Monday Dec 31 |
 | Running 1:36:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Up at 6am today to try and beat the heat but was still uncomfortably warm and sticky running by the river. Ran out to Gateway island and did two loops of the walking track, didn't think I could handle any hills today. Back to Wagga for a hot New Years, meant to be 38 degrees, yuk!! |
Sunday Dec 30 |
| Running 55:15 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Didnt have much energy this morning after a late night out and an even worse sleep. Was just happy to get the run out of the way before it got too hot. |
Saturday Dec 29 |
| Running 1:07:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Gateway loop from Trents place. Summer has finally arrived... argh, thankfully went for my run in the morning. However didnt exactly have the best day afterwards, managed to lock myself out of the flat (which included my car keys, i was leaving to go into town for lunch), so ended up having to walk into town and back in the uncomfortable heat.. wasn't happy and didn't have the energy to go riding in the arvo |
Friday Dec 28 |
| Running 45:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Run from Trents place, hadn't planned on going for this long but I got a bit lost. Went over to the highway and then south towards the centre of town, ran over some weird looking bridge over the highway and then took a couple of wrong turns and found myself in an industrial type area, ended up crossing the main drag (thankfully it was still pretty early so there weren't many people out shopping yet) before I finally got back on track
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| Cycling (Mtb) 1:20:00 [3] | |
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| Brought my mountain bike down for the few days in Albury (Trents working all weekend so I have to entertain myself somehow), went for a bit of an explore in the afternoon, nothing really exciting. Will have to have more of a plan tomorrow and put some sunscreen on... oops!! |
Thursday Dec 27 |
| Running 1:06:00 [3] 13 km (5:05 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| I think the cool weather is coming to an end.... was already quite warm at 9am, apparently its meant to be 41 in Wagga on New Years eve, ouch!! Feeling a lot better that yesterday. Off to the physio again and then down to Albury until Monday |
Wednesday Dec 26 |
| Cycling (Road) 1:12:00 [3] | |
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| Ventured out on a longish morning cycle on my new bike. Out along Plumpton and then Gregadoo Rd to Elizabeth Ave and then came back. It seems to be the route for a lot of Wagga cyclists as a number of them zoomed past me (in both direction). First investment will be some cycle shorts, was a bit saddle sore when I got home.
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| C • good week! 2 |
| Running 49:20 [3] 10 km (4:56 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Not really sure what inspired me to go for a run, couldn't have been the grazing on Christmas day left overs which I seemed to be doing all day, felt like crap and it was starting to warm up which made me feel worse cos I forgot to take water with me |
Tuesday Dec 25 |
| Running 50:15 [3] 10 km (5:02 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| First Chrissy run without Dad in a few years, however he did meet me on the other side of Lake Albert (on his bike) and kept me company on the last half of the run (made the run a lot harder as I was trying to keep up with him and chat at the same time)
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| Cycling (Road) 35:00 [3] | |
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| After a long day of eating and drinking I decided it to take my new bike for a test ride. Santa brought me my first road bike, after a few morning spins up and down the street I ventured out to Springvale. Took a little bit to get used to but I'm looking forward to a longer ride tomorrow. |
Monday Dec 24 |
| Running 2:00:00 [3] 23 km (5:13 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Nice morning long run on the Wiradjuri track. Was going well until I got to the Kapooka rail underpass (little brick tunnel under the railway track), forgot just how small the tunnel was and managed to hit my head on the roof, hurt quite a bit, had to stop for a little. Then suffered another knock, this time on my shin when going through the gate out of the City Golf Course, the gate used to spin really easily but I ran straight into it today. Felt ok apart from my stupidness |
Sunday Dec 23 |
| Running 1:15:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Loving this cool weather, means I can sleep in longer!! Had planned on just doing my normal Willans run but was feeling very energetic (not anymore I must say), so did two laps, tried to push it hard up the hills. Really tired now |
Saturday Dec 22 |
| Running 58:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| A bit of a random run, was horribly windy so just wanted to go north-south!! Went down Plumpton Rd, got soaked just after Llyods Rd, kept going til it turned dirt then turned back home. Decided to add a bit extra so went up Red Hill and back home along Tamar.
