Friday, January 23, 2009

Running with the Kangaroos!

Wednesday
6.15am - RPM
7am - Abs
5.20pm - Run with Ewen
Met Ewen at Rydges where we crossed the bridge to the ferry terminal and ran out past Molonglo Reach and a little way along the new track towards the airport. I didn't want Ewen to fire me as his running partner so I put on a bit of a burst of speed and we covered the distance a lot quicker than last week. It was hot, windy and hard work but the company helped considerably. After 14km we reached Ewen's car and I ran the last couple of km gently to make up the required distance.
Total distance: 16km
Average pace per km for 14km: 6:06
Calories burned: 850

Thursday
As I had fartlek on hills scheduled I decided against running at track. This was just as well as a most impressive storm hit in the early evening and the hour run at track was called to a halt after 40mins.
I ran a 15mins warm-up then headed for the hilly trails on North Lyneham ridge. My run went as follows:
2 x 60sec hard/60sec float
4 x 30sec hard/30sec float
2 x 60sec hard/60sec float
4 x 30sec hard/30 sec float
2 x 60sec hard/60sec float
Warm down.
Total distance: 10km
During the course of the run I was running with kangaroos beside me, I just couldn't keep up with their agile speed. During the warm-down I found a better trail than the first part of my run which was a bit steep and rough. I will head there for more hills in the weekend. My timing was perfect as I made it home just before the heavens opened!

3 comments:

  1. Fartlek on hills, OMG, what are you doing. Should see then on Sunday at handicap and Monday on Mt Tennent. Told you running hills will make you stronger.

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  2. We were faster than the bunnies near Kings Ave Bridge! Not sure such a quick run did me much good - I struggled out at Stromlo this morning. And guess what? Kangaroos were nibbling on the lovely grass when I arrived!

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