Training Log Archive: gingerfox

Easy run along maribyrnong trail.

20 min core routine

Long run along the maribyrnong trail. Started at about 4.30pm so just before it got dark. It's an easy trail to run on in the dark - it's a light gravelly colour and you can see it for the most part without a torch at all.

Legs felt slightly heavy quite early on but never seemed to get any worse throughout the run. I was a little nervous about my calf giving me a bit more grief but that was completely fine.

Easy recovery run with strides & form drills

20 min core routine

Treadmill run at 8:30/mile, every half mile increasing the incline to 6% for a minute then back down to flat.

Decided to take a rest day yesterday as my left calf was still niggling me a bit. Felt 100% fine today though so did the run. Got a couple of slight twinges on the uphills but nothing lasting and it feels fine again now, so hopefully it's on it's way out.

warm up & cool down with 4x1mile intervals @ 7:00 pace/2 min jog rest.

This was tougher to pace than usually - there were really strong winds out there so running into the wind was tough. I tried to do roughly half into and half with the wind and aim for an average of 7.

Avg paces were:

1: 7:15 (didn't know how strong the wind was till I turned into it!)
2: 6:59
3: 6:58
4: 6:55

50mins of weights. A bit of everything upper body (resting the legs today!) but mainly back.

10 mins warm up on the rowing machine before the weights