Ok so I didn't get up as early as I wanted as I had one of those "I must get up so can't sleep" nights. Anyway 5:30 was early enough thank you!
I hit the road at 5:40 and decided to take the shorter route and perhaps be a bit short on time over the longer route and be over time and pushing it to get to work on time!
Anyway where I live I hit a hill within about 30 seconds of leaving the house. I started off feeling really good and managed the hill at 12-12.30 pace, the flat at 11 pace and the downhill at 10mm pace. I'm feeling good, like a real runner and do my 1st mile (including walk breaks) in 12.06! Wow!
Anyway as I am taking the shorter route I divert off road to the nice flat clear trail that joins onto the Ivanhoe Way. Still going strong I turn a corner and stood in the middle of the 2ft wide path was Angry Daddy Swan hissing and spitting at me for daring to consider passing him and his family! I decided he would win and backed off, and followed a new path I had never been down that looked like it either followed the bottom of a field to the road or went round the lakes. 3 Failed paths later I gave up and went back from where I came from!
These paths had been covered in thick thigh high grass with brambles and nettles and were very uneven so my pace had slowed dramatically. I gave up watching the GPS! My legs were now tired too :-(
I found a further path that I hadn't been down but knew it led to the road. It started off as a nice track then returned to tall grass etc again!
Once back on the road I was struggling as my legs were shot from the hard work of off roading and after 5mins I found myself gagging at the side of the road with a pollen/grass enduced phlegm attack. Not nice but with only 1 set of running left to do I wasn't going to let it stop me!
Total time of about 50mins and 3.5m.
Got home and saw my legs were green from grass seed and pollen!
Now I'm at work and the sky is a nice blue/black/pink colour, it's raining hard and we have thunder so hopefully things will cool down!
I was planning to walk to college at lunchtime to get my new gym ball but I may opt to collect it in the car on my way home if I can!!
later that same day ....
The rain has come and boy was the sky dark, the rain heavy and the thunder loud! Needless to say no gym ball purchased :-(
One thing that has been a problem today (not sure if it is in my head or the early run) I've been wanting foooood all day! And eaten it! Hopefully it is my body saying "you've not eaten enough lately" and that's all!
Well the news is this:
Brass Monkey 1/2Marathon 22nd January 2006 - my SAE begging for an application is in the post tonight!
So Beanz, Benz, Leon ... who will join me??
I hit the road at 5:40 and decided to take the shorter route and perhaps be a bit short on time over the longer route and be over time and pushing it to get to work on time!
Anyway where I live I hit a hill within about 30 seconds of leaving the house. I started off feeling really good and managed the hill at 12-12.30 pace, the flat at 11 pace and the downhill at 10mm pace. I'm feeling good, like a real runner and do my 1st mile (including walk breaks) in 12.06! Wow!
Anyway as I am taking the shorter route I divert off road to the nice flat clear trail that joins onto the Ivanhoe Way. Still going strong I turn a corner and stood in the middle of the 2ft wide path was Angry Daddy Swan hissing and spitting at me for daring to consider passing him and his family! I decided he would win and backed off, and followed a new path I had never been down that looked like it either followed the bottom of a field to the road or went round the lakes. 3 Failed paths later I gave up and went back from where I came from!
These paths had been covered in thick thigh high grass with brambles and nettles and were very uneven so my pace had slowed dramatically. I gave up watching the GPS! My legs were now tired too :-(
I found a further path that I hadn't been down but knew it led to the road. It started off as a nice track then returned to tall grass etc again!
Once back on the road I was struggling as my legs were shot from the hard work of off roading and after 5mins I found myself gagging at the side of the road with a pollen/grass enduced phlegm attack. Not nice but with only 1 set of running left to do I wasn't going to let it stop me!
Total time of about 50mins and 3.5m.
Got home and saw my legs were green from grass seed and pollen!
Now I'm at work and the sky is a nice blue/black/pink colour, it's raining hard and we have thunder so hopefully things will cool down!
I was planning to walk to college at lunchtime to get my new gym ball but I may opt to collect it in the car on my way home if I can!!
later that same day ....
The rain has come and boy was the sky dark, the rain heavy and the thunder loud! Needless to say no gym ball purchased :-(
One thing that has been a problem today (not sure if it is in my head or the early run) I've been wanting foooood all day! And eaten it! Hopefully it is my body saying "you've not eaten enough lately" and that's all!
Well the news is this:
Brass Monkey 1/2Marathon 22nd January 2006 - my SAE begging for an application is in the post tonight!
So Beanz, Benz, Leon ... who will join me??
Comments
interesting route!!
I could feel mine laughing as I passed twice within 2 mins and then passed the other side of the lake!!
Still I now know not to bother with those paths!
Got serious muncies now though!
Now The Brass One - I have sent a large sae. somewhere in that last couple of days - but I can't remember if it was to Knavemire Harriers
:-S
Hmmm....
Idiot chromosome has taken over again - someone please shoot me.!!!!!!
;o)
whendid i enter all these races