In the Heat

Today did 13.4km in 1:04:18. Hottest day in a while today so it definitely made a difference. Still a bit tired, will have a rest day tomorrow so should be alright by Tuesday.

Tired

Haven't had a lot of sleep recently because of the formal and coming into the weekend. Took its toll in training today. I was training by myself which made it harder. Did Sherman fartlek, so, 30s, 45s, 1 min, 90s, 2 min, 3 min, then repeat. 1 minute recovery in between each. Went ok up until the first 3 minutes, then I struggled on that one. Pace was somewhere between 2:57 to 4 flat km pace throughout the whole session. Felt really sore after with a bit of a calf cramp right when I stopped running. 6.53km all up.

More Easy

So 10k easy last night. I would've gone to running club, but we had the school formal so just ran before the pre's. Didn't feel too good on the run, it felt harder than it should've been, rest day today, hopefully will feel better for the weekend.

Easy 4km

Today after school, did an easy 4km in 19:41. Shortest run I've done in a while, got home and felt like I hadn't done anything.

1km's and Tabata's

Running club tonight, didn't feel great, but the times were alright Did a shorter warm up than normal only 1.2km because of the heat. Started with a km rep a bit slower to start in 3:05. Felt harder than the time, but first rep is always tougher. We then did a tabata, the 20s hard, 10s easy for 1200m was hard, but also a bit of a break between the k's. Didn't feel great after this one, but got into the next km. Felt ok during the rep, but ended up running 2:58 which I was pretty happy with. Again after didn't feel great, but did well on the next tabata. The last k, really wasn't feeling it, but still ran 3:01. Times didn't really go with the session so I reckon 2:55 on the last km next time. 8.6km all up, most of the distance hard work.

More Kenyan

Today went to do some Kenyan with Chris and Declan. Chris was still a bit sick and Declan wasn't feeling it so they dropped out after 3 reps and left me doing the work on my own. Did alright, not quite as quick as the last time as I had soccer practice for an hour and a half this morning, but the watch still said around 3:10 pace. Just did 6 x 2 minutes easy, 2 minutes hard and then a  bigger warm down for about 9.4km all up. On the warm down though, Declan tripped into a fence and tore a square inch chunk of muscle out of his leg. He fell on the ground and we saw the wound. It wasn't bleeding but we got him to hold a shirt on it just in case. We made sure he was ok then called his dad who was nearby. We got him into his car then his dad took him to hospital. Still don't know what happening but I'll keep you informed when I know. Declan wasn't screaming or anything an we told him to wiggle his toes to make sure he hadn't injured any nerves. His back was fine so I think it's just a flesh wound. Pretty rough and hope he's alright.

Ferny Creek

So today Jasper, Haftu and I went up to Ferny Creek for a run. Really hilly so quite sore afterwards. About 8km in all. Felt fit and energetic though, training just keeps on helping.