Had planned on going cycling in the arvo, but ended up helping Trent and his Dad painting the house |
Friday Dec 21 |
| Running 1:16:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Was in no hurry to get to work today so opted for a longer morning run than usual. Nice and humid after yesterdays rain thou
Last day of work... two weeks off, yay!!
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| Cycling (Mtb) 1:00:00 [3] | |
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| Just missed the storm.... Left work at 3.30 and was out riding by 3.50, horribly windy for most of it and of course started to rain when I was furthest away from home!! |
Thursday Dec 20 |
| Running 51:20 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Morning plod around the lake in the rain, felt very heavy and slow. Sports massage at lunch has hopefully loosened me up |
Wednesday Dec 19 |
| Running 38:20 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Struggled to get out of bed this morning, but was glad I did. Sprinkled with rain for most of the run.
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| Running 48:20 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Willans Hill run, nice and humid afternoon!! More inspections today, this time at Sheahan Bridge, was so tired by the time I got out to site (at 9am!!), thankfully FRH have been spending their $78 Million wisely.... on a fancy coffee machine - kept me awake!! |
Tuesday Dec 18 |
| Running 50:30 [3] 10 km (5:03 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Morn lap of the Lake. First time running with my orthotics, lasted 20mins before I had to take them out, got some nice blisters now!! Felt good running with them but will have to ease my way into it.
Had planned on doing intervals after work but after a 4 hour inspection of the Coolac bypass (I loss count of how many times I got in and out of the 4wd to look at culverts, not good with steel cap boots on and blisters!!) plus a meeting afterwards, got home at 6 and was too tired. |
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| C • orthotics 2 |
Monday Dec 17 |
| Running 49:30 [3] 10 km (4:57 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Lap of Lake Albert, plus there and back from home. Started off a bit slow but managed to pick it up a bit towards the end. |
Sunday Dec 16 |
| Cycling (Mtb) 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Felt surprisingly good after last night many drinks, thou was pretty tired after the drive back to Wagga. Went out for a ride after the rain stopped and came home nicely splattered with mud, had fun thou! |
Saturday Dec 15 |
| Running 1:35:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Really enjoying these non-summer weather conditions!! Morning long over Plumpton Hill and out to the Glen and then home. Off to Albury in the arvo for Trents work chrissy party tonight |
Friday Dec 14 |
| Running 38:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| East plod around Lake Albert, was feeling very tired after my work chrissy party the night before and full from a big lunch time countery, gotta love christmas... |
Thursday Dec 13 |
| Running 1:15:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Longer than usual morning run, out to Plumpton Hill and back, nice and slow
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| Running 26:00 [4] 5.5 km (4:44 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Lap of the Lake, slower than my previous efforts but was pretty tired from the mornings run. |
Wednesday Dec 12 |
| Running 48:30 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Arvo Willans run. My mind wasn't really on running today (except for when I heard russling in the long grass!!) Had just spent a good chunk of the afternoon at real estate agents and doing house drive bys.. so had a bit to think about |
Tuesday Dec 11 |
| Running 51:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| It was rather chilly this morning which took me by surprise, but great running conditions. Full lap of the lake.
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| Running intervals 40:00 [5] 7.8 km (5:08 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| First interval session in a long time. Went back to the cycle track, which has been re-surfaced since I was last there, so all the distances were legiable.
Pyramid session 2 x 100, 2 x 200, 2 x 400, 2 x 800 and back down, with a 100m recovery between intervals, plus 1km warm up and cool down. It hurt, my lack of speed showed in my times, I have a bit of work to do |
Monday Dec 10 |
| Cycling (Mtb) 1:15:00 [3] | |
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| Arvo round Wagga cycle |
Sunday Dec 9 |
| Orienteering (Wagga Xmas Run) 8:27 [4] 1.5 km (5:38 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Thought I was feeling too good yesterday afternoon after my long morning run, woke up with very sore hamstrings. Had our club Xmas run at CSU this morning (on the NSW Sprint map from earlier this year). After a warm up felt ok. No mistakes, however I do know the area pretty well
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| Orienteering (Wagga Xmas run) 11:21 [4] 2 km (5:40 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Second loop at the Uni
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| Swimming 21:30 [3] | |
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| Headed over the hill to the uni pool after o'ing, not really sure if I was meant to be using it since I haven't been a student for 3 years, but noone was there to tell me not too. Not sure how long the pool is, its either 30m or 35m, and once again was a struggle. Had the pool to myself thou. |
Saturday Dec 8 |
| Running 2:00:00 [3] 23 km (5:13 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| My first 2 hour run in over a year. Took it steady and felt really good, the best part thou was my hip didn't hurt at all, yippeeee!!!
