Training Log Archive: Bruce

Easy run up the river to Eaglemont Flats, and back on the single tracks on the other side.

Fawkner Park recovery run. My legs felt pretty tired for the duration, but I felt better at the end than the start.
It was a glorious day outside in Melbourne this afternoon. It's too nice to go back to the office.

6x500m intervals, 90 sec recoveries.
1. 39, 1.31, 1.31, 1.31, 1.30, 1.29
Then a jog up to the children's garden to see Anne and the kids at playgroup. I was thinking of offering to stay there for the afternoon and send Anne back to work!

Street O at Bulleen.
Probably my fastest street o of the season, because I had to work for the win.
I was kind of looking for an easier run after a lunch time interval session, but there was a lot of good quality runners tonight. David Kipp was moving well, and Tony Bird was in form and trying hard. David and I headed off on the same route at sub 4m/km pace right from the start. We then met Birdman at the third, and the pace increased. I ran on to the back of Birdman and sat on him for a few controls while and we dropped David.
I then planned a careful route avoiding most of the big climbs in Bulleen, and deviated on a different course from the Birdman.
As the win was no certainty, I had to push hard for the rest of the course. I won by 1 minute to David, and about 2 minutes to Birdman. I'm still not sure if my route was significantly better, or if I was just able to hold the pace better through to the end.

Moderate intensity run with a few surges on the hills. 4 Airlie St hills and 2 killer loops. I felt good and went to the front with 2 others on the hills and put in quite a gap. We then had to wait for the pack to catch up again after the hills.

3 x 2000m intervals at approx 5km race pace. 2min recoveries.
7:04 (uphill)
6:38 (downhill)
7:01 (undulating)
It was quite hard work! I was about 6th in the pack for the first, but finished 4th and 4th as a few others at my speed tired.

Monday night run at Liggo's to celebrate his 40th.
I was the only under 35 at training tonight, but the quality was good. With Warren getting keen again, and Easter fast approaching, the speed was on tonight. Many hills and a fast pace made it a good quality session tonight.

A hilly run around Kew up and down every hill that I could find.
I looked for Liggo kayaking on the Yarra, but I couldn't see him. He's either improved his skills and had taken off upstream, or had sunk to the bottom of the river.
I then spent a few hours at the pool with the kids, where the cool water helped my legs recover.