Memoirs of a boudoir...

Garmin Elektra's boudoir (aka cradle) was 'misplaced' during the move. I put it in a safe place, so safe in fact that I only found it a week after I moved. Don't ask me where it was...So it's back to a normal watch (god forbid) and Gmaps pedometer (sp) for the last two outings.

Thursday 2 November - meeting the locals...

I was out the door & running by 5.15am this morning in order to get some (recently neglected) stretching done before getting ready for work. Yawn. It was actually a lovely run. Very quiet - it seems 5.15am is too early for the walkers in the neighbourhood. Having a rest day on Wednesday had done wonders for my legs - they felt normal again; none of the dead-leggedness of the last few days. I ran past the ADI site at one stage looking at the mist in the trees, the grazing kangaroos & the beautiful pink sunrise in the background. Bewdiful. Fortunately the site wont' be turned into a housing estate accommodating a 6k adults, 10k utes & 24k rug rats until long after I've moved away again.

At some stage I need to think about the pace at which I run my midweek sessions - rather than my current plod-along-at-whatever-pace-I-feel-like-running-at-the-time approach. But for this month & perhaps next, I am going to continue to build the mileage (sensibly) and enjoy this new injury/niggle free reality :-)

Finished with about 5kms in 30mins. Long run on Saturday which will be an interesting experiment in listening to my body & trying to pace myself sans Garmin Elektra's calming influence…

At lunch, it was off to the gym for a weights session with Satan. A brand new program full of all sorts of nasty new surprises, most of which I'm too tired to try & invent names for. Must say the lunges with the front foot on a wobble cushion was pretty interesting after my run in the morning...

Saturday 4 November - long run Saturday

With the big party at home on Saturday night, I made the v. wise decision to do my long run on Saturday so I could veg (ie recover from the party) on Sunday.

And for the first time in over 2 months, I ran for an hour!! (*she cartwheels*). No injuries. No niggles. One happy gal :-)

The camber on the roads around, I'm discovering, is a real problem. I even broke my cardinal rule of running towards the oncoming traffic at one stage. Yes, I know I broke the rules 2p. But it was a v. quiet road & I turned my iPod off & I was paying attention & I'd rather get hit by a car then upset my ITB again (ok, so maybe that's an exaggeration)....

Finished with 10kms in 62:49min. Ok, so it was a bit faster than my normal long run pace but I was having fun!!

MTD: 15kms

This week, I'm going to ease my runs back a touch. I've been building for 4 weeks now. Besides, in a fortnight I'll be staying in Lilianfels in Katoomba for the weekend and part from drinking cocktails & laying by the pool (either the indoor or outdoor one) it would be a crime not to find a trail while I'm there....
Monday: weights with Satan
Tuesday: run (40mins)
Wednesday: GRC Pilates (Adv/Int)
Thursday: run (30) mins
Friday: ride (interval session) & GRC Pilates (Adv/Int) & U2 concert!!!
Saturday: rest
Sunday: run (45 mins)

Edit: congrats to PGer Miners & my uncle (*waves*) for finishing the Port Mac HIM today in horrendous conditions. My uncle finished second in his age group - not bad for an old fella ;-)