Sunday 30 October - CR girls take over Centennial Park/a date with a Jedi master
Activity: run with Lulu and The Owl at Centennial Park
Time: 7am
Duration: 60mins
Mood/energy: pretty good
ITB report: tape rocks.
Today's run has given me a real confidence boost ahead of the CC Half.
Up early in the dark (thanks to daylight savings & the rain) to pick The Owl up from the city just after 6.30am and then headed to Centennial Park to meet Lulu at 7am at Centennial Cafe for an easy 60min run. Weather conditions today ranged from drizzle to heavy rain but I lurve running in those conditions, particularly around the Park.
After the first lap, I had to stop for emergency first aid on the lovely blister on the arch of my left foot that has formed thanks to my newly adjusted orthotics. Just as I was doing a patch-up job on my foot, Queen Bee pulled up just beside us. After a quick chat, we were off again. After her recent illness The Owl dropped off the pace a bit and left me to chase Lulu around the Park. Lulu's SWEATing is certainly paying off - I had to chase her around the Park as we churned out quite a few sub-6min/kms including a couple around 5.30min/km (which is a bit faster than my race pace for the Half!). Apart from the blister I felt really comfortable through out most of the run and feel more confident about the Half now - thanks Lulu! It was also the first time I have run on consecutive days and my body has pulled up well - my ITB/hip/glute are feeling good today. Happy gal!
Once we had finished and after a quick stretch, we headed off to a nearby cafe for breakfast. The Owl & I then headed to her place for a tea and a shower before heading over to Petersham to pick up Obi-Wan (**waves!). Obi & I have been exchanging emails now for about a year so it was lovely to finally meet him. The 3 of us headed over to Norton Street for breakfast no.2 for the Owl & I and lunch for Obi and a quick chat before we dropped him home. Obi also delivered to me my new toy - a Polar S625x!!!! Yippee!!
Summary: 60mins - 10kms
This week has included more rest days than I had originally anticipated but given it was a recovery week, it was a perfect time for it:
Runs - 3
Satan - 2
Pilates - 2
Swims - 0
Ice cream - too much!
The week ahead - edited: another busy week at work:
Monday - pilates + upper body weights (PM)
Tuesday - run (40mins run w/ 15mins @ 5km race pace)
Wednesday - Satan + pilates (PM)
Thursday - run (5x4min; 2min SR) + Satan
Friday - swim
Saturday - run (40mins)
Sunday - run (1hr 40mins)
8 comments:
I was chasing you Ms Jen..not sure what happened to me yesterday but I think it was the nice cool rain and the good running company. Next Sunday we should do something similar I think. Maybe you should do 30 mins on your own first and then I can join you for the rest and keep you going towards the end.. I'll set Garth to pace us at a sensible pace this week :)
Great session for you girls (whichever of you was chasing the other). Great that you've also pulled up well after the 2 days consecutive running - hope you're still feeling comfortable today. It can sometimes be the second day after a hard effort that you start to feel the full effects.
So how is the mysterious Obi, and why has he been away from CR so much lately?
Onya Jen. Take it easy. :)
Good on you Jen!! So glad to hear you are feeling happy and confident... thats half the battle :)
Keep it up and you will be unstoppable! Its good to run faster than the predicted race pace... then you can say to your self its easy I have run faster than this!
Fantastic Jen! I'm so glad to hear you sounding so positive again. Bring it on!
I nice new Polar - I am envious! Nothing like a new toy to fiddle with!
You are certainly getting stronger Jen. That's a good solid run and should give you a lot of confidence for the Central Coast Half. Running with/chasing Lulu certainly sounds like it agreed with you.
Wooohoo Jen - lookin good for the 4th :-)
And a nice new toy to play with to boot ;-)
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