 11am opening time checkpoint t 945! Its a shame cos this was a really good race from Gary, pity he still manages to stuff up major things that influence results) Ran bloody hard, well I did, Andy was fine I think. Longest, hardest running of done in a while, avg HR was pretty huge for me. Sore with all the road running. | ||
Friday Nov 24 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| Scored a free 90min massage :) | ||
| C • happy ending? 2 | ||
Thursday Nov 23 | ||
| Run long 1:37:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| Afternoon run.
Ran great north walk via pipeline to Fidden's Wharf return except back via stair climb. Solid run. Legs still jelly, struggling to recover. Getting scared of the lizards. We have a pair of big black yellow tailed cockatoos as local residents too. Really cool. | ||
| C • Cockatoos rule! Hope your hous... 1 | ||
Wednesday Nov 22 | ||
| Summer Series 38:00 [3]*** | |
| spiked:13/14c shoes: New Balance 872 OR | ||
| Stroll around picking up controls for the Summer Series. Even after the change came through sweating profusely. | ||
Tuesday Nov 21 | ||
| Gym 1:00:00 [3] | |
| In the local again. 30min cardio (20min rower) then core stuff. Hopefully wont get too sore this time like 2 weeks ago. | ||
| Run hills 20:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Nike flats | ||
| Cracker hill session with the Stingers. New hill, naming it Brokeback. (up road on ridge on north side Lane Cove river just upstream from weir)
6 hills, jog back recovery. No watch but think all between 2'20-2'22 Andy set the pace ahead, Ezy put in a cracker of a session completing 6. The Preston boys going through a bit of a lull (before the storm) | ||
| C • Nice work 3 | ||
| Run warm up/down 1:00:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Nike flats | ||
| long warm-up/cool-down. hurting after intervals. and hot. | ||
Monday Nov 20 | ||
| Run 40:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 | ||
| FRWD GPS
Run from Carlingford shops home. Trying to keep HR under 140, but couple of steep hills got it over. Was an easy recovery run, and with the force-feeding of insect protein there should be plenty of recovery going on. | ||
Sunday Nov 19 | ||
| Cycling 1:06:00 [3] | |
| (sick) | ||
| Was heading out for a long ride, or so I tell myself. But a bit out past Hornsby Westfield my front derailleur cable snapped. So turned around and limped the bike home. Guess I wasn't that disappointed. | ||
| C • big ring 20 | ||
| Run 51:00 [3] | |
| (sick) shoes: New Balance 872 OR | ||
| Was a slow, but felt solid run just to get some more training in. A bit after lunch so it was a bit of a killer hot run. Tired though.
A-League: Sydney FC 2 beat Adelaide United 1 The scoreline tells you what I am going to say. It was shit. What made it really shit though is that the ref had a cough or something and kept blowing his whistle (presumably by mistake) every few seconds. To make up for it he kept holding a yellow card up as if to call for a doctor or something. Optometrist may have been good. Scrappy game, bit of fighting, and a few that obviously look up to the guy Zinedine Zidane KO'd and were practising their flops. | ||
Saturday Nov 18 | ||
| Run long 1:35:00 [3]13.6 km (6:59 / km) +352m 6:11 / km | |
| ahr:146 max:183 (sick) shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| Frustrated by illness, just had to get out for a run. Not feeling great though and was pretty bloody slow considering the heart rates.
Max EPOC: 126 Effeciency 17.5 (included cos I reckon it will reflect the illness) Training Effect: 4.9 | ||
Thursday Nov 16 | ||
| Note | |
| (sick) (rest day) | ||
| Feeling quite shit again. Maybe shouldnt have run at all yesterday. Its a head cold, one that hangs around. | ||
Wednesday Nov 15 | ||
| Summer Series race 46:30 [3]*** 9.1 km (5:07 / km) +123m 4:47 / km | |
| ahr:150 spiked:25/26c (sick) shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 | ||
| FRWD GPS
Summer series - Haberfield Took it pretty easy since not feeling so well. Started with Mace but then shen went another way. Ran the last little bit a bit harder after I got a little too ambitious. Well down on points, but expected. Max EPOC: 159 Effeciency: 14.1 Training Effect: 5.0 | ||
Tuesday Nov 14 | ||
| Run 35:00 [3] | |
| (sick) shoes: Nike flats | ||
| Stinger's Training - Artarmon
Didnt join in intervals as not feeling so good. Just ran a couple of laps of the interval loop. | ||
Monday Nov 13 | ||
| Note | |
| (sick) (rest day) | ||
Sunday Nov 12 | ||
| Run long 1:30:00 [3] | |
| (sick) shoes: New Balance 872 OR | ||
| Longish run with Jules, Shep and Andy. Really felt under the weather. Think I'm gettting sick although a small hangover always confuses the issue.
