Wednesday morning
After the site meeting with our architect and builder I managed to fit in the hill repeats. I had been to the gym the day before for a hard leg session (leg press, hamstring curls, lunges with dumbbells) so my legs were feeling a tad weary. However the spirit was strong so I set off for a 15min warm up which took me to the bottom of the Black Mountain peninsular hill. There were 12 hill repeats with the 7th and 8th being sprints – it was probably at this point that “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” popped up on my ipod. I don’t know about having fun – its not a lot of fun when the lungs and legs are burning from the effort of sprinting uphill, but it did spur me on!
Stats:
Distance – 10km
Time taken – 58.49min
AHR – 144; MHR – 201
Yay! I survived the session.
After seeing Mr CJ up to the day surgery unit in the afternoon I went to the gym for a chest/triceps and abs/core session. It was a great time to go to the gym – everyone had gone back to work and I had my choice of equipment.
This morning
Interval session
Stats:
Session – 6 x 2.30min efforts (1min RI)
Distance – 6km
Time – 30.53min
Av pace – 5.12min/km
AHR – 156; MHR – 192
Surprisingly I could still run after all the leg work I’ve been doing lately. This session was done in the dark (its still very dark at 6am these days) so I wore my headlamp – what a handy little item it is. However I have to say that now my butt and my legs are so sore – DOMS has definitely set in. So I have literally been working my butt off – well at least I hope so! ;-)
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"It is the `follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop." - Charles F. Kettering
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And all that was followed by a great brekkie and chat - ty for your inspiring company this morning!
What a nice team to watch!!
How do you find the headlamp is during the speed work? Does it stay in place?
Like Susan I'm feeling guilty too. The stuff I do at the gym is so girly. And I usually avoid leg work.
I chatted to a visiting Canberra runner briefly this morning. She said she's a Customs Jogger but didn't know you. Sorry, she was off before I could get her name.
Great job!!!! It's so strange to think we're in completely opposite seasons right now!
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