Training Log Archive: liggo

Cycling to street O and back home

Street O. Usual debacle. Tagged along with Bruce for the first 2/3 of the course but was starting to fall off the back a smidge on the hills so used this as an excuse for a leak as my bladder was exploding. Proceeded to get 18 controls when I only needed 17 and finished miles behind as a result.

Ran with Bruce's lunchtime group. They are all fast, lean, and focussed on upcoming races. I am old and slow and focussed on upcoming lunches.

Struggled today especially on the hills, although in my defence
(a) it was pretty warm and I don't like warm
(b) haven't had a day training off for 2 weeks now and am beginnning to feel it
(c) those 2:45 mile intervals yesterday evening really took it out of me.

Ride to work. Thought I'd attempt the Swanston St option for the last bit. Between tour buses, trams and tree pruning it was a disaster. Won't try that again.

Run home with 4x1km at the loop. Didn't have my watch so don't know times. Probably about 2.45-2.50 or so. Walked 200m between intervals.

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Various bits of cycling including to work and home

First street O for a year, and a debacle. First I couldn't find where it started, so when I turned up they were basically handing out the maps. Within about 1 minute of starting I'd already made my first error for the year, following some others up the wrong street. I knew it was the wrong one but followed them anyway. 30 second error. Everything went fine after that although I missed seeing a little track through the OOB which cost maybe 10 seconds. Somewhat surprised to get back 2.5 minutes before everyone else. Mystery was revealed when I realised I'd completely forgotten to get 1 control, which probably would have taken about 2.51 minutes to get.

Happy to break down below the 70kg barrier today. Only another 10kg to go.

Broken run interrupted by phone call and 2 toilet breaks. Did a few ks at 30secs on/15 seconds off.

Ride to work.

Monday night run. Longer than usual. Ate too much lasagna afterwards.

The "Brucey Arthur house of pain" run. Bruce smashed Reuben and I up and down the (muddy and wet) river and streets of Kew.

Down beach road. Strange ride. A little wet overnight so there were stacks of people by the side of the road fixing punctures. Counted 8 by the end of the ride. Almost wiped out by Collingwood footballer talking on mobile phone and driving silver ford with number plate ??? 350 returning from water wading down at middle park. Also, some nut case tried to talk to me while I was waiting for the lights to change. First he asked if I was training for Beijing, then if I 'lived alone'. Told him my live-in partner Reuben was a boxer. Well, I should have anyway.

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Evening run. Legs pretty trashed from morning. Almost stopped and walked a couple of times.

Lunch time run round the tan. I don't like running at lunch much but hard to get going in the morning these days.

Ride to work. Fixed seat but headset still shaky

Run home including 4*1km with 2 min rest round the road bike crit circuit loop in studley park. I think its 1km - if not its very very close. 3:38, 3:24, 3:23, 3:22.

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Ride home. Was going to do more but apparantly some dwarf stole my bike during the day and lowered the seat before returning it, so it was really uncomfotrable riding. Plus, my headset is loose.

Run from Bondi to Clovelly and back via the coastal path.

Stinking hot again. Couldn't sleep so got up early and went round the tan.

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Very easy run home with 4x800m at a slightly less easy tempo than the rest of it. Stinking hot and it took about 40 minutes to stop sweating afterwards

Cycling up and down the boulevard

Ride to work. Discovered that my new work has free breakfasts (muesli, weetbix) and free drinks (beer, wine etc) after 6 pm every day. I think I'm going to enjoy it...

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Run home. Calves still sore but appear manageable.
Not sure where the chef was tonight. Had to fix my own dinner.

Slow jog after being shattered by first day back at work. Achilles/calf sore.

Long run with Roobs, Bruce and Blair (who was running for something like 6 hours). Calves/achilles pretty sore for last 50 minutes or so.

Too hot to do anything except watch the cricket and play poker.

Suffered.

Dragged myself out for an early morning run before it got too hot

Another perfect evening for a ride. Up and down the boulevarde with Roobs. Thought my legs would protest but actually felt pretty good.

Down beach road. Copped every orange light in town.

Usual loop with Reubster. He put the hurt on for 10-15 minutes but I managed to hold on. Just.

Nude run with Jase, Reubs and Tom Walt up to the end of the street, then turn around and back to the highway, before back home. Passed through a large group of revellers on the road and gained a mixed reception. Also had to go past a car idling by the side of the road with lights on top. Fortunately it was only a taxi.

After an afternoon nap rode out into the hills with Reuben. Compulsory stop at the Alfa showroom on the way.