Just Drills.

As tomorrow is SMC 10km race, today is an easy one.....but still hot! We got some good rain after yesterday's heat when it stormed in the late evening and hope there'll be more today.

I set off to Renwick soccer field for a drills only session. I ran the warm-up on the grass...hot! and used the shaded gravel path again for drills. All OK but came home with perspiration soaked shorts and top. I had an almost completely cold shower to recover....felt lovely! Now to rest and keep hydrated today for tomorrow.

15 minutes warn-up.

30 minutes drills.

About 3km.

Another Hot One!

I missed running yesterday thinking it was far too hot, but today was even hotter! I waited until around 4:p.m when thunder began to roll in and set out hoping to get caught & cool down in a nice shower of rain. It did rain but only for about a minute and it wasn't much cooler after. I needed the water I was carrying and as well had the good luck to be given a wonderfully cold glass of water by some people as I passed their property!

I ran on Diamond Fields Road hoping it would be cooler. It wasn't! But the run is done!

12km (upper aerobic).
AHR 75% : MHR 84%

Speed in the Shade.....

I used the gravel path that runs along the side of Renwick soccer field for today's shady, speedy session. Warm day, not too hot, nice breeze & plenty of shade.

2km warm-up on grass in the soccer field.

Drills 15 minutes on the path.

16 x 100m with slow jog back between each : 30 minutes.

Today's Distance 6km.

Recovery....

....from the heat. Today, cool breeze about 10 degrees down from yesterday. So you'd think I had an easy run. well, my legs felt bad; heavy; lethargic, walk breaks... etc. etc.. and on such a perfect day for running. A few drills to begin with. A few strides towards the end...to get back to the car quicker!

7km (program is 6km)
Old South Road.

AHR 68%; MHR 79%

Distance Today : 7km

Catching Up....

Four days to account for!

Friday and Saturday I didn't run at all. It was too darned hot!

Sunday : 10km 'easy' run.
I did this in the cool of late afternoon.

Monday : 12km

Hot day again...34 degrees. I waited until 5:00p.m before starting out today and it was still very hot. Thunder & lightning soon after, followed by a brief 30 seconds downpour. Lovely while it lasted, but not enough to cool the roads down; steamy conditions for the remainder of the run.

The Day Off.....

I took today instead of tomorrow as a rest day. I'm still feeling the aftermath of yesterday's session in the middle of the day heat. Silly girl! I should know better!

Tomorrow I'll do something short and easy before Sunday's longer run.

Horrible!

I couldn't get out before the heat and couldn't bear to think about late evening when I like to relax, so, stupidly out I went in the middle of the day, on a day when the temperature was 32 degrees! Some shade on Diamond Fields Road didn't seem to make much difference and it was a struggle just walking back to the car.

No need to say that I walked about half of the distance, stopping at a tap to splash water from head to toe and refill my bottle so as to keep pouring cold water on my head and neck on the return. I can't remember a run as horrible as this one! And tomorrow down to 22 degrees!

11.5km
AHR 114 (72%); MHR 132 (84%)...even when walking, heart rate was up.

A Horrible Walk/Run!

Leaden Legs!

Noting 'lucky' about how my legs felt this morning! I took Monday and Tuesday off because i was feeling very tired; does it really take that long to recover from a 5km race? Although I did, as Ewen noted, 'bust my guts' at Fisher's Ghost 5km race on Sunday. The older you get......etc. etc!

No wonder that I felt so awful for this morning's training which was:

13 minutes warm-up
13 minutes of drills & strides
30 minutes easy running, including 3 x 60 seconds uphill/jog down.

It was very hot & I was glad to finish, go home, shower and lie down....again! The enticement to putting my feet up in the afternoon is that I'm reading another of Reginald Hill's crime novels, "Under World", and I can't wait to see how it finishes!

There goes the housework for another day! They say housework can't kill you.....but why take a chance!

Today: 6km