Trifecta

Who knows where the time goes but I have done 3 runs since my last entry and have not been able to find a window of opportunity in my day to write about them.........................until now....................... So in summary.............................it is 8 weeks today until I run my next marathon and the number of run sessions each week are increasing.....................long runs are back on the program and I really enjoy just getting out and running...................anyway I have clocked up just over 87kms in a week and that is even with missing one run session! Looking at my program for the next fortnight it won't surprise me if I clock up over 100kms each week..................just in time for school to start back!

PS........Shoes: I am still without a pair of red Mary-Janes but I am hopeful that a pair will find me soon.
PPS.......Feet: have taken immediate action to attempt to restore my gnarly toenail-less feet to their former glory.

Australia Day

Public holiday = no work = little sleep in = running as the sun comes up.....................glorious morning along the Bay with lots of people taking advantage of the public holiday to continue shananigans from last night and/or set up on the beach for today's shananigans! Have a fabulous day everyone.....I have completed one run (60 minutes) this morning and have a second session this afternoon.

Up and Down

This morning's session was up hills and down hills and up more hills and down hills for an hour. Hills didn't beat me but I wasn't necesarily on fire. All that I keep in my head is the thought of having a marathon to run before my next lot of school holidays!

Warm Up

Today's 2 hour 10 minute run was a warm up in a couple of ways........................firstly it was warm. I am used to running before the sun gets up so starting today's run @ 8ish was a shock to the system! Not only was the temperature higher than I am used to but the sun was out in all its shining gloriousness!
The second reason it was a warm up was because my triathlete and I ran a section of the run that we will both undertake in the marathon (as part of the Melbourne Ironman event) in 9 weeks.......so let the fun begin!

Not on the plan

Today I opted to do a 90 minute hill run over a 40 minute tempo run.......................not sure what Caoch Tippett would have to say on the matter so I won't ask him. Think of the song lyric 'everyday I'm shuffling" and you will have the visual of my running action this morning..........well kind of :) BTW no hill in South Yarra got the better of me. Next run on Thursday morning (because this is a recovery week) so speak to you then :)

My Clayton's Trail Run

Today was the day for the Two Bays Trail Run.............................except for people like me who did not register in time...........so today was my Clayton's trail run....................Coach Tippett instructed me to do the 28km run on soft surface.......................so 28km I did but on a mix of soft and hard surfaces that took me from Port Melbourne, to Albert Lake and onto The Tan returning to Port Melbourne two and a half hours later or there abouts. I purposely did not focus on my pace and just went out and ran and a sensational run it was.

(The pooch did not join me as we have since discovered that cramping is a known issue for border terriers and it is thought that extreme exercise aggravates the condition).

Glorious day.........................hope that you get out to enjoy it :)

Collapsed Canine

Happy that this morning's session was fast and short........a warm up, 3 x 3 minute intervals @ race pace with 3 min float jogs to break it up and then a 10 minute cool down.................took the pooch with me and all was fine and dandy until I started the final interval.....Chicko was lagging behind me (on the lead) and I told her to move it along...........I looked over my shoulder to see the little pooch's back legs under her belly with me essentially dragging her along. I stopped running and scooped her up off the path. when I put her back down her back legs were unable to support her....................doing my best to stay calm I scooped her back up again (yay for small pooches) and started walking back towards the car only pausing to put her on the grass once to see how she managed. She walked in an arc and then stumbled.........................scooped up again my mind raced as we got closer to the car - was there a 24 hour vet hospital, if so where? I placed her into the car and headed for home..................when I opened the car door she bounded out and waited for me to reach the front door, that, once opened she raced inside and stood expectantly waiting for her post run treat! Was she for real?!! It would appear so!

Vet verdict: she most likely suffered a cramp!
And the Oscar goes to Chicko!