Sunday 26/6/2005

What a glorious day! I had a great run this morning. How could I not..with Clairie, Tesso and Karisma as a cheer squad. Whow! 10k in 42:40, average 4:16 per k. Iwonder if I can maintain an average pace of 4:40 for the GCM. Hmmmmm!

Saturday 25/6/2005

7k today, no watch. Just a run to keep the legs ticking over.

Wednesday 22/6/2005

I took a longer lunch break today and ran from the City Gardens, Edward St to Toowong Village, a round trip of 12k. I was pleased with my time of 54:15, av 4:33 per k.

Sunday 19/6/2005

With only 2 weeks to the Gold Coast Marathon, today's run was important and I am pleased to say that I was very happy with it. I ran with friends from Park Road on an out and back course for a total of 28k in 2:30. A tad slow but I felt good afterwards.

While we were out there we saw a big group running towards us...it was Pat Carroll and a lot of his crew. It was good to be able to yell a hello to some my old running buddies as they cruised past. Casper was in the lead.

Thursday 16/6/2005

12k in 1:02 today. A nice steady run. I didn't push myself at all.

Sunday 12/6/2005

Thanks to Wombat I had a comfortable run today. Tuli's heel cups are great. I only ran about 14k today because on Friday I was off work due to, I believe, food poisoning. Gosh! I was crook. Today my stomach was still very tender and the further I ran the sorer it got. Needless to say my energy level was pretty low as well.

Thursday 9/6/2005

Helllloooo...........I'm still here. My wheels fell off this week. I have had a very busy week and things have been a little out of control.

After my big run on Saturday I rested on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon I went to help out on the running club's info table at a West End community fair. I locked my keys in the car and it took Keith Chaston (club President) an hour to unlock my car while I looked on and offered helpful suggestions.......thank you Keith.

I rested Monday.

Had to get to work very early Tuesday so decided to run at lunch time. I had a good run, Edward St entry City Gardens to Toowong Village and back. 12k in 54:30. I really enjoyed the run but......my right heel hurts like hell - not when I put it down but when lifting my foot. I had this, only worse, in the left heel in 2003 and that turned out to be a stress fracture. Fear! Panic! Noooooooooooo not again. No running, lots of ice, voltaren cream. Getting better. Phew! 20 mile at West End on Sunday in question though.

Saturday 4/6/2005

Change of plans today. Sunday is usually Long run day but went out today instead. 33.7k in 3:07:34, average pace 5:33/k. This bought my total k's for the week to 90. next week will be much less because there will be no long run on Sunday.

Friday 3/6/2005

Yesterday my alarm went off but my bed wouldn't let go of me. It took me another hour for me to finally struggle free form it's clutches.

Today is a different story. I didn't give the bed a chance. I set off on my 12 k circuit feeling good. Though I wasn't pushing myself, I knew I would be disappointed if I didn't get home in under the hour. On Tuesday I was really pleased with my 58:52 so you can imagine how I felt when I looked at my wacth and saw 56:38. It was one of those moments that make the effort so worthwhile.

Thursday 2/6/2005

My bed wouldn't let go of me this morning.

Wednesday 1/6/2005

My legs kept their promise! 12k today in 58:52. They put in a great effort. I was felt like I was running well and thought I might get in a few seconds under 60 and was surprised when I looked at my watch.

The moral of the story is: 'when your legs talk to you....listen to them'.