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End of the working week

Posted by vat , 22 June 2012 -

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Thursday - I was literally still working out what I was going to do after my warm up for this session. Ended up doing 5 x 1.1km or so, which pacewise went 3:51, 3:48, 3:48, 3:43 and 3:36. Didn't really push until the last rep, just worked on being nice and tall and consistent with my stride and action.
Friday - got out at lunch and rolled through a...

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Mid week update - June 18-20

Posted by vat , 20 June 2012 -

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Gently winding off the miles ahead of the Gold Coast Half Marathon in a week and a half's time.

I'm on a training course for work out of Rocklea this week which means a later start and finishing a bit later. It's a little fiddly but you know what runners are like with routine.

I was fairly beaten up on Monday after the 36, and a bit niggly at...

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Week catch up - 12-17 June

Posted by vat , 18 June 2012 -

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Been busy with a few things around home, so I've had no time to update. Until now!

Left ITB/knee combination's been a little niggly but improving with stretching and the roller - just a little troublesome up and down hills (basically any time the ITB is extended) but it's certainly not causing any issues beyond a little bit of...

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Preview of the opening of the Brisbane Marathon

Posted by vat , 11 June 2012 -

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I was fairly beaten up from yesterday's efforts at BRRC, and with the general craptitude of the weather it took a while (and some stretching and roller work) to get motivated to head out.

I'd had a feeling following with a sharper tempo wasn't going to be too smart so decided to do something a bit more entertaining instead. I figured about an...

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BRRC 35k race rehearsal

Posted by vat , 10 June 2012 -

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And so to the "Will It Ever End?" 7 laps of the BRRC 5k course for 35km. Sitting three weeks from the Gold Coast Marathon, it's the last chance for many Brisbane participants to do a race rehearsal, practice pace, food and water strategies, try out shoes and clothes and get a final long run in.

I was doing much the same, but with 8 weeks...

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End of the easy week

Posted by vat , 10 June 2012 -

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Winding down into the BRRC 35k on Sunday (June 10), which I'm treating as a full race rehearsal.
Thu - good warm up and cool down bookended three solid 1.1k repeats, done at 3:42, 3:39 and 3:34 pace. Didn't push hard, just nice even technique (on the forefoot) working to be a little faster through each rep.
Fri - was going to run at UQ, forgot my...

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Catching up - easier week and a trip to Sydney

Posted by vat , 06 June 2012 -

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Been busy with a trip to Sydney and a few other things going on, so haven't had a chance to update.

The running streak continues, though!

Wed (last week) - a late finish after a fairly fraught day at work saw me park near the bike path at Toowong on Brisbane Road and do a rough 'out and back' along Coro to the Goodwill Bridge, cross over...

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