..a half, yep im certainly not BUILT for them

..im certainly not built for running half marathons thats for damn sure!!!!!!!!!

in the warm up my flexor was a bit sore which had me worried, but the flexor was okay for most of the race, However, my feet went numb at about 4kms which is rather annoying, but at 6kms things went from bad to worse and the feet started aching, like not in a small way...really badly aching. and this season i appear to have become a walker. i had to walk for 5 steps on about 8 occasion to alleviate some of the pai n. it was REALLY bad.
my own fault- i was wearing near new shoes, but given they are brooks that i have worn for years i thought it would be okay. what i did forget was that sometimes when i start my new brooks my feet go a bit numb til they start to mould to my feet :(
i felt like i was going to cry i was in so much pain. i gave up on the sub 100min pb early on, not nice conditions anyway, windy and i have no ticker and should stik to 800m.

the course was 200m long and i missed my pb (1.43.17) running 1.44.17 or something

shocking shocking run and this WINTER has been a BUST for me. no pbs :( but i am getting close to my times of last year at least

have just been doing homeowork and i am totally tired now. i think i want chips for dinner :)

whoever invented stupid half marathons

oh and the flexor got tired about 16kms
here are my splits : will update later when i get my garmin-its more than 2 m away so too far

..when does racing get easier???

hmmm
i would consider myself a fairly experienced runner. i knew i would be in teh 2nd team(the girl put above me trains waaaaay faster than me) but being competitive i was always wanting to 'beat' her time. ive been having breathing issues for hte last 4 weeks or so(cold weather and trying to keep a cold at bay) anywauy i ran with my puffer and after about 4.5kms had to stop and walk for 5steps and have a'puff' :( only 3 secs slower than lat year so not too bad but wouldve liked to have gone faster, 13.35 in the first lap and i felt gone!!!!! at 3.1km but managed to come home i 13.55 including a walk-so not too bad

HOWEVER
been having some issues this week with my glutes and hip flexors... and im not talking small issues. was limping on wed, couldnt contemplate running thursday and was a maybe today... stu doesnt seem to understand the importance of resting sometimes
:if you cant run the days leadin up you may as well withdraw"
"no, a couple of days rest means i MAY be able to run and i can still withdraw on sunday"

so anti-inflamming at the moment and have been on the tennis ball(which is helping for hte tight glute

sooooooo tired though. 2 x parent teacher nights this week and relays til 8.30 last night for school has left this little black duck EXHAUSTED
and at work tomorrow morning from 8-12(yep leave at 7am-its been a f-er of a weeek

..that's a bit better

well yesterday run of 30 mins felt like crap. legs didnt want to move-just felt heavy and niggly. left shin very sore(i iced) and my whole glute/hip area feels VERY tight. struggled for the 30mins but got the tick in the box

today my legs felt really tired again... a bit of a theme huh

anyway the set was 6x400m at approx 90s with 2 min standing recov..wow we never get standing revovery anymore... woohoo
2 reps were at 90 and the rest were at 88s.. legs were working though, but it wasnt what i would call a HARD set. stu said it right when he said a solid set

hmmmm tired..i really need a nap/sleep

..bucketing down

not really much fun when it is bucketing down and the wind is massive massive

stu has wanted me to do 3x1200 m but there really was no chance in the horrific conditions. as it was our usual 800s of 3.12 were dropped back to 100s laps(and couldnt even keep this up)



the 2 young girls started out way too fast in the first lap-i went my pace(had to stop to do up shoe laces at 500m d'oh) and went through about 3.38(incliding shoe lace tying...lol)



2nd rep girls went out too fast in the first lap and i overtook them in the 2nd lap same for the 3rd rep. was having tummy issues, had to go to toilet 4 times, 3 times before training and once after the third rep..been happening a bit lately

my reps were 3.23-3.26 which isnt ridiculous since it really was dreadful, no big recovery either, justa diagonal walk across and start immediately



trying to keep this cold at bay-have been sniffling for 2.5 weeks now. it just has to wait til AFTER the half!!!!!!!!!!!!





very tired, had to write an extra assemsssment task bc someone else was incompetent...grr am exhausted

