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<p>Felt well enough to go for a run today - decided that 3km was not worth shit, so went for 5km without pushing it, and completed it in 28:15</p>
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<p>Think this is the go for weekends. Just get out there and put miles into the legs, and next weekend I might extend to 10km. </p>
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<p>Another run today while working from home. Was going to do 5km, having looked outside and decided it was cool and windy enough for long sleeve gear.</p>
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<p>Big fucking mistake. Started to overheat a couple of km in and quit at 3km because I was getting a headache - 17:36 is a pretty awful time, but at least it goes into the distance bank.</p>
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<p>Tried to record the walk home but the fucking GPS on my phone was being a fluffybunny.</p> -
Karate Tuesday was a bit brief due to the focus on the white belts who were grading the next night.<br /><br />Run yesterday after I got home from work - 4 km in 22 minutes even @ 5:30/km was OK as I seek to put some miles into the legs. Weight still high 90s though
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4 km into today's run, the app decided to crash. Well, 4.12 km to be precise; at least it had the good grace to crash after a regular upload.
Restarted after a hundred metres and did another 2.7 km, so about 7 km in about forty minutes.
Just under six weeks until City 2 Surf.
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<p>10 km run in 58:26. Each km worked out as follows:</p>
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<p>5:16 - started strong!</p>
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<p>Happy with that given I haven't run 10 since August 2 last year (did that in 54:46 which was a PB ... )</p>
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<p>I'm not too worried about pace right now, just endurance. Reckon if I stick to 10 km once per week with a couple of 5 km+ in there I'll be ok for City 2 Surf.</p>
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<p>One thing I can't cater for though is the effect of Heartbreak Hill. THAT will be interesting.</p> -
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Happy with that given I haven't run 10 since August 2 last year (did that in 54:46 which was a PB ... )<br /></p></blockquote>
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I was 92 kg when I did that PB. Makes it easier I reckon ;)<br />
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I was 92 kg when I did that PB. Makes it easier I reckon ;)</p>
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<p>Fucking aye! Power to weight would be better and chances are you'd have more cardio base too.</p> -
Constipated from alcohol, rich food, and not enough water - a weekend away on wine country will do that to you. Plus dealing with the flooded house has been a riot... Those dehumidifiers are sucking the water out of the air and my will to live!
But I tried it for a run because it's sub-five weeks to C2S. Struggled to 3km in 16:50. Time to get serious as I'm 101 kg now and will hurt myself trying 14 km in this kind of shape
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Run this morning - was going to be 5 km but the app crashed then the phone restarted so fuck that. About 4.5 km in 22:10.<br /><br />I figured out i actually miss morning run. Gets it out of the way and it really is the best time of day to be awake. Before the dickheads start moving around.
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<p>So, just under 4 weeks to go until City2Surf, and commenced the countdown with a 5km run just after 6AM. It was fucking cold - weather station up the road says -1 but was probably around 0 where I was. I go from suburban streets down into a bike path near a creek and it dropped a little further there. Jeez!</p>
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<p>Individual kilometres:</p>
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<p>5:26</p>
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<p>Total of around 26:50 which is sub-27 for the first time in a while over that distance. Concentrated on a strong finish after a fairly casual start.</p> -
Finally got off my fat arse to do a bit of body weight. Circuit of the following:<br /><br />5 pull ups neutral grip<br />10 push ups<br />10 tuck jumps<br /><br />Ran 4 of those with one minute breaks and I was stuffed. Sooooo unfit and had enough after just over 8 minutes.
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5 km run tonight after I got home from work. One of those days where I felt mentally cloudy and thought a good run could fix that right up. I was right!<br /><br />Km markers were:<br /><br />5:14<br />5:30<br />5:47<br />5:42<br />5:18<br /><br />Tried to go out hard to get the anaerobic bit out of the way but the second and third km finished with uphill sections. Last km I grunted it out because I wanted to try and get average 5:30. Missed it by 1 second!<br /><br />Really got to find the willpower to run it again on Friday so I can set myself up going into the last 16 days with a few more klicks under the belt, including two x 10km minimums. <br /><br />It's a 14 km race so realistically the average paces are:<br /><br />5:30 = 77 minutes<br />6:00 = 84 minutes<br /><br />Happy to land somewhere between those two
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<p>Right - the big race tomorrow and besides shifting new furniture into the place after the carpet was installed, I've not done much in the way of distance running.</p>
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<p>This will probably suck, especially as I had to go see the doc about the old downstairs issues again this week. Well, it'll be ticked off the list in about 15 hours.</p> -
No idea what my time was because the app kept shitting itself - should have just run a stopwatch on my phone I guess. <br /><br />Anyway, probably about an hour and a half which is disappointing but I had underestimated how much speed I'd lose running in such a big group. <br /><br />That Heartbreak Hill is a right fluffybunny.
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Yeah you've got to get qualified for the leading groups if you want to run fast. I ran in the yellow group and it was all shapes and sizes with prams and shit thrown in! Drink stations were a bit of a nightmare too.<br /><br />Anyway, it's ticked off the bucket list and now I can move onto spring training and short runs for explosive speed. Assuming to do a 4 minute kilometre as a starting point