Hurts so good

Thursday - massage day
Had my massage courtesy of Matt - deep tissue massage which was verging on painful - but oh such a good pain! "How are you feeling?" Matt would ask while pushing his elbow into my back. "Fine" would be my muffled reply. "Does that hurt?" he'd ask as he found a particularly tight spot in my calf. "Oh no" I'd lie, not very convincingly I might add, as I was also going "ooch, ouch, ooch, aaargh!" Felt very lightheaded and woozy for a little while afterwards - that's a first. Decided not to run after work but have a bath instead and an early night.

Friday - last run - 2 sleeps to go!
Program - 12 x 30sec efforts (30sec RI)
Time - 31.28min
Distance - 5.6km
Calories - 444
AHR: 159

Set Garmin Girl for 12 x 30sec intervals followed by 30 sec rest intervals and then followed the countdown beeps and chirps - so much easier than checking the watch all the time. My muscles felt fine after the pummelling they received yesterday. The run was a good final hitout though I did feel a bit heavy in the legs by the final 30sec interval - I hope that feeling disappears before Sunday. Then I headed home for carbs, carbs and more carbs.

Well that's it - have done the training and now its crunch time - or it will be on Sunday. Have decided to take my ipod (thanks Tesso). We head off to Sydney some time tomorrow. I have made sure my number and timing chip are in my suitcase already so I won't forget them in the mad panic that will happen tomorrow because, as usual, I will have left my packing to the last minute.

As Big Kev would say, I'm excited! Bring it on! :)