Looks Like a Fresh Start!

 The Shoes and The Track!

The track at Chev was in a miserable condition after days of rain, but not daunted too much by that, I started Workout #1, worried more by how or if my knee was going to take to a fairly hard session, especially since it's the first since September 2010!


Well, my knee was so good I could have hugged it at the finish except it was too far to bend down! Here then is due a huge thanks to the comments left on my blog when I was really down, down in the dumps, not seeing a way to run again.  Now, I think I'm on the way back!


The rain held off while I did the session but it was humid, fairly windy and the grounds like a quagmire.   Here is how the workout went...the only thing that hurt was having Virtual Partner win every 400m repeat, but let him have his day of glory while he can!


Workout #1 Track: 
10-20 min warm-up
12 x 400m each in 2:20  (5:50 pace) 90 sec recoveries.
10 min cool-down.

I did 15 min easy jog warm-up
12 x 400m
10 min cool-down walking.
A few stretches.

  Time/Pace; HR Min & Max

2:32/6:18;    129/142 (81-89%)
2:31/6:15;    123/139 (77-88%)
2:37/6:28;    123/140 (77-88%)
2:33/6:15;    123/138 (77-87%)
2:29/6:06;    123/138 (77-87%)
2:34/6:21;    122/141 (77-87%)
2:31/6:13;    126/141 (79-89%)
2:27/6:00;    129/148 (81-93%)
2:27/6:00;    127/147 (80-93%)
2:30/6:11;    125/146 (79-93%)
2:28/6:00;    127/148 (80-93%)
2:28/6:02;    128/147 (81-93%)


Not the best times but who cares today?  Not me!  That I completed the workout as best I could and with no knee trouble is more than enough...for now!  These cheap BigW aqua shoes are great for running on grass as well as in the pool!  Today though, after two repeats they were so clogged with grass and water, I removed them and ran barefoot.

I'm so pleased this evening and feel that I just might get back to competing again.  I'd love it to be in time for the new Canberra Marathon in April, though I'd only be running the Half, if I can make up for four months of lost time and with no more setbacks!   Today was a good day!

Tomorrow, cross-training will be more pool running.

What a long post!
Edit: Have just seen the floods in Q'ld on TV.  I feel so sad for those affected.