Long Run

Today did a long run with Declan and Chris. 16.2 in 1:20:33, a bit slower than usual but I was sleepy so it was okay. Played soccer as well this afternoon, pretty tired now.

Knackered

Went to running club last night although I was still tired and sore from yesterday and the day before. Only did 4 1k reps all in 3:08 so consistency is good. Just really sore this morning. Ill rest today and take it easy tomorrow, and then do a long run on Saturday so I should be right for next weeks training.

Frustration

Yeah so school aths today. In the 1500m sat on the leader and planned on kicking the last 400m, but I got out kicked. The first km was in 3:30 that's an actual joke. I'm really disappointed and definitely never taking it easy on the start laps ever again. Then did a 400m and came second but that was to be expected. Then 800m pretty tired then and calves were sore from all day in spikes and last nights killer session. Second again after getting out kicked again. Just sore, tired and pissed off now, all this hard work seems to be getting me nowhere. I should be absolutely slaughtering these guys and I'm just hung up on ridiculous tactics and taking it easy. At districts first km will be in 2:50 and we are not slowing down, I am going to really take it to these kids now and make it all fast and aerobic. Keeping that in mind, speed will definitely be worked on.

400's

Tonight track season has officially started and we kicked it off with the classic 400's. We trained on a 1200m track, so 3 sets of 3 x 400m. There was an easier, medium and harder set with recoveries corresponding to the difficulty. 1 minute recovery for the easy, 2 minutes for the medium and 3 minutes for the hard. Started off with the easier ones. The first rep of each set is always up a hill and the second of each set is always down a hill. First one is always tough and hit 75s up the hill, then 70s, then 71s. Mediums were 68s, 65s, 65s the sixth was really tough. Really pushed it up the hill for the 7th and managed 65s but felt sick after that. Then 64s, then the last 63s. Felt really rough after that but pretty happy to be honest. Puts in perspective farah finishing 10k's with 53s last 400 and rupp finishing the last 800 in 1:57. Bit of a joke but yeah pretty happy. 7.2km all up, have house athletics tomorrow so should be fun. I'll try run a quick 800m.

Albert Park 10km

Got up early yesterday for this race. Really flat and fast although with some tricky turn around points. Did a warm up with Chris, Sam and the fellas. I was about 4 rows back from the startline but next time going to get right up there. Really packed and someone took a tumble within 5m of the start bringing down some more people with her. Started strong with the first km in around 3:15. Felt fine until 3km hitting 2 and 3 in around 3:30 each. Felt a bit sore after 4km but not too bad. Then through 5km in around 17:30 so almost perfect split there. Pretty sore at this point and definitely nervous about the next 5. Hung in there and stayed behind another bloke up until around 6km when I wanted to push. A Glenhuntly runner came by me and I stuck on him and soon saw Chris up ahead. Caught Chris at around 7.5km, and went by him. This was a fair miracle. He then stuck on me and went by about 500m later but then I came back to his shoulder but another surge from him saw me finished. 1km to go and I was exhausted. Pushed on though, the last 300m was on the track. Definitely very rough, but happy enough with the time of 35:39. Really want to break 35 minutes soon though as that seems to be where all the big dogs are finishing in around 34:30. Have the Melbourne Marathon 10km in 2 months. Will put in the hard yards between now and then and see what comes of it. Played soccer as well in the afternoon. The sorest I have ever been now...

Rain

Running club got cancelled tonight because it was so dark outside at 4 that I was 90% sure the apocalypse was starting, rest day tomorrow then will do an easy run on Saturday before the race.

8km easy

An easy 8km tonight in 37:51. Felt pretty good although calves still a bit sore from last night, have soccer tonight as well...