Ain't nothing gonna break my stride....

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Might have a bit of time on my hands soon Dora, might need to buy myself some armbands, any recommendations

TbL

I'm sure you'd look hot in a pair of these sweety





Or you can jump down the hole to Wonderland

Sunday:

Run: Shinrone 10k

44:06 (6:53, 7:10, 7:17, 7:07, 7:10, 7:04, 6:36 )
First woman

I gave my quad a bit of a twinge last night and my hips were feeling a bit tight this morning but I used to work around here and I thought I could win it. I didn't think there'd be too much competition. So my plan was to take it as handy as I could. Dad was coming too for his first 10k race. I think he was a bit anxious cause he's never even run 10k in training especially when I started winding him up about the hills

There was only about 40 people for the 10k. There was a 5k as well. Maybe more people did that. It started in a different place and took a different route so we didn't see them at all. I lined up behind the men in singlets. Thought I recognised one of them but it was only at the prize giving I realised it was Zico. Three women jumped off in front of me. The first k is fast. It's a gradual downhill and the wind was behind us. I was happy to sit in behind them for a while cause they didn't look like they could hold that pace for 10k. After about 800m I moved past two of them. I was feeling pretty comfortable but I wasn't sure now should I sit for a bit longer or just keep the effort solid. I haven't done any speedwork since the Kclub so I decided on the latter and after the 1k mark, before we turned down out of Shinrone I moved past the other woman. She was breathing quite hard and I reckoned I had the race in the bag now. There was two guys in blue shirts about 30m in front of me but it was going to be too much effort to catch them so I was on my own for most of the rest of the race. After 2k I had a quick look behind and saw the second woman was about 20m back. I actually was surprised she was still so near.

There was a longish hill before the 4k mark and the first water station and towards the top I had another look and there was no one behind me so I stopped and walked through the water station so I could get a good drink in as it was quite hot and my mouth was dry. The next few k were nice. I was still comfortable and the km signs that were marked on the road with chalk seemed to be flying by. One of the blue shirt guys had moved up to the guy ahead in a red shirt and after a bit he went by him too. The other blue shirt guy seemed to be under more pressure and he was slowly coming back to me so my new goal for the race was to finish in front of him. Towards the end of the 8th k he was about 10m in front. I knew we were turning back towards the village again and I moved to the other side of the road. Blue shirt guy stayed were he was and I went past him on the turn. There wasn't too much fight in him. He was breathing hard and we were running into a headwind and there were a few hills to negotiate now. There were a few people out supporting which was nice and there was a nice little downhill right before the finish and I picked up the pace a little as I crossed the line. Second woman was 2 minutes back and third was another 40 sec. Dad ran a great race to finish in 59:48. Can't wait to tell my brother in law. His pb is 1:02

Swim: 2.5k

Alternating 200 sw and 200 pb. Really enjoyed this. It was very relaxing and I lost count a couple of times

Weekly totals:

Run: 39.8m
Swim: 12.7k
Core: 30 min .... MUST DO MORE CORE NEXT WEEK!!!

pointer28 wrote: »

Any Tri's in the plan?

With your run and your swim progression lately you could do well.

Thanks pointer. No not at the moment. I have no plans for this year other than the Beast in August

Great stuff, sounds like you played the racing game beautifully there

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Great stuff, sounds like you played the racing game beautifully there

Thanks a mill. Well done in the relays

Another win! Well done!

Another win, nice one! How many is that now?

Tom Joad wrote: »

Well done Kate on the win, great stuff

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Another win! Well done!

Neady83 wrote: »

Another podium finish, wohoo, well done

Thanks guys

pistol_75 wrote: »

How much swimming is there in the beast?

Oh and well done on the win

Who could say :pac: I would hazard a guess that the swimming will be kept to a minimum but I enjoy swimming, it keeps me very fit and my muscles very supple and I can only run so much at the moment anyway

Cheers

career move wrote: »

Thanks OP. Eh 5 but none of them were that competitive

Hope you're all set for the weekend

Class, many more to come I'm sure. I'm as set as I'm gonna be, it's in the lap of the gods now. All I can do is keep the crazy thoughts at bay for the next few days, easier said than done!

RedRunner wrote: »

Congrats on the race win K.

Thanks Robbie. I'm so sorry to read on your log that you're having bother with your back again. I hope you get it sorted asap.

career move wrote: »

Thursday:

Run 1: Easy with strides
Run 2: Recovery

I slept really badly last night. Worrying about my mare, the original career move. She's lost a heap of weight over the winter. I'm hoping it's just because she was out with 4 others and they were bullying her and not letting her eat. The last couple of days I've moved her into another field and fed her nuts then I've done my run while she's eating and moved her back to the others on my way home. It actually works out quite handy. Tonight she had a good dollop of vegetable oil on her nuts. Horses only have a relatively small stomach and they don't have a vomit reflex so if they eat too much too quickly they get gastric dilation, colic, death. The oil is good because it increases the calorific value but you can keep the volume low and horses are very efficient fat metabolisers. She looks a bit perkier today anyway!

Swim: Breathing/Hypoxic day

Started off with some easy lengths and some kick drills. I do these without the board and I find it gets me in a higher position in the water. I did a pyramid breathing set then which I managed well. Have to keep the pace very easy doing these and I was trying not to lift my head too high when I was breathing as that's one of the things that was mentioned to me in the swim workshop. I was told as well that I needed to focus on rotating my body more as that would give me a higher elbow in the recovery phase and a more streamlined position so I was trying to concentrate on that as well. I did a hypoxic set then but I wasn't focussed enough and I was getting distracted and I found it hard. You have to be really in the zone doing it and I wasn't. I used the pull bouy then and did a longish set alternating my breathing pattern at regular intervals. Finished off with some back stroke. Good ish session

Might try this myself madam Dora

Nice race, there must be something in that swimming/paddling lark!

TbL

Friday:

I knew I'd have a handy day in work so I was able to get a lot done today.

Run A.M

Early morning long run. Went a bit further than previously. It was worth dragging myself out of bed for this. A crisp fresh morning, the sun was shining and the only sound to be heard was birds twittering happily in the trees. My legs were sluggish for most of the first half of the run. A combination of residual fatigue and a gradual rise in elevation. I flew home though Legs were quite tired when I'd finished. No ominous aches or pains but they definitely knew they'd worked.

Swim: Endurance

In keeping with the adage 'Hard days hard' I decided to make this a fairly long swim. I hadn't recovered much from the run as I'd been going with horses and then had to go to work and even though work was handy I was still knackered. Felt like I had to work a bit harder in the water but I kept the pace nice and steady so I was barely out of breath and I concentrated on my catch and pull. I'm happy that even though it was a long session and I didn't take many breaks I kept my form pretty well throughout.

Run P.M

Legs felt rejuvenated after swimming and I headed out on a recovery run this evening. Had to wait for her ladyship to eat anyway and I thought I may as well be running.

Rest day tomorrow