Did part of the Wiradjuri walking track again, from home over Red Hill and then out to Silverlite via Kapooka then up Pomingalarna. Stopped for a short breather at the top and then ran down and through the golf course to Flowerdale Lagoon, hadn't run on the southern most part of this track before and was freaking out everytime I heard a russle in the long grass. Decided to go down Moorong St instead of down to the River and then past the Beach to the Tourist info centre where Dad picked me up. |
Friday Dec 7 |
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| Alarm went off too early today, decided it was a good time to have a rest day. Went for a walk in the arvo with Dad, I was testing out my orthotics and he was testing out his knee, reckoned he wouldnt be able to walk very fast but managed to jog a couple of steps |
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| C • jog 1 |
Thursday Dec 6 |
| Running 51:05 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Morning full lap of the Lake, still felt asleep for most of it.
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| Orienteering (Summer Series) 38:40 [4] 8 km (4:50 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Kooringal street score event. Wasn't really in the running mood this arvo and was well under the 45min time limit. Lots of in and outs of small streets, got to one control and the question was 'what colour is the garage door'.... I stood there for a few seconds until I realised the garage door was up and had to take a punt, first time thats happened. Dropped my pencil as well so had to remember the last few answers.
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| C • Kooringal 3 |
Wednesday Dec 5 |
| Running 1:08:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Felt like I was running on the spot this morning, very slow... maybe it was due to the Indian I had last night. By the end was glad I ran so slow. Physio this morn, finally got my orthotics (after discovering one leg is longer than the other, I have a funky wedge as well) they feel very weird, just have to wear them walking for a couple of hours each day and then prob in 2 weeks start running with them.
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| Running 24:51 [4] 5.5 km (4:31 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Felt surprisingly motivated after work for another run, thought id test myself with another lap of the lake. Felt pretty good cept the wind blowing off the lake and blowing me around. Surprised to go under 25mins, really need to work on my speed (or lack of!) |
Tuesday Dec 4 |
| Running 48:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Decided to risk it and do my Willans run today, its my fav and have been missing it!! Was glad I did, no pain at all in my hip, even on the downhills!! Yippee!! Warming up again thou, must remember to take water next time |
Monday Dec 3 |
| Cycling (Mtb) 1:05:00 [3] | |
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| Looked like I was going to be in for a wet and windy cycle this arvo, big storm clouds brewing over town and rain on the drive home... but as always the rain stopped about 10mins into my ride. Wore my new bright yellow cycling jacket, think I ended up more wet on the inside than out, damn thing doesn't breathe!! |
Sunday Dec 2 |
| Running 1:15:00 [3] | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Morning run to Plumpton Hill and back, longest run in a couple of weeks, had really wanted to do 90mins but not confident in pushing my hip too much yet, maybe next weekend.
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| Swimming 30:00 [3] | |
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| Decided it was time to get back to the pool, my lack of swimming showed I felt so uncoordinated!! Thought about doing laps in the outdoor 50m pool but there were too many people using it so opted for the indoor 25m (less people to see me struggle!) Did 1km of freestyle and 250m of breast stroke. |
Saturday Dec 1 |
| Cycling (Mtb) 1:22:00 [3] | |
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| Not usually keen on morning cycles but wasn't in a running mood this morning. Headed out along Gregadoo Rd went to Elisabeth Ave and then came back. Glad I didn't have breakie before I went as I prob would have brought it back up, on my way back saw a poor Kangaroo which had been hit by a car or something, its hind legs were covered in blood and it was trying to get through a barb wire fence, looked so distressed, I wasn't sure what to do :(
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| Running 24:40 [4] 5.5 km (4:29 / km) | |
| shoes: Asics Gel Kayano 13 (2) |
| Lap of Lake Albert in the arvo. Trent came along for his first run in a long time, but did pretty well. Not too hot which was good and hip didn't hurt at all, yay!! |