VO2 session

A wicked morning for a run with cool calm conditions. Had 2x4min, 2x3min, 2x2min, 4x30sec, with 1min Jr between each interval. Ran from the Clubrooms out to Maylands for the warm-up and then headed out east for 2x4min befroe tuning and retuning to the WAMC clurooms. Very happy with the run and despuite a few bumps in the path was able to run 3.30min/k or below for all of the sessions. The last 2min interval was a realyl lung buster but a good session and the start of a round of 'speed endurance' intervals I have planned over the next month. A good confidence booster and with another tough 15x1min session for thursday, these sessions should set me up well for Rottnest in a few weeks.

A cooler morning in Tom Price lead to a good early morning session. Had 15x1min with 1min SR. Realy worked in to the session with speeds starting at 3.30min/k and gettign down towards 3.10min/k pace in the last 5. Really happy with intervals and hopefully putting in some good building sessions for next weeks race.

Sandgroper stew

Been in Bali sice last Friday and have managed to complete a good block of sessions: a long run, recovery run, intervals (15x400m) and some easy runs in there as well. Runnning n Bali has its challenges: fallign down monster pot-hles in the road and side-walks, being mauled by rabif packs of dogs, being run over by any number of vehicles and last by not least, the heat and humidity.

Got plenty of good sessions for the rest of the week including 6x3min and a 2.15 hr long run.... going to be a lot of sweat flowing.

Altitude training or Attitude training.

Been in Tom Price fo rthe last few days at the high altitude of 750m asl. Maybe its the dryness of the air or the altitude but it always seem harder to run in TP. Had 3 sets or 3min, 2min, 1min, 30sec with 1min Jr. Good run with a few harder runs up the hills.

Been a solid week this week and it's all ahead to Rottnest 5k where I hope to see Biscuitman lay a trail of crumbs around the course

A committed tool

Am I a tool... yes

Am I committed...yes

Hence I am a committed tool.

Woke up this morning tho run the Freo 5k and on checking the website I found out there was no registration on rce day. Rather pissed off I mooched around home for a few hours before decideing to do my long from the WAMC clubrooms up to Deepwater point and return. 6kms in I then decided to run a 5k of my own. Ran around 17.50 anf then the next few k's after then things got messy. A lack of food, a strengthening head wind and rain made for struggle-strret for the last 12kms.

Bit flat this week

Been a decent week with some solid efforts but legs have been not quite spritley as they were. My right hammie and glut are sore as well which is not so cool for school so the 5k this sunday is in doubt. Got a few easy runs today and tomorrow to test the leg, and together with lots of stretching I am hoping all will be well. I dont feel like pulling a muscle right now, that would be a serious blow to any improvement I have made.

Bacon has been served

After a week of coughing up Jabba the Hut's baby brothers I finally gave the flu the flick, suprising while camping at Israelite Bay. Had wicked time catching lots of fish and best of all, there was 4 whales 100m offshore that were swimming around and doing whaley things. Rather special.
Been running the last 6 days and have put some good sessions together. Still hopeful of running well this weekend but it will be interesting to see how much the illness took out of my fitness.

The Pigs have arrived!

Woke up Sunday to cheer on the runners at the CTS events but felt rather dodgey. Since then I have felt like I have got the Swine flu but have Razorback flu. Feeling really crappy and have a nasty cough. Given the last few weeks of solid running i am a little pissed off but it seems like this flu is going around and around at the moment. Hopefully I can shirk this in the next few days and only miss a week from training. This will give me two solid weeks before the Freo 5k where all being well I can run a little faster than my last few efforts.