I am reminded today of JFK's quote - 'we do it not because it is easy, but because it is hard'.
Monday 6 November - the birth of Apollo...
A big day to start the week. And a good thing too given how much I ate (& drank) this weekend….
Started the day with my first interval session on the bike (who by the way I have named Apollo) in about 2 or 3 weeks I think. It was a tough session - I was 'glowing' a lot ;-) but it passed very quickly as I was watching the 2006 Port Mac IM DVD (thanks A!). Gee, between following yesterday's events at the HIM & watching this, it's almost enough to give a girl ideas - almost but not quite ;-)
5mins warm up
4min efforts/2min recovery x 6
5 mins cool down
Total: 46mins.
And then I slept on the train on the way to work. LOL. Given that my morning sessions (including stretching) need to be finished by 6.15am (!), the extra sleep time afforded by the commute is going to come in v. handy ;-)
After work I headed to the gym for a weights session with Satan. Same session as last week with the primary focus on my core. Nasty. But gee it was fun :-)
Tuesday 7 November - lost in suburbia…
Well, that was interesting. Today was supposed to be a designated hills session. My first since, oh, July. Instead I got lost in suburbia during my warm up & ran out of time to head for the hills. Doh. In my defence, when I last lived here, the area in question was vacant land - besides it's easy to get confused by streets lined with McMansions with utes or Holden Commodores parked out of the front….
Anyhoo, I made it out of suburbia eventually and 35mins into the run I found a mini-hill (an incline really) on which I did 2 reps. Better than nothing I suppose. Still no sign of any camber-free roads or footpaths around here which is a proving to be a real pain in the tib-post..…
The run felt pretty comfortable though I need to see Saint Andrew. My lower back & pelvis are out of whack but (fortunately) it didn't seem to affect me today. Finished with 6.48kms in 39:55mins (aver 6:09min/km). My legs are feeling very beaten up now after an hour in Tiger's Discothèque this afternoon.
BTW there will be no more references to being 'niggle free' in this blog. I need to shift my thinking & the best way for me to do that is not to focus on being niggle free but just to accept the new reality :-)
MTD: 16.48kms
14 comments:
Yep. "Niggle Free". It's a bit like the sun coming up. It just is. Not worth noting any more :-)
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Well aren't you doing well ! Must be the mountain air .. :)
Getting lost could have been a blessing in disguise. Gotta ease back into those hill reps if you want to remain you know what.
good stuff!! ok - no more congrats for being niggle free then. of course you are. that is now your normal state. :)
(that is pretty cool hey??!)
I agree, niggle free is standard operating conditions from now on! Great to see you doing so well; I'm very happy for you.
glad you liked the DVD! And great to see you back on the interval sessions too :)
btw - beware the commodore
Getting ideas Jen?!!!!!! We can work on that! Good to hear the running is still happening too.
This attitude will drive you to a continious success!!
I am very impress that you end your workouts at 6.15 I will remember that from today everyday!
Yes, just forget about the past and live and enjoy the present!
Good to hear Jen - we are going to have to work on those nav skills though ;-)
Maybe you should do some of the Summer Series O'R does.....
You'll need to carry a map for some of your long runs now...and set your alarm on the train so you don't miss your stop ;)
Don't train too hard, just because you're missing the company of the niggles ;)
Glad to see all is well in Jen's world, thanks for the kind words, see you out there or at the drinks, whichever. ;-)
gotta luv the bike training.
will serve u well when u get back on the hilly trails :)
i dont know how u can do pre and post work training sessions at that hour.
youve got more will power than me!
well done.
Since you're out Penrith way, maybe you'll do a few laps of the Olympic Rowing course. It's a 5k ripper: nice n flat, with good bitumen paths and (depending on time/day) other runners/walkers/cyclists around.
And the there's also River Rd Emu Plains...
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