..busy miss lizzie

yep that title seems to be the order of the day. no running today bc i hd stupid parent teacher night
okay so sunday 100min run..OMG the legs were dead dead dead for the last 10mins but felt pretty good the rest of the run, much better than last week. had a gu-yeah not too bad
average about 5.40 which is okay since there was some walking up turnatable(which is a horrible horrible hill, but i ran more of it than last time. just under 18kms. biggest run of the year

then had a massage .OMG everything was tight and the guy just went for it, no gentle-he was pretty full on-im still pretty sore today

and way tired

.hmmmm ok so im a whiny little track runner

.. yep that just about sums me up

hate hate hate the tempo run. yes i know others(more disciplined runners than me).. anyway off to work in hte morning then home and was NOT looking forward to it.
i have NEVER been able to run 7kms at tempo ie 4.43 pace and have always modified to some extent ie 2kms here,1km there

anyway pretty damn windy so i jogged one way for 2kms and was surprised how leaden my legs were. i had worked out i could have the wind on my side for 5kms(bar a few spots) and then into the wind for 2kms. did mean i had to cross a road twice

anyway started off and surprisingly felt okay, thinking okay this isnt too bad. 4.42,4.42,4.41,4.35,4.39,4.35,4.41 so with 2 road crosses(turned off the watch) and at the 5km turnaround, i did stop for 20s for a drink and 2 horrible km into the wind. was stuffed at about 5km and after walking 200m and could barely stay under 6min/kms when jogging the last 1 km

so 7kms average 4.39, cant believe i actually made the set- the wind in the back helped...lol
yes i am awhiny little track runner. but then i HATE this set-it sinificantly reduces my appreciation of running and i am after all a TRACK runner. dont think i should have to do this one really. yes im doing a half(my choice) and yes i know it is good for me, but really it just sucks the big one(well it does for this little black duck)-especially when running alone. i think the first words i said to stu were -dont talk to me

and you should have seen me drag my sorry ass in the door. i was SMASHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im not really a distance runnner methinks-coming back feeling all good after a run-nope i come back like something thats been run over by a car

and where was my damn sausage sizzle when i voted. unaustralian!!! hmph

then off to a party for 3 year olds...ummm sorry love but surely you realised giving out whistles to kids 1/3 of the way into a party IS NO a good fricking idea.!!! OMG- i haaaaaaaaate whistles

a busy busy day

a few days WHIPPED by

..last couple of days have been a blur....
work is busy(what's new-and EVERYONE is busy, all of you guys are-everyone thinks they are busy-so maybe IM not and its a preconception that we all have.... lol )

anyway-wednesday feeling pretty average and SKIPPED my run(how slack miss jo) and had a 1 hour sleep as soon as i got home :( slack slack slack

thursday-still on hte codral cold and flu-breathing not great but not terrible either-took the ventolin and the 400,200float,400,200float,400 x3 got changed to 6x200with 200 float x2

IT WAS SO WET,raining on us and just hideous weather.fot to track late, semi warmed up on the concrete that was protected from the howling weather. fortunately the rain and wind started to die down, but big puddles on the trck and running in brooks adrenalines are not light shoes. anyway first 6 x200s were 44-45s. felt fast but probs more bc i hadnt warmed up properly. hd planned to do 20 but got a bit carried away the next set
all 41s with 20 floats and was WRECKED at the end of the 2nd set. so 12 reps was it and left it at that-shoulda kept them all at 44 and woulda made 15-16

anyway didnt want to run today but forced myself to do a 45min water run

oh and my set tomorrow is 3k warm up cool down and 7km run at half mara pace. ive told stu i can't do this set-i dont know why-but i seem unable to, my half is really not that far off my 10km race pace and i seem to be able to hold it for a long time, but i CANNOT do it in training, i am working really hard at that pace-like ummmmm racing. But something comes over me (and others) in a race, and taking 10s off per km from your 'tempo' run doesnt seem too big a deal.
anyway according to him, if i cant do that set, then i cant run the half in under 100mins. i haven't lost ALL hope just yet-i did manage to race that pace for 15kms, and i race SUPER SUBSTANTIALLY better than i train over the longer stuff. i am a track runner and CANT manage the training long tempo run but i suggest i can suck it up for ONE day. anyway we will see how i go at the half-but i think stu is being too negative over this ONE training session that i have never in my whole life been able to do-i couldn;t do it the one year when i ran 1.43 either! i may be fooling myself however