Sunday Dec 30 |
 | Running long 1:30:00 [3] 17 km (5:18 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gt 2120 III |
| Long run with ACTRun crowd over majura & ainslie. Back was pretty sore by the end of this run -- not my normal pain but another one which I get occasionally. Will necessitate a few days off... |
Saturday Dec 29 |
| Running warm up/down 20:00 [2] 4 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics DS Trainer II |
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| Running hills 21:00 [4] 5 km (4:12 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics DS Trainer II |
| Hardest run of the year (mentally, that is) because it was my first run under coffee detox conditions. Did my 5-hills session on aranda hill. pippa came along, but suffered a bit in the heat.
Coffee detox is a slightly different plan to normal. Instead of going cold turkey, I am doing a few days with only 1 coffee per day, and then going down to zero for a week. At the moment the strategy is failing -- the step to 1 coffee per day is just as hard as cold turkey; and then I'm going to have to go down another step tomorrow. Dreading it. |
Friday Dec 28 |
| Running 40:00 [2] 8 km (5:00 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gt 2120 III |
| Ran around classic loop with Pippa in the afternoon. Had planned to run in the morning, but couldn't get out of bed ... |
Wednesday Dec 26 |
| Running 1:15:00 [4] 14 km (5:21 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gt 2120 III |
| Solid run with Velcro, Puffy & Martin Fryer around Dairy Farmers. We started a bit late, and it got hot pretty quickly, particularly with the lack of shade. Did a few hill surges on some of the steeper climbs, and ran a bit longer and harder than planned.
Felt pretty bad in the last 10 minutes of this run, and when I got home it only got worse. Flaked out for the day, watching the boxing day test while natalie worked in the garden and looked after the baby. Started to feel better around stumps... |
Tuesday Dec 25 |
| Running 25:00 [1] 4 km (6:15 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gt 2120 III |
| Easy xmas day run with the family. Still felt tired - Nat had to help push Ella on the hills. |
Monday Dec 24 |
| Running 35:00 [2] 6 km (5:50 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gt 2120 III |
| Morning run with Pippa. We went up Mt Painter from the Eastern side. I thought it would be lush and grassy after the recent rain -- but actually it was just full of thistles. It got so bad I had to pick pippa up & carry her at one stage!! |