Star Wars

Training Wednesday night was an attempt to get us ready for Falls, so we did the same session that is likely to be on the cards next Thursday. 8 x 400m with 200m jog recovery. Times weren't great but hung onto Will for most of the way. 

Back has been sore all week but haven't really thought about it. After training it really stiffened up and was quite painful. Dale gave me some exercises and told me to get on the foam roller. It has eased a lot, but not going to run as o don't want to risk it.

If it's bad at Falls, I'll get the painkillers in and hopefully I'll be right.

Star Wars was amazing. 

A bit slack from me

Sunday depicted the remenants of the heat wave, being really hot in the morning before raining heavily on the afternoon. I waited for the cool change as Ferny was cancelled because of fire risk in the dandenongs.

Met Dad 6km in and ran with him for the remaining 14. Just over 20 in 1:30:40.

Monday night was 800, 600, 400, 4 x 200 and 4 x 100. Felt awful after the warm up but the session ended up being okay. Stuck with Will for most of it, the recoveries of the 100s saw me drop back but glad I managed the hard part. 12.8km all up. 

Times went 2:26, 1:51, 1:11, 32, 31, 31, 32 and I didn't time the 100s. Only the 2s and 1s were on the track while the longer reps were on the outside loop. 

Yesterday got down to the beach with JB to go for a jog. Just over 40 minutes plus some strides. Was still really feeling the previous day's efforts. 

Star Wars tonight so hopefully that lives up to expectations. We'll see how training goes tonight.

Fuuaaaarr

Massage yesterday which was characteristically more than painful once again. 

The heat wave has continued, 38 today apparently. The morning proved to be little opposition to the heat, so sweating profusely on the warm up. The watch started playing up and wouldn't give split times, so I have no idea what the reps were. Only know the full time for the session which was 23:48. 

Looking forward to falls. Have come down pretty stuffy this arvo, but I reckon it's the heat and wind inciting the hay fever rather than a cold. Here are some pictures from this morning. 

Christmas Special

Really warm once again. Wasn't feeling it during the strides, but managed to pull through. Session was 10 x 200m, with 200m jog recovery. Stayed with Will and somehow the leaders up until the 7th one, where their recovery pace was too much for me. 11.2km all up. 

Watch was playing up, but other than the first one which was 30s, the rest lurked at around 31 or 32 for the remainder. 

Had our squads Christmas party afterwards, as well as a Kris Kringle. I came away with a mini golf set and some bright shoelaces that I might get onto the flats. 

Today was forecast to be 33, so down to the beach with Sam and JB for an easy 40 minutes. Covered 8.4km once again plus some strides. 

The heat

Bit of a heat wave has hit Melbourne so yesterday was a haul. 8.4km by myself, got home and got down some M and M's convincing myself that I needed the sugar. Fair play to those M and M's though, they definitely pulled my build through. 

Ja ha ha

Yesterday was the day year 12 results came out, so it could be said I had nothing more than a restless sleep Sunday night. Got the text and I managed to pull a 92.65 ATAR which I'm stoked with. 

Pretty jubilant for the remainder of the day, only to be quelled by the knowledge that 3 minute efforts was the session for Monday night. 

The Garmin threw a tantrum so I was waiting on the start line while everyone hoyted off without me. Managed to get close enough to Will so that we did the session together. 

The 1 minute recovery definitely takes it out of you. We did 6 and covered 6.2km in the 23 minutes. Great session though. Did some strides on the track too which can't have been faster than 4 minute k's. 

Cooled down with JB, Mahoney and Will for 12.2km all up. 

Ferny love

Long run today, after which my grandfather candidly informed me that it "wasn't long enough". I enjoyed it though. 19.2km in 1:34:21.

Mahoney's race pace for the 5km which I paced him for. I'll never get anything as consistent as that for the rest of my life.