Friday 10k and today's long run
Feeling guilty for not attending speed training on Thursday night I thought I should get out and pound the coastal trail with Holly for 10.2kms on Friday. The sun came out and it warmed up quite a lot but we managed a negative split coming home anyway. An uneventful run really....
Following a farewell party for some friends yesterday the morning didn't start awfully well as armed with a medium grade over-hang I belted out the door with my fuel belt and car keys to catch Greybeard and AndrewinOz. We started at a nice 6min/km pace and eased our way up over the 21+ kms. Rob was feeling strong towards the end so put in a couple of kms at 5min pace - while I upped the pace for a km to try and match him but he is a faster runner than I and my poor preparation for the days run caught up with me. We then sauntered home which is mostly uphill at about a 6km pace for the last 2kms.
That completes the first full week of my Canberra Marathon training program. 66kms run - the furthest I have run in a week to date. While I missed speed work on Thursday evening I slipped in a catch-up session on my rest day (Friday). My evil shin in holding up okay and isn't bothering me as much as I thought it might (so far).
posted by Wobbly man @ 1:23 PM
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8 Comments:
One week down how many to go for Canberra? Hopefully your shin will not give you any more problems. Good job on getting out of the door even with a "medium grade over-hang."
You are a better man (!) than I Wobbly; running 21kms with a medium grade hangover. That is when I eat vegemite toast & drink Endura and curl up on the couch watching Video Hits !
Sounds good Wobbly, but how on earth you manage to do that with an overhang beats me!
Well done Wobbly!!! Running with a habg over... yuck! All good for the mental toughness :-)
One week down... woo hoo!
First week of marathon training down - well done. Fingers crossed that you remain injury-free - obviously I'm not doing so well! (and I didn't have a hangover either!)
How exciting to start training for a marathon!!
Do lots of stretching since I started them my shins are much better!
Fantastic stuff Wob. And congrats on your biggest week ever too.
Good to see after 66k you've come through unscathed!
First week down.. and no damage to report .. excellent news! Hope it all goes according to plan WM!
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