Running to Fitness

Slow run in thicker snow 12.2km

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:24:43 +0000

Today’s run was really hard - the snow was a lot thicker, a few inches deep and really seemed to sap my energy as I ran. Planned to run longer than this but felt tired and had slight pain in my right foot which cleared up. Dont think I’ll bother running in thick snow again, too hard - will do some treadmill runs if I do anything else before Christmas.

Long run in the snow 14.2km

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:00:19 +0000

Went out for my long run today and did just over 14km in 1hour 37 - not bothered about the time, I’ve done a lot of running this week, probably the most Ive done ever - around 60km. My legs felt a bit sore and my sciattica gave me a small problem with some pain in my left leg but nothing too bad that I couldn’t handle.

I enjoyed todays run - the ground had quite a bit of ice and snow on it and towards the end of the run it really started snowing so by the end everything was covered in snow - I’m really enjoying running in this cold weather; I dont have to worry about sweating too much so I dont have a drink with me - I wrapped up today with a shirt, sweatshirt with hood up, waterproof running jacket, beanie hat, gloves and tracksuit bottoms.

Looking forward to giving my legs a well deserved rest tommorow and possibly monday (but probably not!).

Recovery run 6.1km in 40mins outside

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:21:23 +0000

Well the day off had to wait - my new Asics Nimbus arrived today and who can resist testing out new running shoes? The shoes are great - much better than the last pair of Asics 3000 I bought, more cushioning etc.

Just went for a nice easy jog today as things are a bit sore, my back was aching a bit as well - probaby because I’ve upped the mileage quite a bit this week. Will see how I feel in the morning to decide whether or not I do my long run, I probably will though!

10km outdoors run

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:16:41 +0000

I tried to stop myself running today but couldn’t! Ended up doing a rapid 10km run outside in the snow in 1 hour 50seconds - the fastest I’ve recorded with my Nike+

Defo having a day off running tommorow!

Another Tempo Run 41mins

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:33:56 +0000

Probably shouldnt have done another run today, especially not another quick one but I did so nevermind! Nike+ recorded it today and I ran for 41mins at 11km/hour on the treadmill with a 3min walk break. Nike+ is showing an average pace of 5.35mins per km - thats great, If I knock off the walk break its probably about 5mins per km which means a 10km in 50mins - 5 mins short of my target.

Will have to force myself not to run tommorow and do some weights instead.

Fastest Treadmill Tempo Run

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:00:40 +0000

Did a really good run today on the treadmill - 50mins at 11km/hour pace, thats the fastest I’ve run so far on the treadmill. Giving up smoking has really helped my cardio, no way could I have kept going at that pace before. My aim is to do a 10k in 45minutes so I need to up that treadmill to 13km/hour to achieve that buts its definately looking do-able now. Anoying thing is, my Nike+ didnt work again today so i dont have a record of it - looks like I need to get a new one.

Outdoor Run 11.5km

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:19:51 +0000

First run back today after having a cold, turned out the cold wasn’t too bad so I di an outdoors run of 11.5km in 1hour 13mins. Felt good, some coughing problems so my breathing wasn’t spot-on but not too bad at all.

Going to do a weights session tommorow in the warm gym - was freezing out today!

Illness

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:49:07 +0000

Turns out it was a cold coming - feel rotten today so no gym for me and probably no long run this weekend - hopefully be back to normal by monday.

Gym Session

admin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:13:59 +0000

Did a run for 30mins at 9/km hour on the treadmill - annoyingly my Nike+ didn’t save the run though. After I did 23 mins on the cross trainer and 7mins on the rowing machine. Nothing special today really.

Feel like I’m getting a cold so that may tamper with my plans for a weight session tommorow and long run on saturday - I’ll see how I feel in the morning.

Slow outdoors run

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:11:25 +0000

Today I was dressed up like robocop - started using my garmin 305 again so I had that on my wrist, the heart rate monitor on my chest, nip guards on, Nike+ on my foot and my iPod nano on my arm!

Did a long slow run outside of 11.4km in 1 hour 14mins, Im warming to my new trainers as well. At first I thought they didn’t have enough cusioning but even though they feel harder - Im not getting as many aches and pains as I did with the Kayanos. Going to stick with them and see how it goes.