Friday Funk

I had another DNC (Did Not Complete), although I'm probably being a little hard on myself as I did complete 2/3 of the run I had planned. I can't quite figure if it's fatigue (I've been standing in heals for 8 hours a day the last three days), if it's becuase I forgot to add the incline or becuase I pushed myself with my inital pace for too long. I hope to get some outdoor running in this weekend, so hopefully that will get me out of my funk.

Summary:

Music: The Hunger Games #1 Audio Book

Run: 5 min walk; 20 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, incline at 2% only from 15 min jog (forgot)

Pace: 8'40''

Distance: 3.23 km

Heart Rate: Failed for some reason, will have to google it and see what might be the cause

Wednesday Night Run

So I tried Wednesday night for a change, after a hard PT session on Sunday I think I was lucky to make it tonight. But make it I did, and not at a bad pace either. Still with bad cramping in my calves I am not looking forward to my next run (or tomorrow!).

Summary:

Music: Hunger Games #1 Audio Book

Run: 5 min walk; 30 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, 2% incline

Pace: 8'39''

Distance: 4.38 km

Heart Rate: Maximum 179; Average 168

Training walk: Pearl Beach to Patonga Return

It was a nice afternoon for a walk, cool and overcast but not raining. We had done part of this walk before and this was definitely the difficult part, in particular the uphill part returning from Patonga. Patonga is a nice town, with a quaint pub for lunch. My calves kill today, probably from the 40 minute climb, but hey you do what you have to do.

Summary:

Time: 2 hr 25 minutes

Terrain: Rocky, with step incline for part

Temperature: 22C, cool and overcast

Heart Rate: Maximum 172; Average 133

Thursday Night Run

So I made it tonight, it was tough but I did it. I guess 6/7 attempts isn't too bad. It does have to get easier at some point doesn't it? I tried it this time listening to an audio book instead of music, worked ok, but if it was an average audio book it wouldn't have worked.

Summary:

Music: Hunger Games #1 Audio Book

Run: 5 min walk; 30 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, 2% incline

Pace: 9'01"

Distance: 4.2 km

Heart Rate: Maximum 175; Average 162

DNC (Did Not Complete)

I'm disappointed in myself, and I'm not sure if it's because I gave up after 5 minutes, or because I'm being so hard on myself. In reality I did another 5 minutes walking, and 10 minutes on the cross trainer so I did something, but just not what I was "supposed" to do, not what I "should" have done.

Another part of me blames it on my PT session Sunday, my thighs hurt so much to sit or stand let alone walk/jog!

Summary:

Not much really

Activity: 5 min walk; 5 min jog; 10 min cross train

Heart Rate: Maximum 180; Average 156

Thursday Night Run

This was a horrible run. You no things will be bad when you're only 3 minutes in and you think is this over yet? I was slow, I hurt and I just wanted to give up. Guess I should concentrate on the fact that I didn't give up, and this was my 5th 30 minute run, although I did think it would get easier.

Summary:

Run: 5 min walk; 30 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, 2% incline

Distance: 4.14 km

Pace: 9'00''

Heart Rate: Maximum 176; Average 162

Tuesday Night Run

This was a struggle, I'm not sure if it was due to the 14 hour shift I had just worked, the lack of sleep due to changing time zones the night before or because my PT session was cancelled on Sunday and I wasn't primed. Mind you at the end of the day (or looking at it a day later) I still ran for 30 minutes, my pace was ok and I didn't pike out.

Summary:

Run: 5 min walk; 30 min jog; 3 min walk

Terrain: Treadmill, 2% incline

Distance: 4.26 km

Pace: 8'54''

Heart Rate: Maximum 176; Average 160