Monday, February 13, 2006
Long Ride (2 hours) and Long Run (7K)
mmm...the blogging and the weekend!
Saturday
I got up and took gertrude for a big ride (2 hours) around newcastle including some nasty hills...gotta tell you though after riding around on hilary, getting back to riding upright as well as the heavier bike was very hard work. In addition to this though i was getting my period (sorry if boys are reading this...no wait, thats right noone reads it :)) and always really struggle at that time of the month. Stopped at one point and bought some powerade, it was probably about 45 minutes in and then i felt heaps better. I also forgot to eat before going which i dont think helped me out. Scoffed a banana as soon as i got home though, and my head stopped spinning a little bit. took cooper for a walk along the foreshore and up to newcastle beach and thought about running. Promptly stopped thinking about it though :)
Sunday
Got up and did a 1hour running session...i think i covered about 7k which is really slow but that was kinda the purpose. I didnt feel too bad at the end, and hit some fairly nasty headwinds as i was running about. Was tempted to push it further except that i knew i had a lunch date which i needed to get to...mmm lunch :) its strange though, i was running what seemed like faster than i have been which may have something to do with the whole, getting to be able to run better thing, but i am not actually runnign faster if that makes sense...maybe its just feeling easier...i am not really even getting puffed anymore...does this mean that i need to pick up the pace, and make my body work more? maybe i should do a couple of speed sessions this week....i hate running, but i am getting to hate it less :)
have also found that like my swiming, running has a psychological component. The first k of my run, my legs hurt, i feel like i am going to die and cant go on. i hit the 1k and 1 step mark and i recover and hit my rhythm and dont feel any more pain until the 6k mark....i am the same in swimming, where the first 500m are hell and then after that i can swim forever....its funny though, when i am racing, i jump in the pool and swim in the most relaxed fashion, but still hit rhytm really quickly, now why cant i do that in training.
i then went down to syd and had alot of fun. i like dates. :) and gelato...its my new passion ! mmmm...almost overtaking the cookies and cream with cookie dough...almost :P
Monday
I layed around the house as i didnt get to bed until 6am..had a couple of hours sleep and then up i was again...i swear i will train today...i even packed the swim gear and running clothes in the car...you know i will....i migth head straight to the beach this arv and do some running and then have a swim at the baths...doesnt that sound nice? it will happen damnit..stop looking at me like that :)
on unrelated news, i managed to hand something to my supervisor. it was crap. but handed nonetheless. :)
maybe it really is going to be a new year...
i wrote my timetable last week and i actually have a fraction more spare time than i thought i did.
Have also decided to do the loop the lake (www.loopthelake.com.au) 50k leg on the 12th of march! now doesnt that sound like fun, and i will even get a shirt :)
Saturday
I got up and took gertrude for a big ride (2 hours) around newcastle including some nasty hills...gotta tell you though after riding around on hilary, getting back to riding upright as well as the heavier bike was very hard work. In addition to this though i was getting my period (sorry if boys are reading this...no wait, thats right noone reads it :)) and always really struggle at that time of the month. Stopped at one point and bought some powerade, it was probably about 45 minutes in and then i felt heaps better. I also forgot to eat before going which i dont think helped me out. Scoffed a banana as soon as i got home though, and my head stopped spinning a little bit. took cooper for a walk along the foreshore and up to newcastle beach and thought about running. Promptly stopped thinking about it though :)
Sunday
Got up and did a 1hour running session...i think i covered about 7k which is really slow but that was kinda the purpose. I didnt feel too bad at the end, and hit some fairly nasty headwinds as i was running about. Was tempted to push it further except that i knew i had a lunch date which i needed to get to...mmm lunch :) its strange though, i was running what seemed like faster than i have been which may have something to do with the whole, getting to be able to run better thing, but i am not actually runnign faster if that makes sense...maybe its just feeling easier...i am not really even getting puffed anymore...does this mean that i need to pick up the pace, and make my body work more? maybe i should do a couple of speed sessions this week....i hate running, but i am getting to hate it less :)
have also found that like my swiming, running has a psychological component. The first k of my run, my legs hurt, i feel like i am going to die and cant go on. i hit the 1k and 1 step mark and i recover and hit my rhythm and dont feel any more pain until the 6k mark....i am the same in swimming, where the first 500m are hell and then after that i can swim forever....its funny though, when i am racing, i jump in the pool and swim in the most relaxed fashion, but still hit rhytm really quickly, now why cant i do that in training.
i then went down to syd and had alot of fun. i like dates. :) and gelato...its my new passion ! mmmm...almost overtaking the cookies and cream with cookie dough...almost :P
Monday
I layed around the house as i didnt get to bed until 6am..had a couple of hours sleep and then up i was again...i swear i will train today...i even packed the swim gear and running clothes in the car...you know i will....i migth head straight to the beach this arv and do some running and then have a swim at the baths...doesnt that sound nice? it will happen damnit..stop looking at me like that :)
on unrelated news, i managed to hand something to my supervisor. it was crap. but handed nonetheless. :)
maybe it really is going to be a new year...
i wrote my timetable last week and i actually have a fraction more spare time than i thought i did.
Have also decided to do the loop the lake (www.loopthelake.com.au) 50k leg on the 12th of march! now doesnt that sound like fun, and i will even get a shirt :)
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Ah, my fellow pool lover is back blogging again. Good to see you had a big weekend - although eating something before a big ride is something I learnt a long time ago, because of a similar experience to yours. I've found that it's amazing just how much energy you need to keep yourself moving on a bike.
BTW - have you tried going to www.bloglines.com ? It allows you to keep up to date with other blogs very easily - which should in turn allow others to more easily keep up to date with you too! Would be nice to ensure that others are getting to share in your training :)
BTW - have you tried going to www.bloglines.com ? It allows you to keep up to date with other blogs very easily - which should in turn allow others to more easily keep up to date with you too! Would be nice to ensure that others are getting to share in your training :)
oh and by the way, I've just added your running blog to the Cool Running Blog Teams (Team K)
http://www.coolrunning.com.au/runningguide/arg.php?pagename=Main.RunningBlogGuide
Now, you'll feel a proper part of the CR blogging family :)
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