The 100

Did some gardening with a neighbor this afternoon, in an attempt to reel in a bit of money as being out of school has proven to be fairly pricey. 

A bit tired going into training but nonetheless got it done. Session was 10 x 200m hard, with a 200m jog recovery in between.

Times lurked between 31 and 33 which was good. Really windy and warm tonight which is never a good combination, but the cool change has now come through. 

A lot of mates are up in Byron for schoolies and apparently it's been pretty mental. According to the paper, on day one, the police seized over 260 ecstasy tablets and made four arrests so that's aggressive. 

Also, I've been getting around a TV show called the 100 in my after school stupor,  lacking things to do. It's called The 100 and it is set in a post apocalyptic world where, after 97 years of living in a space station, the remainder of the human race has survived, however, the station is running out of resources so they opt to send 100 criminals back down to earth to see if the once radiation contaminated planet is now to live on. The story continues from there, as the 100, discover what the earth has turned into in their absence. It's pretty brutal in some segments, but nothing as bad as GOT. Encourage you to get around it, it's intense as. 

AR?

Ferny this morning, Beau and Sam stormed off ahead while JB and I sat back with Cassy. 

Everything went swimmingly, lots of people are tapering at the moment for the Zatopek next Saturday and Vic Milers on Tuesday so I had to do the last 10 minutes solo. 

Mum ran in the 4 x 1500m relays last year on the track for the masters age category, the same race for 2015 was run yesterday. Talking to Cass after the run today, apparently the Knox team yesterday ran a quality time so Cassy looked up last year's race to see what time Mum's team did. Turns out Mum held an Australian record for a year and didn't even know! 

The Knox girls topped it yesterday but now everyone is keen for next year to see if they can take it down once more. Nobody even knew about the record until yesterday, probably because the 4 x 1500m is a fairly obscure event. So mum held an Australian record, that's pretty special. 

Last year mum's team ( which had Sonia O' Sullivan in it- holder of the women's 2km world record - around 5:25 I think) ran 20:49, and the Knox team ran 20:29 this year, so it should be a great race next year. 

Also we saw some monks having a silent stroll after hills yesterday, at first we thought they were a squad in bear onesies, but unfortunately not. Also Trevor got this photo yesterday. 79.1km for the week.

Catch up

Thursday we made the return from Sorrento. Came home and did 9.6km in 43 something plus some strides. 

Then yesterday was an early start, and with Mahoney did only 4.8km on a meant to be rest day but felt alright. 

Hills this morning, great to do a session with some people. Times went:

1:08, 1:08, 1:09, 1:09, 1:10, 1:16, 1:14, 1:08

Really died during 6 and 7, I'd say that's due to the big week and big nights. 23:41 for the session, all up 12.1 km. 

Ferny tomorrow. 

Getting through

So yesterday was a struggle because of the alcohol and the dehydrashe. Did 50 mins by myself and covered about 10.6km. Definitely a grind.

Today we had a slow morning before going into Sorrento. Came back and did a session in the humidity. 12 x 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy, so much better than the other runs this week. About 12km. The build up to falls creek has begun.

Schoolies

Right so up in Cape Schank with 7 mates for 5 days so it's a good time. Yesterday, we drove up here so went for a run after lunch. 1 hour 26 minutes around the golf course before a bit of beer pong and some pretty spectacular views from the house. 

Up at 9:30 this morning to do a bit of a session. Did some mono Fartlek which was 2 x 90s, 4 x 60s, 4 x 30s, 4 x 15s with the same recovery and a couple of impromptu 60m hills to finish. Definitely made me feel better. 10.6km al up. 

Atlas Hands

Right so I'm going to get back on top of this so much more regular updates in the future. 

Wednesday night, feeling really good in the warm up after a hard earned rest day on Tuesday. Wednesday is always on the track so nothing changed in regards to that. 

It was 2 x 400m, 4 x 300m, 3 x 200m with 75 seconds between the 4's and the 3's and a minute of passive between the 2's.

Times went like this:

400s - 61s, 63s

300s - 47s, 47s, 48s, 48

200s - 29s, 30s, 27s

The 1500's might be looking okay after that but hills on Saturday morning will be tough after a bit of a break. 10km all up. 

Yesterday went for 40 minutes and covered 8.8km. Sweating way too much for way too long. 

Easier

Monday session tonight, but after this weekends efforts, I was knackered so took it a bit easier. Did modified monos and cruised. I'll take a rest day tomorrow and do some core. 

Last exam tomorrow so that'll be a relief to finish. I think it's the first night clubbing too tomorrow, so I'll attempt the impossible and recover for Wednesday night.