From Jervis Bay village, some nice views. | ||
| C • EPOC 2 | ||
Saturday Nov 11 | ||
| Note | |
| I have a very sore throat. | ||
| C • Time of day. 5 | ||
| Run 55:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Creation 5 | ||
| Cruisy run with Andy around Crookhaven Heads (?). Felt good. | ||
Friday Nov 10 | ||
| Run 47:00 [3] | |
| shoes: New Balance 872 OR | ||
| Wentworth Falls
Actually first time I have been there. So awesome, cant believe I havent seen them before. Had an awesome run from te town down the falls and around a few lookouts... apart from having to crawl on a few paths to ensure I wouldnt trip and fall down the rather large cliffs. Woth John T. | ||
| Note | |
| U2 Concert
Can't not comment. It was awesome. After 2 days of listening to med students crap on about polymorphisms, viral vectors and acronyms of enzymes/genes I have never heard of, and academics crap on about research objectives, journal impact factors and grants (ie how its about research that makes money - not good research) the concert was a refreshing change. One of those moments in your life you just want to keep going although in hindsight you realise that would lessen the experience anyway. I was truly in awe of Bono and the power that he portrayed on stage, and created in the crowd. Telstra stadium was seriously bouncing. Not quite a life changing overwhelmed with goosebumps experience, but pretty bloody close. | ||
Thursday Nov 9 | ||
| Run 31:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| Easy jog from and around Leura Fairmont Resort. some nice views!!! Up for a conference, hopefully get in a bit of training. | ||
| Run long 2:11:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| FRWD GPS
Quite a cool run. Decided to ditch some conference seminars for a long run. Started a little slow and felt a bit tired but felt better and better as I went on. Until the last 20min crawl that is. Ran some cool tracks along the escarpment north of leura until I hit a spot just north of Leura Cascades and then dropped down into the valley. Knew it was going to be a tough climb out but figured it would be good for me. Nice run. Need to get up here for a big training weekend again some time. Max EPOC: Training Effect: | ||
Wednesday Nov 8 | ||
| Note | |
| (rest day) | ||
| was going to go to Sydney Summer Series but too tired | ||
Tuesday Nov 7 | ||
| Gym 1:10:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Nike flats | ||
| In the local. 40min cardio (20min row) then some core stuff mainly | ||
| C • buff? 3 | ||
| Run warm up/down 25:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Nike flats | ||
| Run hills 30:00 [5] | |
| shoes: Nike flats | ||
| FRWD GPS
Hill intervals with Stingers group (Andy, Phoebe, Jose and Josephine - Swede) Sydney Parks, so the usual, up one side then the other. We did 12, 6 each side. Good session for first half but then just couldnt keep going at same intensity and slowed a little. Andy powered on. He is in good shape! Finished last few quite strong, and hurt so much I couldnt talk for quite a bit. Really tough session. Max EPOC: Training Effect: | ||
Monday Nov 6 | ||
| Run (Paul Mac Loop) 35:00 [2] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 6 | ||
| easy jog around Marsfield and Mac uni. Felt good. | ||
| Note | |
| How funny was Southpark tonight????
HAHAHAHAAHA | ||
| C • CRACKER 3 | ||
Sunday Nov 5 | ||
| Run 1:33:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Mizuno Wave Creation 5 | ||
| Felt ok, tired as expected but not too tired.
Between (not including) concrete path and DeBurgh's Bridge have found 6 Lane Cove river corssings. Ran both sides of the creek the whole way although it gets a little messy in parts. Found myself doing a Robbie and clearing tracks up. Think my shoes are gone. | ||
| C • Concrete path 2 | ||
Saturday Nov 4 | ||
| Orienteering race (Turkey Trot) 1:37:15 [5]*** 20.7 km (4:42 / km) +239m 4:26 / km | |
| ahr:177 spiked:24/26c shoes: New Balance 872 OR | ||
| FRWD GPS
Ouch, this hurt. Started hard, and just didnt let up. Quite a bit of road running just meant it was faster and hurt more. Out foxed Robbie by using the traffic light timed stops to be credited with more time credits than him to claim 3rd overall. Should have won really tho, was with the winner (with more time credits) Andy at the last control. Hit the wall tho and then Robbie and Mounty ran over some uncrossable fences for a shortcut. It doesnt really matter in terms of this race, but the whole uncrossable fences thing bugs me. I dont know whether crossing an uncrossable fence is against the rules, but if not it should be. Uncrossable fences are there because either: the course-setter doesnt want people to go that way, they are generally accepted as just being physically uncrossable, attempts are putting yourself and therefore the organisers at risk, or the owners of the land dont want you to cross them. Max EPOC: 395 Training Effect: 5.0 | ||
| Run warm up/down 14:00 [2] | |
| shoes: New Balance 872 OR | ||
| C • Uncrossable 10 | ||
Thursday Nov 2 | ||
| Run 52:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Brooks Adrenaline GTS 5 | ||
| Easy Stingers training run from my place followed by swim | ||
Wednesday Nov 1 | ||
| Run 1:29:00 [3]13.2 km (6:45 / km) +362m 5:56 / km | |
| ahr:149 shoes: Puma Complete Trailfox | ||
| FRWD GPS
Morning run with Robbie - tick loop. Felt better as I went on, until I got home that is. Initially found a little tick on my stomach which wasnt too bad. couple of hours later I found this huge thing feeding on me. Efforts to take it off sent shooting pains down through my foot. A day later, there is a quite sensitive lump still and it feels like a very mild case of plantar facitis. weird, and not particularly pleasant. Max EPOC: 121 Training Effect: 4.8 | ||
| C • doctor??
3 | ||
| Summer Series 45:00 [5]*** 9 km (5:00 / km) +220m 4:27 / km | |
| ahr:171 spiked:35/36c shoes: Nike flats | ||
| FRWD GPS
Started well, caught Andy after 15min or so, 1 min - we had all the same controls. Then he dropped me. Kinda knew I was going a bit hard for current fitness... Andy won, I was 2nd. Max EPOC: 330 Training Effect: 5.0 | ||
| Run warm up/down 10:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Nike flats | ||
| Andy was going for a cool down and guilted me into joining him. | ||