Each Monday morning, when I don't have a work shift. I take part in a 60 minute Body Pump class at the local gym. It's tough but I am hoping the strength training will translate to improvement in my running. Yesterday was no exception and it hurt but pain is good within reason!
Late in the afternoon after taking Teddy for his daily brisk walk I managed to arrive at Speedygeese training in time for the early warm up of 4km. There were a few of us running at that time and it was a good way to prepare for the main session 30 minutes later. During the school holidays we have been enjoying the company of some 8-10 year old speedygoslings. It's such fun watching them enjoying themselves and running in the fresh air. Tonight there were enough of us to have three person relay teams running the diagonals on the grassy bank in front of Parliament House. I was in a team with Cathy and Rae (the plus 60 ladies) and it was all good fun. We had 30 minutes of the relays, running the diagonals either up or down and jogging the straights before being tagged. To finish we had a 1.8km warm down loop of Parliament House. I do enjoy those sessions, competitive but fun with a great group of people.
This morning before work I returned to the pool. It must be more than twelve months since I last went for a proper swim and the first 100m was hard work, especially as I had to stop to adjust my goggles. However, I soon found my rhythm and slowly completed 1km of freestyle. My reward was the spa afterwards - heaven.
I am going to experiment for the next couple of weeks and cut down on the "junk" kilometres and replace them with some cross training. I'm hoping it will keep me going injury free and maintain my enthusiasm. I certainly won't sacrifice my long or middle distance runs or the important interval, speed and hill sessions. I just want to find out if this works better for me as I need to train smarter.
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| A few speedygeese at a hill repeat session a few months ago |
Nice one Ruth! I'm impressed you can knock out 1 km in the pool. You may need to give Mr B some tips ;-). I'll stick to cycling for my cross training. Swimming is too alien for me :-).
ReplyDeleteHaha Janene - Mr B would complete two lengths to my one. Speed in the pool is definitely not my forte, actually speed anywhere is not my forte lol!
DeleteSee you on the bike with CJ and Janene!
ReplyDeleteI would experiment for the next couple of months. A couple of weeks isn't long enough. Keep the one weekly longish run and have any other runs/sessions lasting less than an hour.
Hmmm Ewen I have a marathon to run. I need about 15-20km in the middle of the week as well as my long run in the weekend. That middle week one definitely takes much more than an hour!!
DeleteBut yes I need to get back on my bike. I may start with a spin or RPM class or two.
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