It might be the name of a David Lee Roth record/book but thats exactly how I felt on the weekend that has just gone by. For the first time in many months, I didnt run at all on a Sunday. I just could not be bothered running in the horrible heat and humidity. This summer is turning out to be a real shocker and it is made so much worse when the heat will not go away overnight. I find it much harder to motivate myself getting up at 6am when it is still 24 degrees!
So added to all this is the fact that I was also sick recently and during the last 2 weeks I have done a combined total of about 65km! Here is how it has looked:
Week ending 19th Feb - Unwell most of the week, Did a total of about 40km
Week ending 26th Feb - Unwell at the begining of the week, then slowly eased back into some running before being horrified by the heat/humidity of the weekend. Did a total of 25km.
So thats the story right now folks. Not looking too good. Lets hope for some better weeks to follow. I might have to settle for a very mediocre Geelong half in 7 weeks!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Running Memories
Well with not much happening right now, I thought I might upload a few pics from over the years.
2002 Melbourne Half Marathon. Here is a very large me finishing my first ever half!!!
In 2004 at perhaps my heaviest ever running weight. Finishing the 2004 Half. I was about 90kg in those days.
Running for Sandringham at Lardner Park in 2008
Representing the Magpies at Ballarat in 2011.
Finishing the 2011 GOR Half with a new PB. Sorry folks, your garmin is actually right. The course is short. No PB is genuine on this course.
With Coburg legend Ken Carter on the day he was awarded life membership. I managed to convince the club's committee that he deserved it.
Sri Chinmony Princes Park 30km 2009. I was about 66kg around this time.
Sri Chinmoy Como Landing Half Marathon 2009. My first sub 90!!!!
Sri Chinmoy Maribyrnong 8km October 2009. My first ever victory in a fun run!!!
2009 Melbourne Marathon. Theres me leading a pack.
Post-race 2009 MM, chating with Peter Parks.
A soft age-group win at the Wyndham Rotary fun run in 2011. I got a nice trophy!
2002 Melbourne Half Marathon. Here is a very large me finishing my first ever half!!!
In 2004 at perhaps my heaviest ever running weight. Finishing the 2004 Half. I was about 90kg in those days.
Running for Sandringham at Lardner Park in 2008
Representing the Magpies at Ballarat in 2011.
Finishing the 2011 GOR Half with a new PB. Sorry folks, your garmin is actually right. The course is short. No PB is genuine on this course.
With Coburg legend Ken Carter on the day he was awarded life membership. I managed to convince the club's committee that he deserved it.
Sri Chinmony Princes Park 30km 2009. I was about 66kg around this time.
Sri Chinmoy Como Landing Half Marathon 2009. My first sub 90!!!!
Sri Chinmoy Maribyrnong 8km October 2009. My first ever victory in a fun run!!!
2009 Melbourne Marathon. Theres me leading a pack.
Post-race 2009 MM, chating with Peter Parks.
A soft age-group win at the Wyndham Rotary fun run in 2011. I got a nice trophy!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
A bit all over the place!
Well... 3 weeks gone and 3 very different weeks have been experienced!! Overall I would say things are heading in the right direction and you could say there has been some progress but it has not been quite as balanced as I would have liked.
Yesterday I did my longest run for the year which was 28km and my weight is currently sitting on 73kg. There are 9 weeks until the Geelong Half which is my focus and I believe I still have enough time to get myself in shape for a PB.
So here is how the last 3 weeks have looked.
Week 1 (ending 29/1) - pull back week - 70kms
Week 2 (ending 5/2) - 95kms - biggest week for a very long time
Week 3 (ending 12/2) - Sick, missed 3 days of running. Finished with a total of 60kms for the week.
So there you have it, hasnt been the text book way of building up the kms. I have also still only been doing one speed session per week but that will now change to 2 sessions and there may also be the odd race coming up. My main focus over the next few weeks will be trying to crack the ton and eventually staying on 100km per week which is much easier said than done.
Yesterday I did my longest run for the year which was 28km and my weight is currently sitting on 73kg. There are 9 weeks until the Geelong Half which is my focus and I believe I still have enough time to get myself in shape for a PB.
So here is how the last 3 weeks have looked.
Week 1 (ending 29/1) - pull back week - 70kms
Week 2 (ending 5/2) - 95kms - biggest week for a very long time
Week 3 (ending 12/2) - Sick, missed 3 days of running. Finished with a total of 60kms for the week.
So there you have it, hasnt been the text book way of building up the kms. I have also still only been doing one speed session per week but that will now change to 2 sessions and there may also be the odd race coming up. My main focus over the next few weeks will be trying to crack the ton and eventually staying on 100km per week which is much easier said than done.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Building the 'Telephone Book'
Well things are continuing to build. The kms are going up, the kgs are coming down so its all looking great for April 15th which is when I will tackle my next goal race which is of course the Geelong Half Marathon.
The week that has just ended saw me hit a total of 90km which is the most I have done for about six months. My weight has also come down to 74kg and although there is still a long way to go, it is good to see it coming down rather than heading north as it was doing around xmas time.
Recently a well-respected coach told me a theory that building a training base is like making a telephone book. Each session is another page. If you try to rip one page in half, it tears easily. The more pages you have, the more difficult it is to tear. If you try to rip an entire phone book in half, it is almost impossible. So with this theory we are trying to make ourselves as strong as a phone book. Easier said than done but thats the idea.
So here is how my last 2 weeks have looked
Week ending 15th January - Pull back week. Only 60kms
Week ending 22nd January - Inreased the kms to 90kms after feeling much better from the previous lighter week.
