Monday on the treadmill

It was a horrible run tonight, maybe it was thinking about it for 30 minutes before half heartily deciding I may as well or maybe I'm just down on myself (because the numbers aren't THAT bad). I've had enough of the treadmill but struggling for other running options. It just keeps on making me feel like I'm going backwards and not making any progress. I thought this was meant to be "easy" and "fun"? Yeah right...

Summary:
Run: 3 min walk; 11 min jog; 2 min walk; 7 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, 2% incline

Pace: 9'00''

Distance: 2.93 km

Heart Rate: Maximum 175; Average 156

15 km Walk

It was a beautiful day in Auckland today, so we decided to do a training walk along the harbour to Mission Bay and back. It was an easy 15.8 km return walk, in the sun, and needless to say we got a bit burnt! There's not a lot to summarise with, but if your looking for a walking/running path/route in Auckland, this is the way to go.

Thursday Night Run

So this is my first run this week. My hamstring was sore after Sunday's PT session and my lower back has been very painful so I gave myself a few "days off", that however wasn't without consequences! It was meant to be a straight 25 minutes, but it's been split with only 21 minutes running in total

Summary:

Run: 5 min walk; 10 min jog; 3 min walk; 11 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, 2% incline

Pace: 9'00''

Distance: 3.52 km

Heart Rate: Maximum 181; Average 161

Tuesday and Thursday Night Jog

So I didn't post about my runs this week as they were late in the evening and after long days and early starts it's the last thing I wanted to do. Both were a struggle, particularly Thursday where i didn't meet my target and I think that was mainly due to fatigue.

Tuesday Night
Run: 5 min walk; 22 min jog; 5 min walk treadmill on 2% incline

Distance: 3.49 km

Pace: 9'03''

Heart rate: Maximum 174; Average 159

Thursday Night
Run: Was meant to be 23 min straight jogging, however it ended up being 5 min walk; 15 min jog; 3 min walk; 8 min jog; 4 min walk, so still 23 min jogging in total. On treadmill at 2% incline.

Distance: 3.76 km

Pace: 9'00''

Heart rate: Maximum 178; Average 160

Staples Lookout to Somersby Falls Walk

So it was another day to do our training walk. This one was 5.7 km from Staples Lookout to Somersby Falls. It's actually downhill, with the return being uphill and I found the downhill part slower, mainly I think due to watching footing around rocks. It also happened to be a very wet and overcast afternoon, but we figured that when we do our 4 day hike we can't just not walk because its raining.

Summary:

Walk: 2 hours 5 minutes

Terrain: Various, hilly in parts, rocky in others, classified as moderate

Distance: 5.7 km according to wildwalks, 6.17 km according to my Nike+

Heart rate: Maximum 176; Average 139

Back on the treadmill

So I had all intentions of running outside, but when it came to it the anxiety was just too much, so it was back on the treadmill. And while about 12 min into the run I thought this is it I have to stop, an old song came on and I just ran, I don't know exactly what it was but something just clicked in my head. Needless to say I had the best pace in the last few weeks, so it couldn't have been that bad right?

Summary:

Music: Still on those old Wild compilations on shuffle, this time #12 and the magic song? Rock It by the Bad Habit Boys, feeling old anyone?!?

Run: 5 min walk; 21 min jog; 6 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, gym, 2% incline

Distance: Once again a huge discrepancy between my Nike+ of 3.55 km and the treadmill of 3.26 km. Actually there's not a lot of difference this time.

Pace: 8'57''

Heart Rate: Maximum 182; Average 169

On the treadmill...

So this was my first "run" on the treadmill since I started back in Sep 2010, and I have to say I didn't like it one bit. Mainly due to the fact that outside I can just run, I don't have to worry about the settings, I don't have to worry if I slow down then speed up, I don't have to over think things. Seeing that I'll be away from home during the week due to work I'm going to have to find a better option and put up with the stress of running outdoors in a foreign city (make that country).

Summary:

Music: Wild Volume 13 on shuffle

Run: 5 min walk; 5 min jog; 3 min walk; 5 min jog; 3 min walk; 5 min jog; 3 min walk; 5 min jog; 3 min walk. So yeah, not my aim, nor the way I wanted to run, but still 20 min in total.

Terrain: Treadmill, gym

Distance: 4.15 km on my Nike+, only 3.36 km on the treadmill! Not good data!!!!

Pace: 9'09''

Heart Rate: Maximum 185; Average 166

Thursday Night Run

So I knew before I went out that this was going to be an average run, as in slow, very slow, but all things considered I'm pretty happy that I made my first 20 minutes straight and ran 2.5 km straight, so not all's lost.

Summary:

Music: Wild 8 on shuffle

Run: 5 min walk; 20 minute jog; 8 minute walk

Terrain: Grass, flat

Distance: 3.72 km; pace of 9'12''
Temperature: 28C, with a nice breeze

Heart Rate: Maximum 167; Average: 157

Too hot to run!

So it hit 42C (108C today, and took some time to cool down (32C or 90F at 8 pm) so we decided it was too hot to run. So instead of skip training all together we turned on the air and tried to make the most of it indoors.

Summary:

Music: Ke$ha - We are who we are; Afrojack - Take Away Control; Jay Z - Empire State of Mind; repeat x 3

Activity: 30 minutes up and down the wooden stairs in our house, jogging never looked so good!

Heart Rate: Maximum 172; Average 165

It doesn't look like it will get any cooler, so look for a repeat of too hot to run!