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Signs of overtraining

Posted by vat , 29 May 2012 -

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Friday last week saw me not feeling particularly great. I got out for my scheduled Friday easy half hour or so, which ended up in a bit of a race to get to the toilet, but felt fairly flat throughout.

I was looking for an excuse to not ride Saturday morning, and rain on Friday night saw both myself and my usual riding partner cancel. Felt pretty flat and...

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Thursday 5 x 1.1k (or so), dabbling with forefoot striking

Posted by vat , 24 May 2012 -

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Parked at the usual spot at St Lucia late afternoon, and ran the 3.8k to the far end of the Oxley trail. A bit sore initially in the warm up, but freed up nicely after a couple of km. Had to find a toilet before starting the reps in earnest, and eventually sauntered back. Had a rough plan of running the first two reps normally (midfoot), and then trying...

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Tues 7 x Approx 400, Wed 24k tempo (inc 20 @ 4:15)

Posted by vat , 23 May 2012 -

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Pretty much what it says on the tin.

Was a bit beaten up on Tuesday, got through a bit of a junky warm up where I seemed to free up after a couple of km. I was there a bit later thanks to a late finish at work and darkness fell partway through the reps.

Decided to do all the reps on my forefoot and just focus on form and try to increase speed through the...

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Dragging sub 3 pace out of tired legs

Posted by vat , 21 May 2012 -

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Pulled up a bit beaten up from yesterday's efforts, and a little session on the calves and quads gave a little relief.

On an RDO today, so got out to UQ just after lunchtime and basically wanted to do last Monday's session, but with another 2.2k at pace tacked on to it.

I was a bit junky once I got going but seemed to be able to push through the...

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Going long to finish the week

Posted by vat , 20 May 2012 -

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Managed to lever my sorry backside out of bed at 4:30am for my long run, driving to Auchenflower and parking just off Land Street at the back of the Wesley. The run would be, thanks to some work on Gmaps Pedometer the previous evening a variation on the 30k from a fortnight ago where rather than crossing at the...

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Getting into the back half of a big week

Posted by vat , in Marathon, Run, Training 19 May 2012 -

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And so to Thursday.

I was a bit beaten up after Wednesday's efforts, but as I started out on my warm up I had another runner catch up to me for a chat - a fellow named Mark, from South Sudan, who had just completed his Masters of Law and was waiting on results before trying to get into the Phd program. We ended up at 4:35 pace for the 3.4k warm up, so...

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Tues 6 x 400, Wed longer tempo (that was probably a bit too long)

Posted by vat , in Marathon, Run, Tempo, Training 16 May 2012 -

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Tuesday was pretty straightforward - warm up, 6 x 400, cool down, go home. Except I forgot my running shoes, so I had to scoot home, get them, and then back to the usual spot for the session.

Warm up was a little stiff to start but settled down quickly and I got through a bit over 3.8k in 4:28 pace, feeling a lot smoother over the last km or so.

Same...

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Monday night tempo gets serious

Posted by vat , 14 May 2012 -

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Had a couple of beers and wines over lunch and dinner on Sunday as part of Mother's Day celebrations, and pulled up "a little sore for the run". I came up okay from the actual run on Sunday, though.

With the easy week and race out of the way, it's back to work for the next block of hard training. I had a little think about the Monday...

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BRRC 7k Champs - 25:41

Posted by vat , 13 May 2012 -

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After a relaxed 4.4k (an out and back of the UQ gravel track) on Saturday afternoon (although HR was a little high than I would have like - probably a 'two strong coffees in the morning' thing) and a good night's sleep, it was down to West End on Sunday morning for the fourth round of the Brisbane Road Runner's Club Championship, this...

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Easy Friday night

Posted by vat , 11 May 2012 -

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Sometimes you forget how nice it is to just "go for a run".

A nice, 'natural pace' half hour or so this evening - parked at the usual spot near the St Lucia ferry stop, realised that the running shorts I'd packed weren't in fact running shorts but casual sports type shorts, and that I'd neglected to pack socks. Eh, it was...

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