I have also started to do 2 runs on a Sunday. There is the long run on Sunday morning, then there is the lovely gentle shorter run at sunset. The Sunday night run is my favourite run of the week even though it is not always suitable due to sometimes having commitments at that time.
So thats how the last 2 weeks have looked. For the next few weeks the focus will still be on making small increases to the weekly mileage but also ensuring that I do some quality training as this has been lacking lately. Also getting the weight towards my goal of <70kg will continuing to be worked on.
The week that has just ended saw me hit a total of 90km which is the most I have done for about six months. My weight has also come down to 74kg and although there is still a long way to go, it is good to see it coming down rather than heading north as it was doing around xmas time.
Recently a well-respected coach told me a theory that building a training base is like making a telephone book. Each session is another page. If you try to rip one page in half, it tears easily. The more pages you have, the more difficult it is to tear. If you try to rip an entire phone book in half, it is almost impossible. So with this theory we are trying to make ourselves as strong as a phone book. Easier said than done but thats the idea.
So here is how my last 2 weeks have looked
Week ending 15th January - Pull back week. Only 60kms
Week ending 22nd January - Inreased the kms to 90kms after feeling much better from the previous lighter week.
I have also started to do 2 runs on a Sunday. There is the long run on Sunday morning, then there is the lovely gentle shorter run at sunset. The Sunday night run is my favourite run of the week even though it is not always suitable due to sometimes having commitments at that time.
So thats how the last 2 weeks have looked. For the next few weeks the focus will still be on making small increases to the weekly mileage but also ensuring that I do some quality training as this has been lacking lately. Also getting the weight towards my goal of <70kg will continuing to be worked on.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
The new year is here!!!
Well I must say I am glad to see the back of 2011 for several reasons, both running related and non-running related. 2011 was just not an enjoyable year for me.
Looking to 2012, I am currently pumping out 80km per week and that figure is about to increase. I was very pleased with myself when I ran between 11-14km every day during our recent hot weather here in Melbourne. It was tough but I still managed to get out there. Over the next few weeks I need to focus on getting back to doing some quality sessions on Tuesday nights (and also on Thursdays eventually) and also watching my diet as the weight is still at 76kg which is 10kg over my ideal running weight.
Later this month I will do a few track races and there are some fun runs that I will be considering around late Feburay/early March. The Geelong Half Marathon in April is also on the agenda.
After April there is the AV winter season although I will only run races selectively this year as I am hoping to run a marathon around June/July so that will be my focus. There are also some other fun runs and club races that I hope to participate in so it could be a fairly busy schedule.
For the moment the plan is to get to 100km per week which I hope to do sometime in Febuary. Once I get to that level, I then hope to hold it all year round which I believe will result in PB's over all distances.
So happy 2012 everybody and I hope your new years goals come to fruition just as I am hoping mine do.
For something entertaining, here is a video that I have been watching lately about Steve Prefonaine:
Looking to 2012, I am currently pumping out 80km per week and that figure is about to increase. I was very pleased with myself when I ran between 11-14km every day during our recent hot weather here in Melbourne. It was tough but I still managed to get out there. Over the next few weeks I need to focus on getting back to doing some quality sessions on Tuesday nights (and also on Thursdays eventually) and also watching my diet as the weight is still at 76kg which is 10kg over my ideal running weight.
Later this month I will do a few track races and there are some fun runs that I will be considering around late Feburay/early March. The Geelong Half Marathon in April is also on the agenda.
After April there is the AV winter season although I will only run races selectively this year as I am hoping to run a marathon around June/July so that will be my focus. There are also some other fun runs and club races that I hope to participate in so it could be a fairly busy schedule.
For the moment the plan is to get to 100km per week which I hope to do sometime in Febuary. Once I get to that level, I then hope to hold it all year round which I believe will result in PB's over all distances.
So happy 2012 everybody and I hope your new years goals come to fruition just as I am hoping mine do.
For something entertaining, here is a video that I have been watching lately about Steve Prefonaine:
Sunday, December 18, 2011
A bit less this week
Well this week the legs have felt unusual. It may be a reaction to last week when I got up to 80km. Perhaps I needs some real pull back anyway I had two complete rest days and another day when I ran a total of only 4km!!!
I finished the week with about 50km after completing 18km on Sunday morning in very humid/muggy conditions.
This week I will be looking to get back up to about 80km again.
I finished the week with about 50km after completing 18km on Sunday morning in very humid/muggy conditions.
This week I will be looking to get back up to about 80km again.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wrong time of the year to be losing weight!!!!
Well I am happy to report that I have made a bit of progress with the kms and last week I knocked out 80km!!! The sad thing is my waistline isnt shrinking and with so many BBQ's/xmas functions at this time of the year, I might have to go on one of them new years resolution diets!
Anyway the last 2 weeks have looked like this:
Week ending 4th December - A bit of pull back and reduced the kms to 60
Week ending 11th December - Back to increasing the mileage and finished with 80kms. First time I have done that much for several months.
I also attended the Cool Running Melbourne Xmas BBQ on this day after running 20km with the group. The run/BBQ was organised by Tony Dell who is a very popular character on the Melbourne running scene. I have attached a pic below. I am on the far right in the green.
Anyway the last 2 weeks have looked like this:
Week ending 4th December - A bit of pull back and reduced the kms to 60
Week ending 11th December - Back to increasing the mileage and finished with 80kms. First time I have done that much for several months.
I also attended the Cool Running Melbourne Xmas BBQ on this day after running 20km with the group. The run/BBQ was organised by Tony Dell who is a very popular character on the Melbourne running scene. I have attached a pic below. I am on the far right in the green.
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