The Week As It Happened..........

Aerobic Running : i.e. no higher than 75% of MHR

Sunday :         9km @ AHR 74%..Renwick
Monday:         6km @ AHR  78% ..Renwick
Tuesday:         5km....forgot HR strap!  Diamond Fields Road = hills!
Wednesday:    1 Set Magill Drills  +  6km @ AHR 75%...Renwick
Thursday:       4km @ AHR 73%....light, misty rain....very nice!
Friday:            7km @ AHR 73%...Diamond Fields Road = hills!
Saturday:        4km @ AHR 75%...Renwick.

Made it through one full week!     41km
 
  

Starting All Over Again!

Finally felt well enough to try my legs on the road this morning.  Perfect sunny day - at last - with a cool breeze.  For the next four to five weeks I plan to run short distances each day, disregarding time and pace but keeping heart rate around 75% until I get the hang of things again after another long break...thanks to bronchitis!

Today, starting from Renwick School and then through the new Renwick housing development, I wheezed my way  through the quiet streets with not another soul in sight.  I was pleased to be out on such a lovely day and at least a new start has been made, albeit a very slow one.  I walked short breaks whenever heart rate reached more than 75%....which was often!

9km
AHR 74%;  MHR 83%

Falling Apart?.....Feels like it!

I'm trying to get started, but every time I get up after one mishap I get struck down with another!  Here's the list so far  :  the stomach thing fixed with antibiotics, followed immediately by the usual Spring allergy in eyes, nose and ears so that I could barely see where I was going indoors let alone outside on the road; that straight way led onto what I have now : the worst cold I can remember : for three days I haven't stopped sneezing, blowing, moaning and have a cough that could shatter glass...in brief, I feel like I'm falling apart!  I don't seem able to get a clear 'run'!

In spite of all this, I have hopes of making another start with training in the coming week.  I hope the odds are not too long!

Edit, Monday, 17/10/11 :  Saw GP & now have bronchitis.  There goes another week!
Edit, Thursday, 20/10/11 :  Still out of action! 
Edit. Friday, 28/10/11 :  Bronchitis improving;  maybe next week?

Maybe Next Week!

No training for the past two weeks.  Starting to look like Fisher's Ghost 5km is in doubt.  Four weeks left.  I won't run unless I feel I can acquit myself with at least some semblance of dignity as a runner!

A False Start.......

I have to write this week off unfortunately.  I've had nasty stomach pains for three days now; saw GP this morning and it seems I have some sort of infection; antibiotics started; training stopped....until next week.  Just a glitch I hope.

A Day Off.......

No Frills Drills.......

 Cross-training today.  As in days not long gone by I drove to the school, parked and used one of the grassed areas for drills, Pete Magill drills.

10 min warm-up + few strides
1 set Magill drills...about 22 min (2.4k)....thank God for privacy while I did these!
10 min cool-down....followed by....

30 min (4km) easy running.....through Renwick Drive and return. 

  I've always enjoyed this session; a nice change from the hard stuff.  And, I've made it to Day 2!

Self Doubts and Motivation.....

It's now six months since Jim died and I'm beginning to feel that I might run again.  I know Jim wanted me to keep going but the motivation just hasn't been there....until lately and particularly after finding out that I'm no good at all without a goal and a training program.  I did some walking but I just found other things to do instead of getting out on a regular basis.  Too easy to put off.  What that says about me as a runner, I don't know and I don't suppose it matters really.  So, last night I decided to train for Fisher's Ghost 5km in five weeks' time and get a new 5km time on which to base any further training, keeping in mind that I'd like to run Canberra half marathon in April next year.  For now, I'm using 30:50 as a 5km time.

I've printed off a copy of the FIRST 5km training program which has three key workouts throughout the week and cross-training or easy runs on the other days of the week.  I know now that if I have a goal and a program for training, I'm not likely to welch on the deal!  I began this morning with the first key workout.

Track:  1km warm-up
8 x 400m (2:19) with 400m Recovery Intervals (RI)
1km cool-down.

Times for each 400m = 2:18;  2:22;  2:18;  2:21;  2:17;  2:22; 2:18;  2:20

I used Radio Road alongside Renwick school because the track at Chev would have been under water by now.  The session was pretty easy and I was expecting it to be much harder starting back with a speed workout after such a long break.  I enjoyed it too.  Strange how motivated I become when I have a specific program  to follow and an event to work towards....hopelessly unmotivated otherwise!


"When she was just a girl she expected the world!"('borrowed' from speedygeoff's blog!)...and she still does!