Saturday, December 31, 2011
Another year has come and gone! As you'll recall, last year I pulled out all the stops to hit my goal of 1000km. This year I was aiming for 1100km, and for the first half of the year I was on track to surpass that by far. Unfortunately the second half of the year was a different story. I suffered a couple injuries (rolling my left ankle repeatedly) and then I got sidelined by a virus and cough for several weeks. It sucks that I didn't quite get to 1100, but I'm pretty proud regardless. The final numbers: Dec. 26: 8.86km Dec. 28: 6.86km Dec. 30: 8.02km (cycling) Dec. 31: 5.16km Total this week: 20.88km (13.05mi) Total in 2011: 1043.77km (652mi) - 4% increase from 2010 Goals for 2012: I'm now training in earnest for the July 1 Gold Coast Marathon. I'd love to be able to finish it in 5:30. I'd also like to run the Blackmore's Half-Marathon next September and finish it in under 2:30. I'd like to start my podcast up again. (Anybody want to contribute or co-host?) And I'd like to comment more on DailyMile and Fitocracy to thank everyone who's given me such encouragement this year. Saturday, December 24, 2011
It was kind of a crazy week. I had only three full work days to try to finish everything up at the office, and Spudds was cancelled for the holidays. I still managed three runs though so I'm satisfied with that. The one upside to Sydney's cold and grey summer has been how pleasant it is to run! Dec. 18: 5.02km Dec. 21: 5.01km Dec. 23: 2.18km (walking) Dec. 24: 5.01km Total this week: 15.04km (9.4mi) Total in 2011: 1022.89km (639mi) Only one week to go! Monday, December 19, 2011
Holding steady. Work has been really busy in these last weeks before Christmas, so I haven't been able to squeeze in any training sessions at Spudds. I did still manage my three runs though! Dec. 11: 7.65km Dec. 14: 5.17km Dec. 15: 2.76km (walking) Dec. 16: 5.86km Total this week: 18.68km (11.6mi) Total in 2011: 1007.85km (630mi) And I've crossed the 1000km mark! There isn't really any chance I'm going to rack up 93km in the next two weeks, so I'm not quite going to reach my goal of 1100km in 2011. But I'm already past last year's total, so I count that as a win. I'm also very happy to see that my fitness is recovering nicely from being sick. I still have a post-viral cough, but my doctor confirmed my lungs are clear and I'm good to run. My speed has been coming back a little more with every workout. Onwards and upwards... Sunday, December 11, 2011
I am back on the horse! My cough is nearly gone and I managed three runs this week along with a workout at Spudds. I'm trying to hold back and build up slowly, but it feels so great to be able to exercise again. Dec. 4: 4.79km Dec. 6: 5.16km Dec. 9: 5.20km Total this week: 15.15km (9.5mi) Total in 2011: 989.17km (618.2mi) There's still no chance that I'll meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, but I'm assured of breaking 1000km. Last year I managed 1002km, so I'll definitely surpass that. Friday, December 2, 2011
This flu has really wrecked my training plans for the end of the year. I'm still coughing a lot at night, but it seems to be easing up during the day a bit. So today I went out for my first run in 2.5 weeks. I took it very easy with five minutes' walk to warm up and then 2:1 run/walk intervals (at a slow pace). I felt pretty good! I didn't feel any need to cough during the running portions, but on the walks I could tell how weak my lungs are. It felt good to be out in the fresh air and sunshine though. I am excited to put November behind me and kick off my training plan for the Gold Coast Marathon! Nov. 28: 2.81km (walking) Dec. 1: 2.81km (walking) Dec. 2: 4.06km Total this week: 4.06km Total in 2011: 974.02km (608.7mi) To meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, I'd need to run 126km in the next 4 weeks. That's 31.5km a week. I don't think it's gonna happen, folks. |
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